Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pedestrian safety

The scene of Carol Langdon's death. Even in a Google photo, there's a car on the sidewalk and others double-parked.

Bay Ridge Pol: NYPD Must Crack Down on Rogue Car Dealerships After Pedestrian Was Run Down on the Sidewalk

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 16, 2021 | No Comments

"Some of these dealerships just don't care and now a woman is dead because a car was driving on the sidewalk," Brannan said.

Open streets done right: Vanderbilt Avenue in Brooklyn. Photo: Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council

ANALYSIS: Mayor de Blasio Has Abandoned the Open Streets ‘Program’

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 12, 2021 | No Comments

It's been a terrible week for open streets, with a volunteer being attacked by a car owner, open streets equipment being vandalized, opponents circulating petitions ... and a mayor who remains silent.

Drivers Kill Two in Separate Crashes: Police

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 9, 2021 | No Comments

Two people — one a Manhattan senior who was a longtime fixture at the New York Public Library, and the other a Brooklyn man who cops say was homeless — were killed in separate crashes, police said on Friday.

If any one group deserves an award for alerting officials about the danger of road violence, it is Families for Safe Streets.

LATEST LOBBYING: Advocates Pushing Street-Safety Bills in Albany

By Eve Kessler | Apr 9, 2021 | No Comments

Drive includes measures on reckless drivers, speed limits, speed cameras, alcohol-impaired driving, and driver education.

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Protecting Non-Motorists Makes NTSB ‘Most Wanted List’ For the First Time

By Kea Wilson | Apr 7, 2021 | No Comments

For the first time in its 54-year history, the transportation sector's most influential investigative agency wants America to focus on protecting vulnerable road users. What took so long?

What happened to "Bye-bye"? Despite her outrageous comments, Kim Ohanian (inset) was reappointed to a Queens community board by Borough President Donovan Richards.

Queens Borough President Reappoints Community Board Member Who Said Pedestrians ‘Deserve’ to Die

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 7, 2021 | No Comments

“Democracy is at its strongest when the voices of all the people it serves are elevated," Beep Donovan Richards said. And that apparently goes for Kim Ohanian, too.

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