The Weekly Carnage

10:16 AM EDT on October 27, 2006

Somers, N.Y.: Pedestrian, 65, Killed by Neighbor's Car (Journal News)
Related: Community Mourns (Journal News)
Manhattan/Brooklyn: 2 Mowed Down in Separate Accidents (Daily News)
Monsey, N.Y.: Pedestrian Killed; Driver, 83, Not Charged (Journal News)
Stamford, Conn.: Man Served 4 Years for DWI, Now Faces 51 More (Advocate)
Brooklyn: Neighbors Protest After 2 Fatal Atlantic Av. Crashes (Streetsblog)
Westport, Conn.: 3 Crashes Involve 25 Vehicles; 14 Injured (Stamford Advocate)
Larchmont, N.Y.: Drunk Driver Crashes at Police H.Q. (Journal News)
Stamford, Conn.: Driver, 27, Killed After Losing Control of SUV (Advocate)
Hartford: Officer Killed in Off-Duty Car Crash (AP via Newsday)
East Hampton, L.I.: Man, 23, Dies but Child in Back Seat is Fine (Newsday)
Holbrook, L.I.: Seeking Clues in Fatal Chase (Newsday)
Upper Township, N.J.: Trooper Who Killed 2 Gets Traffic Tickets (Star-Ledger)
Port Chester, N.Y.: Man Ejected from Vehicle on I-95 (Journal News)
Caldwell, N.J.: DUI Charges Dropped Against Pizzaria Crash/Fire (Star-Ledger)
Ossining, N.Y.: Hundreds Mourn Hit-and-Run Victim (Journal News)
New Haven, Conn.: Bush Kin Crash Victim Dies (AP via Daily News)

(Photo by Rob Ryser/The Journal News)

Before he began blogging about land use and transportation, Aaron Donovan wrote The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund's annual fundraising appeal for three years and earned a master's degree in urban planning from Columbia. Since then, he has worked for nonprofit organizations devoted to New York City economic development. He lives and works in the Financial District, and sees New York's pre-automobile built form as an asset that makes New York unique in the United States, and as a strategic advantage that should be capitalized upon.

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