Driver Flips Car Where Neighbors Have Waited a Year for DOT Speed Hump
A driver who neighbors say was speeding flipped his vehicle Sunday evening on a Bronx street that's been waiting over a year for a speed hump as part of the Norwood neighborhood Slow Zone.
June 2, 2015
Eyes on the Street: This Year’s First “Street Seats” Have Begun to Sprout
It's Street Seats season -- the time of year when curbside seating replaces parking to reclaim some space for people, at least for the summer.
May 29, 2015
Greenfield and Treyger Want Higher Speeds on One of NYC’s Deadliest Streets
Council members David Greenfield and Mark Treyger think drivers should be able to go faster on Ocean Parkway, one of the city's most dangerous streets.
May 29, 2015
The Post’s Highly Selective Outrage About Traffic Violence
Yesterday, a driver fleeing police killed a cyclist on East 129th Street near Madison Avenue. DNAinfo, the Daily News, CBS 2, and WPIX all covered the crash. So did the Post, but the paper reserved its front page for a different bike story, assigning a reporter and photographer to tail Jason Marshall, the cyclist who struck and killed pedestrian Jill Tarlov in Central Park last year.
May 28, 2015
Q44 Select Bus Service: Bus Lanes for Flushing and Jamaica, Not in Between
DOT and the MTA have released the plan for Select Bus Service on the Q44 linking Jamaica, Flushing, and the Bronx, which serves 44,000 passengers daily. The areas that need bus lanes most -- downtown Jamaica and Flushing -- are in line to get them, but not the rest of the route.
May 28, 2015
New Report Breaks Down Crashes Involving City Agencies, Except NYPD
A new report sheds light on the extent to which drivers working for city agencies are involved in traffic collisions [PDF]. But the picture is incomplete: NYPD, the agency involved in the most pedestrian injury claims, is withholding its crash information from the city's database.
May 27, 2015