Cab Driver Kills Woman in 19th Precinct, Where Police Brag About Seizing E-Bikes
Barbara Horn was the second person this year killed by a cab driver in a crosswalk in the 19th Precinct. On an average day, precinct officers summons around five motorists for violating a pedestrian’s right of way, and ticket just one speeding driver.
July 31, 2017
ER Chief: NYC Needs More Speed Cameras and Bike Lanes to Reduce Traumatic Brain Injuries
The chief of emergency medicine at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn says at least 15 percent of TBIs treated at Brooklyn hospitals annually can be attributed to traffic crashes.
July 28, 2017
Private Trash Haulers Are a Street Safety Menace — It’s Time for Carting Route Reforms
With two people killed in the last three months, there’s more urgency to implement City Hall’s proposed reforms to bring order to waste collection routes and reduce private carter mileage on city streets.
July 27, 2017
StreetsPAC Releases First Round of Endorsements for 2017 Council Races
September 12 is primary day in NYC, and New Yorkers will be voting to determine every seat on the City Council, every borough president, and every district attorney.
July 25, 2017
NYPD’s Bike Ticket Blitzes After a Driver Kills a Cyclist Are as Data-Driven as Bloodletting
NYPD can provide no evidence that ticketing bike riders when a motorist kills a cyclist reduces the prevalence of fatal or injurious crashes. And yet the practice persists years after Mayor de Blasio supposedly ushered in a more data-driven approach to traffic enforcement under the banner of Vision Zero.
July 25, 2017
NYPD Defends Perp and Tickets Cyclists After Garbage Truck Driver Kills Neftaly Ramirez and Flees Scene
Early Saturday morning a driver believed to be operating a private sanitation truck struck and killed Neftaly Ramirez, 27, as he biked on Franklin Street in Greenpoint.
July 24, 2017
Add This Sinkhole to the List of Indignities East River Greenway Users Have to Deal With
People biking and walking on the East River Greenway have been dealing with a widening sinkhole for weeks as DOT ignored calls to fix it.
July 21, 2017
