Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike/Ped

STREETSBLOG INVESTIGATION: Hit-and-Run Drivers Injure Thousands — Why are So Few Ever Charged?

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 3, 2019 | 2 Comments

Factors include badly worded state law, flawed NYPD investigations, juries comprised of drivers, and, let's face it, a general sense that vehicular crimes are not treated with the same level of seriousness as other crimes.

6th Avenue and West 23rd Street, where Collopy was struck by the cyclist. (Google Maps)

Cops: Pedestrian Dies After Being Knocked Down by Hit-And-Run Cyclist

By Dave Colon | Aug 7, 2019 | 153 Comments

Michael Collopy, 60, was hit by a cyclist on July 31 as he stood in the protected bike lane at Sixth Avenue and 23rd Street. The cyclist kept on pedaling. Collopy died on Wednesday of his injuries.

People biking, walking, and working must all compete for the same narrow space on the Queensboro Bridge. Photo: Twitter/Laura Newman

Dangers Mount With Crashes, Conflicts on Queensboro Bridge

By Steve Scofield | Jul 30, 2019 | 41 Comments

The city should separate cyclists and pedestrians — stat! — before someone gets killed. But motorists, as always, come first.

Here's the intersection of E. Fifth St. and Church Avenue where a pedestrian was struck. He later died from his injuries. Photo: Google

NYPD: Another Pedestrian is Killed on Deadly Church Avenue

By Julianne Cuba | Jul 10, 2019 | 18 Comments

It's the 110th road death so far this year, up 18 percent over the same period last year.

The dangerous intersection of Coney Island Avenue and Church Avenue, where a driver hit and killed a 49-year-old woman on July 8. Photo: Zainab Iqbal.

BLOOD IN THE STREETS: Three More Pedestrians are Dead [UPDATED]

By Julianne Cuba | Jul 8, 2019 | 1 Comment

Three more pedestrians have been killed by reckless drivers — bringing the total death count this bloody year to 106, or 14 percent more than this time last year.

The intersection where a driver struck and killed 33-year-old Ingrid Pineda-Cuellar.

UPDATE: NYPD Arrests Driver Who Hit and Killed a Woman in the Crosswalk

By Julianne Cuba | Jul 1, 2019 | 10 Comments

Updated: Cops cuffed the driver who struck and killed a woman in a crosswalk of a Brooklyn intersection, the NYPD said on July 8. On June 30, police offered preliminary information about the death of 33-year-old Ingrid Pineda-Cuellar, who was struck by 78-year-old Jean Victorin as she crossed Utica Avenue at 6:53 a.m. on June 27. Police […]

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