Today’s Headlines
FDNY Ambulance Driver Strikes and Kills Gen Zhan, 81, in East Village Crosswalk (DNA, Post) Parade Organizers Claim No Knowledge of Eastern Parkway Ped Island Removal (Gothamist) Brooklyn Paper Says de Blasio’s Waste Hauling Reforms Are an Invitation to Organized Crime Daily News Thinks Cuomo’s Q70 “LaGuardia Link” Should Be Free Today in Terrible Ideas: Subsidizing Uber … Continued
August 30, 2016
TA Calls on de Blasio to Act After Driver Kills Cyclist, 78, on Northern Blvd
NYPD filed no charges and issued no summonses after a driver struck and killed Michael Schenkman, 78, while he biked on Northern Boulevard in Bayside.
August 25, 2016
Six City Council Members Endorse de Blasio Trash Hauling Reforms
A group of City Council members has endorsed Mayor de Blasio's plan to reform the way commercial waste is collected.
August 23, 2016
NYC Motorists Injured 1,225 Pedestrians and Cyclists in July, and Killed 12
Seventeen people died in New York City traffic in July, and 5,310 were injured, according to City Hall’s Vision Zero View crash data map.
August 22, 2016
New York City Subways and Buses, All on a Single Map
Here's a really cool project years in the making: Queens native and OpenPlans alum Anthony Denaro put New York City subway and bus lines on one map.
August 11, 2016
Bronx CB 8 Delays Vote on Play Street Where Driver Killed 8-Year-Old
Bronx Community Board 8 delayed a decision on whether to approve a play street application from the school where a motorist killed 8-year-old Rylee Ramos, when people complained that a play street at a different school would interfere with their driving.
August 10, 2016