Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pedestrian safety

INVESTIGATION: City School Streets are Uniquely Dangerous

By Jesse Coburn | May 24, 2022 | No Comments

A six-month Streetsblog investigation found that streets near schools are uniquely dangerous, with rates of crashes and injuries that exceed city averages — particularly near schools where most students are poor or children of color.

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Talking Headways Podcast: A ‘Communities First’ Infrastructure Alliance

By Jeff Wood | May 20, 2022 | No Comments

Why this is an important moment for infrastructure equity.

Scofflaw trucks like these are costing us big-time. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Broad Coalition Demands Mayor Adams Properly Manage New York’s Busiest Places: The Curb

By Eve Kessler | May 19, 2022 | No Comments

It's a popular front against "chaos at the curb."

Human error causes most crashes. Photo: File photo

OPINION: Stopping the Lawless Drivers Behind Our Traffic Violence Crisis

By Matthew Carmody | May 10, 2022 | No Comments

Less than 1 percent of motorists cause most of the havoc. We can take countermeasures.

DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez and a friend (plus Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine and TA Executive Director Danny Harris in the background). Photo: Dave Colon

Yet Another Report Makes Clear Case for City Control of Speed Cameras

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 10, 2022 | No Comments

Almost 60 percent of road fatalities in the five boroughs occur in the hours when the cameras are, by current law, unable to issue tickets.

What pedestrians must wade through many nights. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Advocates: The City’s ‘Clean Curbs’ Pilot is Too Small

By Eve Kessler | May 10, 2022 | No Comments

The limited scale of Clean Curbs — basically, the piloting of off-the-shelf storage sheds for bags — hampers the city's goals because it does not require the total rethinking of garbage-collection methods, which is what the city ultimately needs.

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