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NO TRICK, ALL TREAT: City to Ban Cars on Some Streets for Halloween
A good safety announcement in Queens comes amid rabid heckling from the pro-car minority.
October 24, 2022
One Down, Thousands to Go: Cops Bust A Really Bad Driver For Doing Less-Dangerous Stupid Thing
Police in Bay Ridge collared a reckless driver who was, in the words of the local Council member, "driving like an asshole" and doing donuts on Shore Road — but the seizure of the car only reveals the weakness in the larger system of getting dangerous drivers off the road.
October 21, 2022
SAFETY LAST: DOT Admits To Intentionally Endangering Cyclists on Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue
The Department of Transportation is forgoing a city law by refusing to create a temporary bike lane to protect cyclists on Fourth Avenue amid construction along the crucial Brooklyn corridor — a pro-car, anti-safety move that one activist called "bullshit."
October 20, 2022
Pedestrian Hit Near Citi Field on a Game Day Has Died of His Injuries
A pedestrian who was hit just a block from Citi Field a few hours before an August Mets home game by a reckless driver has died of his injuries — the latest crash around the athletic danger zone.
October 19, 2022
Civil Rights Group Calls on High Court to Protect Cyclists’ Constitutional Rights
The New York Civil Liberties Union wants cyclists to be treated like drivers — meaning a higher standard for search and seizure.
October 17, 2022
No Charges for Truck Driver Who Killed Cyclist Despite Being on a No-Truck Route and Failing to Yield
The driver who killed a 25-year-old cyclist on Wednesday has still not been charged in the death by the NYPD.
October 14, 2022
Thursday’s Headlines: A Bike Lane Grows in Brooklyn Edition
A hard-fought street redesign hopes to put and end to the depredations of malefactor motorists. Plus other news.
October 13, 2022
Commander of Downtown Brooklyn Precinct Has Dangerous Driving Record
This fish drives terribly from the head down.
October 7, 2022
UPDATE: Pedestrian Killed in Midtown
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a truck driver at a busy Midtown intersection on Thursday morning — and the NYPD said in its preliminary report that the dead man "walked in front" of a moving tractor trailer.
October 6, 2022
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Ghost Car of the Upper West Side — A Case Study in Not Getting Stuff Done
Three months after Mayor Adams announced a crackdown on cars with fake plates, a Jeep has been sitting on the Upper West Side — and cops have repeatedly ignored multiple 311 complaints about the criminal presence on the streets.
October 4, 2022
