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#FAKECRACKDOWN: One Day After NYPD Towing, Placard Abusers are Back in Downtown Bklyn
Sisyphus, meet scofflaws.
November 18, 2021
Deliveristas Face Yet Another Deadly Threat — Exploding Cheap E-Bike Batteries
“We want to really stress the seriousness of this situation,” said FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro.
September 9, 2021
FDNY: Response Times Improve Thanks To Decreased Traffic During Pandemic
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.
September 21, 2020
Feds Charge Queens Man For Torching DOT Speed Camera — Oh, and Supposedly Plotting Mass Killing
Elijah Song, a 27-year-old Flushing resident, is being held without bail.
August 3, 2020
Slow Down! Speed Demons Send Two People To Overwhelmed Hospitals
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.
March 26, 2020
City Has Spent Half-a-BILLION Because of Reckless Driving by Workers
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.
November 21, 2019
NYPD Secretly Alters Victim-Blaming Narrative of Death of E-Bike Rider and Charges Trucker
"There is no excuse for this practice," said Marco Conner of Transportation Alternatives.
October 18, 2019
Wednesday’s Headlines: Frances Furlong Edition
A letter to the editor sparks a rare bit of self-reflection (not really). Plus the other news of the day.
October 2, 2019
Firefighter Who Used His Car to Run Down a Cyclist is Still Driving Recklessly
On Aug. 29, a speed camera caught De La Rosa's car speeding through a school zone in the Bronx.
September 30, 2019
FDNY: Traffic — Not Bike Lanes — is to Blame for Increased Response Times
“Travel time increases [are due] to continued population growth, with more vehicles on the road and more construction,” says the report, which was released late Tuesday.
September 19, 2019