Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about DOT

Jose Ramos (inset) was killed on a strip of roadway that the DOT beautified, but did not make safer. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

SAFETY THIRD: Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Deaf Man on Notorious Speedway that DOT Failed to Fix

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 16, 2021 | No Comments

A Brooklyn man was killed by a hit-and-run driver on a notoriously dangerous stretch of Atlantic Avenue in East New York on Friday night — a fatal crash that presents real-time evidence of the incompetence and apathy of city officials in keeping its most vulnerable residents safe.

Bridges 4 People volunteers paraded across the Brooklyn Bridge in September in celebration of the new bike path. Photo: Rose Uscianowski

OPINION: Brooklyn Bridge Bike Lane Is Only the Beginning of ‘Bridges 4 People’

By Liz Denys, Diane Martins and Katherine Willis | Oct 15, 2021 | No Comments

The city needs even more safety infrastructure for cyclists, say leaders of the successful campaign.

A memorial for baby Apolline at the corner of Vanderbilt and Gates avenues. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Reckless Driver Pleads Not Guilty for Wrong-Way Crash that Killed Baby Apolline

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 14, 2021 | No Comments

The recidivist reckless driver now facing assault and manslaughter charges for killing a 3-month-old baby at a Brooklyn intersection last month pleaded not guilty on Thursday — even though he confessed and apologized for the crime when cops finally collared him after a frenzied and violent attempt to flee, prosecutors said.

The blue Dodge Charger after it plowed into a Crown Heights funeral home Tuesday night. Photo: Shmuli Evers

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Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about DOT

SAFETY THIRD: Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Deaf Man on Notorious Speedway that DOT Failed to Fix

OPINION: Brooklyn Bridge Bike Lane Is Only the Beginning of ‘Bridges 4 People’

Reckless Driver Pleads Not Guilty for Wrong-Way Crash that Killed Baby Apolline

DÉJA-BLEW: City Failed to Get Another Reckless Driver Off the Road Before Crashing Into Funeral Home

Adams: I’ll Bring Open Streets To Neighborhoods With Most ‘Urgent’ Need

Analysis: De Blasio’s Open Streets Program Has Failed