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Greenway Attack Victims Not Included in City Hall’s October Crash Data Report
City Hall reported five pedestrians and one cyclist fatally struck by drivers last month. DOT said the eight people killed deliberately on the greenway are not on the Vision Zero map because deaths resulting from a “likely terrorist attack” are not counted as traffic fatalities.
November 30, 2017
NYPD Tickets Cyclists Where Speeding Driver Killed 14-Year-Old Edwin Ajacalon
For the past two days, police have been ticketing cyclists on Fifth Avenue and 25th Street in Brooklyn's 72nd Precinct, just two blocks from where a driver killed 14-year-old Edwin Ajacalon on Saturday.
November 29, 2017
Brooklyn Electeds Pay Tribute to Edwin Ajacalon and Call on Albany to Prevent Deadly Speeding
At a vigil last night, elected officials and street safety advocates paid tribute to Edwin Ajacalon, the 14-year-old from Guatemala who was killed by a teenage driver in Brooklyn Saturday night. Calling Ajacalon an "all-American boy" and "a vital thread in the beautiful tapestry that is New York City," they pressed for street safety improvements and a culture change among drivers after yet another death of a cyclist, the 20th in 2017.
November 28, 2017
NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Killed 14-Year-Old Cyclist Edwin Ajacalon in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn over the weekend, a driver killed a child on a bike who worked delivery jobs to help support his family. NYPD filed no charges.
November 27, 2017
Families of Crash Victims Call for Action at City Hall on World Day of Remembrance
Nearly 300 people gathered to press City Hall for safer street designs and Albany for an expansion of NYC's speed camera program.
November 20, 2017
NYC Motorists Injured 1,271 Pedestrians and Cyclists in September, and Killed 13
City Hall reported 97 pedestrians and cyclists killed through September, and 10,345 injured, compared to 113 deaths and 11,223 injuries in the first nine months of 2016.
October 24, 2017
Menchaca Calls for Direct Red Hook-Manhattan Bus Service and Safety Overhaul of 3rd Avenue
Council Member Carlos Menchaca wants more direct bus service from Red Hook to Manhattan and a "full Vision Zero redesign" of Brooklyn's Third Avenue, which runs through Sunset Park underneath the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
August 31, 2017
NYPD’s Bike Ticket Blitzes After a Driver Kills a Cyclist Are as Data-Driven as Bloodletting
NYPD can provide no evidence that ticketing bike riders when a motorist kills a cyclist reduces the prevalence of fatal or injurious crashes. And yet the practice persists years after Mayor de Blasio supposedly ushered in a more data-driven approach to traffic enforcement under the banner of Vision Zero.
July 25, 2017
Let’s Not Get Complacent as Traffic Deaths Continue to Fall in NYC
The de Blasio administration's Vision Zero policies are working. And the safer streets get, the harder the city will have to work to keep making progress.
July 7, 2017
State Senate Fails to Act After Assembly Approves Speed Camera Expansion
The State Senate adjourned its 2017 session last night without taking action on a bill to expand the use of speed cameras near schools.
June 22, 2017
