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For One Reckless Driving Survivor, “Life Looks a Lot Different Than Before”
Traffic fatality numbers usually get the headlines, but as a measure of how safe or dangerous it is to walk and bike, injuries are the more stable metric. Since 2003, according to state DMV data, an average of just under 14,000 people were injured by motorists while walking and biking in the city each year.
January 14, 2014
Doctors Relate the Horror of Traffic Violence at Pedestrian Injury Summit
Medical professionals and transportation experts convened Thursday for the third New York City Summit on Pedestrian Injury, hosted by Elmhurst Hospital. The day-long event brought transportation officials and advocates together with doctors who witness the destruction caused by reckless drivers in the city every day.
December 13, 2013
Senior Killed by Bus Driver in Bronx; Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Man in Queens
Two NYC pedestrians were killed by motorists over the weekend. One of the victims was a senior; the other was struck by a hit-and-run driver in the City Council district represented by Eric Ulrich, where at least five pedestrians have died in traffic in 2013.
December 9, 2013
Erik Johnson, 24, First of Seven People Killed by NYC Drivers in Five Days
A young father struck while on his way to work was the first of at least seven people killed by New York City motorists since last Tuesday. Of the five crashes where the driver remained at the scene -- three in Manhattan, one in Staten Island, and one in Queens -- none were charged with a crime.
December 3, 2013
Man Hit by Two Drivers Was Third Fatality in 109th Precinct in Two Months
A man was struck and killed by two motorists yesterday in a Queens precinct where drivers have killed at least two other people since late September.
November 13, 2013
NYC Motorists Killed Three Pedestrians on City Sidewalks Today
Three pedestrians were killed on NYC sidewalks today in two separate crashes. Just before 7:30 a.m. on Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst, a 22-year-old man driving a new Camaro ran over and killed two men on the sidewalk, and just before 1 p.m., a woman was killed on an East Harlem corner after a taxi driver struck a box truck, which careened onto the sidewalk. So far, no charges have been filed, though witnesses say the Queens Boulevard driver was speeding and the East Harlem cabbie ran a red light, according to reports.
November 11, 2013
MTA Plans Busway Beneath the M Train in Ridgewood
The MTA is working on a plan for a short busway in Ridgewood that would run for six-tenths of a mile beneath the elevated M tracks, between Fresh Pond Road and Palmetto Street. While the project wouldn't transform a car-choked traffic sewer into a pedestrian-friendly transit boulevard (the right-of-way is currently a series of weed-strewn parking lots), it could be NYC's first new separated busway since the Fulton Mall opened in the 1970s.
October 4, 2013
No Charges for Curb-Jumping Driver Who Killed Michael Munoz in Queens
Another curb-jumping driver has killed a NYC pedestrian, and as usual no charges have been filed by NYPD.
September 24, 2013
Make the Maspeth Crash Horror a Teachable Moment for New York City
The latest bombshell from the horrific traffic crash that brutally injured at least three Maspeth girls walking to their middle school last week exploded this morning, with a report in DNAinfo that city education officials ordered the school principal to respond to the incident by warning students not to use electronic devices while traveling to and from school.
September 16, 2013
Drivers Kill Three in Queens and the Bronx in Weekend of Vehicular Violence
Three pedestrians were killed by drivers, including two who fled the scene, in Queens and the Bronx over the weekend. A senior was seriously hurt in another hit-and-run crash, also in Queens.
September 16, 2013