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Sunday: Tell Albany to Let NYC Protect Kids From Speeding Drivers
On Sunday, Transportation Alternatives and Bay Ridge Advocates Keeping Everyone Safe (BRAKES) will lead a rally to call on Albany to authorize more speed cameras for the first time in four years.
May 4, 2018
Council Reps to de Blasio: Stop the E-Bike Crackdown and Talk to Workers About New Rules
Advocates say City Hall’s attempt to clarify e-bike regulations won’t help most delivery workers, who were not consulted on the proposed rule change.
May 1, 2018
NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Fatally Doored Delivery Cyclist Juan Pacheco
Dooring is illegal, and has caused at least five cyclist fatalities since 2012. But NYPD isn't ticketing drivers who do it.
April 27, 2018
De Blasio Moves to Permit Pedal-Assist Electric Bikes on NYC Streets
Advocates welcomed the announcement while pointing out that more needs to be done to prevent harassment of deliver workers by police.
April 3, 2018
Albany Fails to Expand NYC Speed Camera Program in Budget Deal
Budget negotiations concluded in Albany at the end of last week without including an expansion of New York City's automated speed enforcement program.
April 2, 2018
Albany Leaders Can Save Lives By Including Speed Cameras in Their Budget. Will They?
Traffic violence victims and AARP pressed legislative leaders to expand NYC's automated speed enforcement program as budget negotiations conclude.
March 29, 2018
Want to Know How Often That Driver Gets Caught Speeding? Ask @HowsMyDrivingNY.
The Twitter bot lets anyone look up the parking, speeding, and red light violations associated with a specific license plate.
March 26, 2018
NYPD Could Have Taken Dorothy Bruns Off the Road Before She Killed 2 Kids, If Cops and DAs Cared About Traffic Violence
Months before she killed Abigail Blumenstein and Joshua Lew, NYPD says Dorothy Bruns injured a woman in Long Island City and fled the scene. Police did nothing about it.
March 23, 2018
We Know Speed Cameras Save Lives, But Albany Still Hasn’t Let NYC Add More in Years
"Your voices are the only thing that will change the status quo in Albany right now," Mayor de Blasio told Families for Safe Streets at a rally this afternoon.
March 22, 2018
Will NYC’s New Alert System Improve NYPD’s Abysmal Hit-and-Run Arrest Rate?
To help NYPD catch hit-and-run drivers, this weekend the city will launch an Amber Alert-style system to notify the public when a serious crash happens. Most drivers who critically injure or kill people and leave the scene in NYC are never arrested.
March 16, 2018
