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Panel Unanimously Backs Safe Routes for Cyclists Through Central Park
The heightened resolve comes less than a month after cyclist and beloved local pediatrician Daniel Cammerman was run down and killed by a bus driver on the 96th Street Transverse.
January 15, 2020
CYCLE OF RAGE: Crash Response Reveals that Cops Are Just So Badly Trained
More evidence that police officers are poorly trained and disinclined to see drivers as a culprit in the criminal or civil offense of injuring or killing someone with a motor vehicle.
January 15, 2020
The Ongoing Shame of How the NYPD Downplays Road Violence to Shield Drivers
The death of Judith Wieder once again highlights a major failure of the NYPD to properly inform the public — but only because the death was caught on video.
January 8, 2020
Op-Ed: Wanted — a Strategy for Curtailing SUVs and Monster Trucks
New York's 'shaming' campaign is a start, but activists should push for national pedestrian-safety standards and local car-free zones.
January 8, 2020
Green Cabbie Who Killed a Brooklyn Pedestrian Drove Car with 14 Moving Violations
The cab driver who ran over and killed a Brooklyn pedestrian last month is a driver in good standing, despite a 2016 speeding ticket that put four points on his license.
January 3, 2020
Happy Bloody New Year: Queens Pedestrian Killed
The year 2020 is picking up right where bloody 2019 left off: a Queens pedestrian was killed on Northern Boulevard, and her killer was not charged.
January 2, 2020
Streetsies 2019: The NIMBYs Who Should Move to the Suburbs Already
A rogues gallery of dunderheads tried to impede the movement to make our streets safe. Here are the lowlights.
December 31, 2019
Streetsies 2019: Vision Zero Hero of the Year!
Meet the people and machines that helped make streets safer this year.
December 27, 2019
Cuomo Signs Bill Revoking Licenses From Drivers With ‘Medical Episodes’
Reckless drivers now have one less excuse to hide behind.
December 26, 2019
Queens Pedestrian Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver on Christmas Day
Cops are looking for the hit-and-run driver who sped off after striking a pedestrian on deadly Rockaway Boulevard in Queens and leaving him for dead on Christmas Day.
December 26, 2019
