Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pedestrian safety

Man Killed By Hit-and-Run Driver in the Bronx

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 16, 2019 | 2 Comments

Police say that Christopher Nieves was crossing the southbound Bruckner service road near Austin Place at around 6 a.m. when he was hit by the driver of a brown or tan Chevy Tahoe, a mammoth vehicle.

Council Speaker Corey Johnson conducted a hearing Wednesday into his own bill to make New York streets safer. Photo: John McCarten

Reporter’s Notebook: Corey’s a ‘Master’ Planner — And Other City Hall Takeaways

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 13, 2019 | 10 Comments

Council Speaker Corey Johnson has a problem with free parking — and other highlights from this week's hearing on the Speaker's landmark "master plan" bill for street safety.

Will this really destroy the community? Photo: DOT

Reporter’s Notebook: Vision Zero on Trial in the Bronx

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 11, 2019 | 8 Comments

All rise as Streetsblog brings you inside the courtroom of Bronx Judge Lucindo Suarez as Vision Zero itself is on the docket.

Drivers Kill Two More in Weekend Carnage — And Are, Surprise, Charged!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 10, 2019

Sunday's arrests follow a pattern of cops acting swiftly only when a death is coupled with some other alleged vehicular transgression.

Another Bronx Judge Bows Out of Morris Park Ave. Vision Zero Case

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 10, 2019 | 1 Comment

Now four judges have recused themselves.

Cyclists have met the enemy and it is Bay Ridge Community Board 10. Photo: Dan Hetteix

BIKELASH! Bay Ridge CB Rejects DOT Cycle Network — Will City Push Back or Cave?

By Dan Hetteix | Jun 10, 2019 | 32 Comments

The DOT had offered Bay Ridge only a "starter pack" of unsafe painted bike lanes on a few roadways, but a group of 18 vocal Bay Ridge residents persuaded the CB10 traffic and transportation committee to demand that the city do even less.

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