Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Safety

DOT's redesign of the 79th Street rotunda omits protection for people attempting to access the country's most popular bike path. Image: DOT

Op-ed: DOT Rebuffs Community on Riverside Park Rotunda Traffic Safety

By Mark Gorton | May 17, 2019

Last October, the Department of Transportation presented to Community Board 7 a $150- to 200-million plan to renovate the Rotunda at West 79th Street in Riverside Park. The Rotunda is topped by a traffic circle that cyclists use to get to the Hudson River Greenway, the busiest bike route in the country. For years, cyclists […]

Police photograph the victim's bike after he was hit by a driver on May 11 in Crown Heights. Photo: Marco Conner.

NYPD is Quick to Blame Latest Cyclist Victim For His Own Death

By Julianne Cuba | May 16, 2019 | 6 Comments

A cyclist who was hit last week in Crown Heights has died of his injuries — the 10th cyclist to be killed this year — and police blamed him for his own death.

More education could prevent more of these. Photo: David Meyer

Drivers Would Learn About Sharing the Road, Thanks to Senate Bill

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 16, 2019 | 4 Comments

The state Department of Motor Vehicles will have to do a better job of instructing would-be drivers that they're not the only vehicles on the road, and that their fellow motorists aren't the only thing to watch out for, thanks to a long-stalled Senate bill that finally passed on Tuesday.

Scores of activists rallied at City Hall on Tuesday to argue that Mayor de Blasio has decelerated Vision Zero. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

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Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Safety

Op-ed: DOT Rebuffs Community on Riverside Park Rotunda Traffic Safety

NYPD is Quick to Blame Latest Cyclist Victim For His Own Death

Drivers Would Learn About Sharing the Road, Thanks to Senate Bill

Cyclists Are Not the Enemy, Says a Widow Whose Husband Was Killed By a Cyclist

NYPD: Driver Hits and Kills Cyclist Robert Sommer in Marine Park

Ding Dong! NYPD Commissioner Stops Breaking a Law His Cops Use to Harass Kids