Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about National Transportation Safety Board

DOT Commissioner Hank Gutman (left) with Council Member Ferdinando Cabrera. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

THEY’RE HAMMERING HANK! DOT Commissioner Goes off Message and Says He Favors Helmet Laws

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 15, 2021 | No Comments

Activists were quick to pounce on Gutman as ill-informed and misfocused, given that the DOT should be focused solely on making roads safer, not on individual behavior.

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Protecting Non-Motorists Makes NTSB ‘Most Wanted List’ For the First Time

By Kea Wilson | Apr 7, 2021 | No Comments

For the first time in its 54-year history, the transportation sector's most influential investigative agency wants America to focus on protecting vulnerable road users. What took so long?

The mayor in his natural habitat: a taxpayer-funded SUV.

CYCLE OF RAGE: Mayor Chooses Politics over Facts in Backing NTSB Helmet Recommendation

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 6, 2019 | No Comments

For the second time in as many months, Mayor de Blasio has willfully ignored facts to align himself with an anti-biking policy that would dramatically reduce cycling.

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, second from right, on a ride to inaugurate Pronto bike-share two years ago. Photo: Seattle Office of the Mayor

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SURPRISE! Federal Panel Seeks Mandatory Helmet Laws

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 5, 2019 | No Comments

A federal safety board issued a surprise recommendation for mandatory bike helmet laws in all 50 states — unanimously approving a last-minute resolution that had not been recommended by the board's own staff.