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Cycling Advocate Killed By Trucker on Dangerous Brooklyn Street; Last Words from Mother: ‘Be Safe’
A cycling activist and member of Transportation Alternatives was killed while biking home from a Brooklyn grocery store on a dangerous street on Monday, according to his family and police.
May 3, 2023
NYPD Opposes Watered-Down Citizen Enforcement Bill, But DOT is Now ‘Open’ to It
"Traffic agents are getting assaulted dozens of times a year, so we are certainly concerned with the potential for violence of everyday citizens using this program," a police official testified on a bill by Lincoln Restler (photo).
April 25, 2023
Top Cop Claims NYPD’s Parking Sins Not ‘A Joke’ To Him (And Confirms He Reads Streetsblog)
Council Member Lincoln Restler was very very dubious about the first claim.
April 24, 2023
Moped Rider Killed in Queens Adds to Mounting Toll in Deadliest Year Since Vision Zero
A moped rider died Thursday after being struck by a yellow school bus driver at a dangerous intersection in Queens, police said — adding another lost life to what is on track to be the deadliest year for traffic violence since 2014.
April 21, 2023
TEMP TAG TUESDAY: See How Easy it is to Buy a Fake New Jersey License Plate!
Today, we start a new feature, featuring me buying illegal temp tags.
April 18, 2023
‘Death Alley’: Driver Kills Woman on Atlantic Ave. Speedway in Brooklyn Heights
Police arrested a Brooklyn driver they say fatally struck a 31-year-old woman on Atlantic Avenue on Sunday night, throwing her body halfway down the block on the notoriously dangerous Brooklyn speedway.
April 17, 2023
Another Weekend of Carnage as Three Pedestrians are Killed by Car Drivers
Three more pedestrians were killed by drivers in a weekend of bloodshed that ended with none of the drivers charged.
April 16, 2023
Toss Your ‘Ghost Car’ Complaints Into the 311 Abyss, Says Deputy Mayor Banks
NYPD already fails to issue tickets in response to 99 percent of 311 complaints about paper plate fraud.
April 14, 2023
Friday’s Headlines: Ghost Car Crackdown Edition
The NYPD towed away two dozen ghost cars. It's a start. Plus other news.
April 14, 2023
AND THE WINNER LOSER IS: The 75th Precinct is the Most Disrespectful of All!
Inspector Rohan Griffith's precinct has won Streetsblog's March (Parking) Madness tournament — and serves as a model for everything a station house should not do.
April 12, 2023
