FDNY: Response Times Improve Thanks To Decreased Traffic During Pandemic
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The decrease in response time came during a massive increase in the number of cyclists on the road, so clearly bikes aren't the issue.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about FDNY
Feds Charge Queens Man For Torching DOT Speed Camera — Oh, and Supposedly Plotting Mass Killing
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Elijah Song, a 27-year-old Flushing resident, is being held without bail.
Slow Down! Speed Demons Send Two People To Overwhelmed Hospitals
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Paramedics rushed two people to already over-capacity emergency rooms on Wednesday evening, thanks to speeding drivers who refused to slow down amid a worsening health crisis.
City Has Spent Half-a-BILLION Because of Reckless Driving by Workers
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The City of New York has spent more than $500 million since 2013 in payouts to the victims of road violence caused by employees of just five key agencies crashing their city-owned vehicles, Streetsblog has learned.
NYPD Secretly Alters Victim-Blaming Narrative of Death of E-Bike Rider and Charges Trucker
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"There is no excuse for this practice," said Marco Conner of Transportation Alternatives.
Wednesday’s Headlines: Frances Furlong Edition
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A letter to the editor sparks a rare bit of self-reflection (not really). Plus the other news of the day.