Throwback Thursday: The Great NYC Commuter Race of 1990
Via Streetfilms, here’s a blast from the past -- kind of. For a 1990 news segment called “Environment: In Your Own Backyard,” ABC staged a commuter race between Fred the motorist, Alvin the subway rider, and Judy the cyclist. The goal: be the first to get across the Brooklyn Bridge to Herald Square.
March 2, 2017
Cab Driver Who Challenged ROW Law Pleads Guilty in Pedestrian Death
Livery driver Buddhi Gurung, who killed 77-year-old Carol Dauplaise on the East Side, pled guilty after a judge ruled against him. It was the second time Manhattan DA Cy Vance successfully fended off a constitutional challenge to the city's Right of Way Law.
March 2, 2017
NYPD Ticketing More Drivers for Harming People With the Right of Way
NYPD began to apply the city's Right of Way Law more extensively in 2016. The department scaled up summonses issued to drivers who injured people walking or biking with the right of way. Misdemeanor charges, meanwhile, were still applied in just a few dozen cases.
March 1, 2017
On-Duty Police Involved in Nearly 4,000 Traffic Collisions Per Year
To reduce collisions involving city fleet vehicles, the Department of Citywide Administrative Services began collecting and sharing data on such crashes in 2014. NYPD was the only agency not to comply, but in response to a FOIL request from Streetsblog, the department recently shared basic numbers on crashes involving department personnel.
February 23, 2017
NYC Drivers Injured 1,226 Pedestrians and Cyclists in January, and Killed 14
Eighteen people died in New York City traffic in January, and 4,317 were injured, according to City Hall’s Vision Zero View crash data map. City Hall reported 14 pedestrians and cyclists killed by city motorists last month, and 1,226 injured, compared to 13 deaths and 1,099 injuries in January of 2016.
February 21, 2017
