Gramercy

Like the magic words "I didn't see him," claiming some kind of "medical episode" is often times a way for drivers to get off scot-free.

A high-speed crash days after speed cameras go dark.

Yesterday at approximately 6:00 p.m., the driver of a silver Volkswagen involved in a two-car crash barreled onto the sidewalk at the southeast corner of Second Avenue and 23rd Street, crashing into the front door of a Duane Reade pharmacy. FDNY tells Streetsblog that two people were transported to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition. Witnesses report that the injured were vehicle occupants, not pedestrians.

We have updates on the year's first reported pedestrian and cyclist fatalities, which occurred in Manhattan and the Bronx on January 4 and 5.

Gothamist reports that a private dump truck driver ran over and killed a woman this afternoon in Manhattan:

Where can bike-share stations be located, according to the East Side's not-in-my-backyard crowd? Not Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, which is both too serene for bikes and too crowded with protestors. Not around the corner from the Israeli consulate, which is too fat a target for terrorists who, as Marcia Kramer could tell you, prefer to deliver explosives via bike. Not in areas that are too residential. Nor in areas with store entrances or medical offices. And if that leaves anywhere -- the sidewalk under a 42nd Street overpass was recommended as a model location -- no station should have more than ten docks.