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Trucker Who Killed 3-Year-Old Boy In Harlem Blames Child’s Mother For Not Holding His Hand
“It’s being made out like I did something wrong, I did not,” the killer driver told Streetsblog. “The mother should have had the child in her hand.”
February 25, 2020
Another Senior Is Killed By Uncharged Driver On Bell Boulevard
Another senior citizen has been run over and killed on Bell Boulevard in Queens — and the driver was once again not charged.
February 24, 2020
Mayor Backtracks On Long-Stalled Queens Boulevard Bike Lane
Throws DOT commissioner under the bus in effort to placate a pro-car Queens pol.
February 20, 2020
Ten Miles of Protected Bike Lanes Coming To Manhattan This Year
DOT will close the dangerous gaps on Sixth and Second avenues as CPW, others, get life-saving extensions.
February 19, 2020
MTA Revives Old Proposal For Busway Underneath M Train
Ridgewood could be next in line for a genuine, bona-fide, car-defying Busway.
February 13, 2020
DOT’s New Protected Grand Street Bike Lane Is Still Not Protected
Grand Street is still a disaster, bikers and cycling advocates say, thanks to trucks that can still park in the bike lane.
February 13, 2020
DOT Debuts Plans for Protected Bike Lanes on Crescent and 31st Streets in Astoria
After a long campaign by activists, the city aims to protect cyclists from chaotic traffic between the Triborough and Queensboro bridges.
February 12, 2020
Lander ‘Reckless Driver’ Bill Will Seize Far Fewer Cars Than Originally Thought
Any combination of five red light or speeding tickets were originally enough to get your car seized. Now it's five red light tickets or 15 speeding tickets.
February 7, 2020
Advocates: We Don’t Need New NYPD ‘Vision Zero Unit’ — We Need Safer Streets and Better Trained Cops
The new unit is supposed to crack down on reckless drivers, but given the NYPD's record of racial bias, overpolicing, and lack of understanding, few are optimistic.
February 7, 2020
Wednesday’s Headlines: Road Violence is a Public Health Emergency Edition
If any one group deserves an award for alerting city officials about the danger of road violence, it is Families for Safe Streets. Plus the other news from yesterday.
February 5, 2020
