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BY THE NUMBERS: Car-Free Streets are Simply Safer, Data Continue to Show
Injuries, for example, are down 89 percent along the 34th Avenue open street, a new analysis shows.
January 11, 2022
Brooklyn DA Charges Reckless Backhoe Driver, Foreman for Killing Senior Pedestrian
The construction worker who backed over and killed a 61-year-old woman last year in Brooklyn — as well as the foreman at his jobsite — have been charged in the death.
January 7, 2022
Vision Zero Epicenters: 5 Dangerous Neighborhoods that Should Be on Eric Adams’s Agenda
Streetsblog crunched the numbers to reveal the neighborhoods that most need safety improvements. An analysis for a new administration.
January 3, 2022
In Memoriam 2021: Too Many Lives Lost; Too Many Cases Unsolved
It's the bloodiest year of Mayor de Blasio's Vision Zero initiative — and hit-and-run cases are also on the rise. And the NYPD isn't solving enough of them. An analysis.
December 30, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: A Double Dose of De Blasio Dysfunction
You know our national treasure cartoonist — once he gets going, there's no stopping him. So check out two — count 'em, two! — new cartoons this week.
December 29, 2021
Incoming DOT Commissioner: ‘I Will Do More for Pedestrians and Cyclists’
Incoming Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez promised in the wake of Friday's fatal Midtown crash to tackle the "pandemic of crashes."
December 25, 2021
Streetsies 2021: The Most Annoying Things That Didn’t Get Done
Here's a litany of infuriating delays, epic fails, and mind-bending inaction on the part of every level of government — some of which could kill people! Which agency gets the most blame?
December 24, 2021
The History of a Movement, Postscript: Notes on This Series
Here's a final roundup of details from Charles Komanoff's provocative series on the early street safety movement.
December 19, 2021
Driver Who Was Fleeing Cops is Charged for Killing Delivery Worker Borkot Ullah
The hit-and-run driver who killed a delivery worker in Manhattan in July is facing 15 years in prison for the fatal crash — one caused partly as a result of police chase, prosecutors announced on Thursday.
December 16, 2021
Wednesday’s Headlines: Finger-Pointing Edition
The big story yesterday was the road death of delivery worker Salvador Navarette-Flores as he headed home to the Bronx on First Avenue after a long day. Plus other news.
December 15, 2021
