Today’s Headlines
Times, News Discuss New Pedestrian Safety Study, Focus on Deadlier Male Drivers Ped Safety Is Nice, But Won’t Someone Please Think of the Drivers? (CBS2, Of Course) Bike Bedlam! CBS2 Files Impeccably Accurate Report on Creeping Cyclist Menace Mysterious Ghost Stroller Appears in Park Slope Without Any Link to Traffic Death (NYT) Parks Department Seizes Bikes … Continued
By
Noah Kazis
9:13 AM EDT on August 17, 2010
- Times, News Discuss New Pedestrian Safety Study, Focus on Deadlier Male Drivers
- Ped Safety Is Nice, But Won’t Someone Please Think of the Drivers? (CBS2, Of Course)
- Bike Bedlam! CBS2 Files Impeccably Accurate Report on Creeping Cyclist Menace
- Mysterious Ghost Stroller Appears in Park Slope Without Any Link to Traffic Death (NYT)
- Parks Department Seizes Bikes Parked on Hudson Greenway (Gothamist)
- TLC Cracks Down On 600 Overcharging Taxi Drivers (News)
- Victory in Fight to Keep Henry Street Bike Lane Clear During Church Hours (Ink Lake)
- Economist Tyler Cowen Takes On Free Parking (NYT)
- With Leandra’s Law Now in Effect, Are Interlock Devices the Most Important Provision? (Transpo Nation)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
Noah joined Streetsblog as a New York City reporter at the start of 2010. When he was a kid, he collected subway paraphernalia in a Vignelli-map shoebox.
Before coming to Streetsblog, he blogged at TheCityFix DC and worked as a field organizer for the Obama campaign in Toledo, Ohio. Noah graduated from Yale University, where he wrote his senior thesis on the class politics of transportation reform in New York City. He lives in Morningside Heights.
Read More:
More from Streetsblog New York City
Sunset Park Blaze Kills 6 As Lithium-ion Battery Fire Crisis Rages On
The city is experiencing a huge increase in fires caused by the lithium-ion batteries that power the delivery boom. A Thursday fire may be linked.
November 5, 2026
Mamdani Continues Crackdown On Illegal E-Motos With Brick-And-Mortar Sweep
The Mamdani administration catches dozens of brick-and-mortar businesses selling illegal e-bikes as his administration's crackdown continues.
November 5, 2026
Sanitation Truck Driver Arrested After Killing Pedestrian In Bensonhurst
The driver, Timothy McVey, 41, of Staten Island, turned himself in at the 62nd Precinct station house and was booked for failure to yield and failure to exercise due care
November 5, 2026
Election Recap: Street Safety and Transit Won Big Across the Empire State on Tuesday
New York had moments to celebrate for the street safety and urbanism crowd.
November 5, 2026
Thursday’s Headlines: ‘Brace’ for Bike Lanes and Bus Lanes Edition
Voters gave the mayor a mandate to speed up bike lanes and bus lanes and the outdoor dining application process. Plus the news.
November 5, 2026
