streetsblog-nyc-logo-alt

streetsblog-nyc-logo-dark

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

Streetsblog Basics

Streetsblog Network

Top Categories

Covering the fight for sustainable cities

streetsblog-nyc-logo

Streetsblog New York City

Donate to Streetsblog

SB NYC Initials 16-9 crop

Support Streetsblog

Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York&#8217;s dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.

Brad Aaron

simcha_felder

Carnage

A Hit-and-Run Driver Killed a Woman in Simcha Felder’s District Two Days After NYC Was Forced to Shut Off Speed Cameras

Tabloid legend Gersh Kuntzman has been with New York newspapers since 1989, including stints at the New York Daily News, the Post, the Brooklyn Paper and even a cup of coffee with the Times. He&#8217;s also the writer and producer of &#8220;Murder at the Food Coop,&#8221; which was a hit at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2016, and “SUV: The Musical” in 2007. He also writes the Cycle of Rage column, which is <a href="https://nyc.streetsblog.org/category/special-features/cycle-of-rage">archived here</a>.

gersh headshot horizontal square

Gersh Kuntzman

one down, 33 to go

Families for Safe Streets

Families for Safe Streets Activists are Marching — Well, Walking, Really — All Day Around Marty Golden’s Office

Jane Martin-Lavaud

State Legislature

Actually, Senator Flanagan and His GOP Cronies ARE the Speed Camera Villains

David was Streetsblog&#8217;s do-it-all New York City beat reporter from 2015 to 2019. He returned as deputy editor in 2023 after a three-year stint at the New York Post.

t6qq0j5pf-u6ra8egdr-a2a43d1daba6-512

David Meyer

flanagan

Elections

This Election Season, StreetsPAC Brings the Speed Camera Fight Door-to-Door

mobile speed camera unit

Speed Cameras Can No Longer Issue Tickets But City Will Still Collect Data On Scofflaws

16187034268_f3bdae2165_z

Traffic Enforcement

Governor Cuomo Blames Senator Marty Golden for Republicans’ Failure to Pass Speed Camera Bill

speed cams albany 2017

Safety Advocates To Plan Political Strategy As Speed Cameras Get Shut Down Today

(05-11-15) 17-04 0006

Senate Will Not Reconvene To Save Lives With Speed Cameras — And Majority Leader John Flanagan Is Perfectly OK With That

Where’s John? Senate Leader Flanagan Spent the Day NOT Working on Speed Cameras

Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.

Ben Fried

marty_golden

John Flanagan

Marty Golden’s Word on Speed Cams Has Been Good for Nothing