Op-Ed: Don’t Forget Us, Bike Mayor!
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The position should focus on bringing infrastructure to the under-served, outer-borough areas that need it most.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike/Ped
STREETSBLOG INVESTIGATION: Hit-and-Run Drivers Injure Thousands — Why are So Few Ever Charged?
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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.
Cops: Pedestrian Dies After Being Knocked Down by Hit-And-Run Cyclist
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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.
Dangers Mount With Crashes, Conflicts on Queensboro Bridge
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The city should separate cyclists and pedestrians — stat! — before someone gets killed. But motorists, as always, come first.
NYPD: Another Pedestrian is Killed on Deadly Church Avenue
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It's the 110th road death so far this year, up 18 percent over the same period last year.
BLOOD IN THE STREETS: Three More Pedestrians are Dead [UPDATED]
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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.