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Lower East Side Electeds Come Together for Safer Delancey Street
Delancey Street is one of the most dangerous roads in the city. Between 2008 and 2010 alone, 134 pedestrians and cyclists were hit by drivers on Delancey, according to Transportation Alternatives, and two were killed on the street this year.
September 15, 2011
Two Manhattan Pedestrians Killed 24 Hours Apart
Two Manhattan pedestrians were killed in a span of just over 24 hours this week.
September 14, 2011
Eyes on the Street: Public Space Upgrades for Allen and Pike in Progress
Crews are currently at work turning the new pedestrian plazas and protected bike lanes on Pike Street and Allen Street into more attractive, long-term fixtures of the Lower East Side. The new construction will add landscaping and higher-quality materials, helping the local community achieve the vision developed for Allen and Pike Streets in a multi-year grassroots process.
July 25, 2011
‘Local Spokes’ Coalition Brings Grassroots Bike Planning to LES, Chinatown
In Chinatown and the Lower East Side, a new coalition is showing how grassroots, community-based bike planning can be done. Formed six months ago, the nine-member Local Spokes coalition is surveying local residents and workers, holding public meetings, and training youth ambassadors in preparation for the creation of a new bike plan for those two neighborhoods.
June 6, 2011
Private Trash Hauler Critically Injures Woman at Essex and Delancey
A private sanitation truck driver hit a pedestrian at the intersection of Essex and Delancey Streets yesterday afternoon, dragging her under the truck. She was transported to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition with severe trauma to her legs, according to the NYPD.
May 11, 2011
Driver Kills Pedestrian at Delancey and Bowery
A driver struck and killed a pedestrian at the corner of Delancey and Bowery at 1:45 p.m. yesterday, according to the NYPD. The victim, a 54-year-old Asian man, was declared dead at Bellevue Hospital.
February 15, 2011
Eyes on the Street: SUV Flips Across Houston Street Median
A tipster sends this photo of Houston Street near the corner of Mott, early yesterday morning at around 5:00 a.m. Our source says he was awakened when an SUV speeding east on Houston plowed into an electronic construction sign, hit the median and flipped over end to end, coming to a stop on its side in the middle of the opposite side of the street.
August 31, 2010
Traffic Injuries Plummet on Allen and Pike After Bike-Ped Overhaul
Evidence continues to mount that NYCDOT's street reclamation projects are making New York a safer city for walking and biking. The latest statistics come from Allen and Pike Streets, where DOT installed four pedestrian plazas and the city's first center-median protected bikeway late last summer. The project followed a long campaign by local community groups to make the pedestrian malls on Allen and Pike more welcoming public spaces.
June 15, 2010
Cyclist, Pedestrian Injured in Two East Side Crashes
A pedestrian and a cyclist have been hurt in separate Manhattan crashes since last night.
May 18, 2010
Cab Driver Strikes and Kills Manhattan CB 3 Member on Essex Street
From news site DNAInfo:
April 28, 2010