Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Hit-and-Run

Writing condolences at the vigil for dead cyclist Robyn Hightman. Photo: Yosef Kessler

NYPD May Stop Ticketing Cyclists After They’re Killed

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 27, 2019 | 16 Comments

NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan’s seemingly ad-libbed comments came after a reporter at unrelated press conference asked why bikers are typically targeted for enforcement after they are killed by car drivers.

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After Cyclist Was Killed, City Wrote 40 Percent of its Blitz Tix to … Cyclists!

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 26, 2019 | 7 Comments

New York’s Finest said they had written 77 moving violation tickets between the time when Hightman's blood was washed off the street and Wednesday morning — 29 tickets went to bikers and 48 to drivers of cars and trucks.

Mayor de Blasio’s Gotten All Blurry on Vision Zero

By Julianne Cuba | May 6, 2019 | 15 Comments

The mayor's signature plan to end all traffic deaths by 2024 needs a new prescription — and a mayor who is entirely focused on the five boroughs.

This is the truck that allegedly was driven into Linda Douglas on April 3. Photo: NYPD

Trucker Kills Woman in Flatbush And Walks By Saying the Magic Words: ‘I Didn’t Know!’

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 4, 2019 | 21 Comments

So few hit-and-run drivers are charged in this city. Here's another one.

The cyclist and truck driver were about to pass this construction area when the driver hit the rider. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Cyclist Killed By Truck Driver in Injury-Heavy Area of Brooklyn

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 1, 2019 | 5 Comments

The cyclist was run down on Broadway near Rodney Street.

Cops arrested the hit-and-run driver who killed Chaim Joseph last month.

NYPD Still Has Not Arrested Four Recent Hit-and-Run Drivers

By Ben Verde | Feb 12, 2019 | 8 Comments

Cops continue a bad practice of not bringing killer drivers to justice.

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