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Pedestrian Deaths Set a Four-Decade Record in 2022 (Yes, Again)
And to think, 2021 was the deadliest year on record for U.S. pedestrians since the early 80s — until last year topped it.
June 22, 2023
‘Standard Practice’: Queens Panel Endorses Universal Daylighting as Driver Who Killed Dolma Goes to Court
Tuesday was bookended by a Queens driver who killed a 7-year-old girl appearing in court and a community board urging the city to daylight all intersections to prevent such crashes in the future.
June 21, 2023
DOT Adding Badly Needed Upgrade To Parkside Avenue Bike Lane But Delays Other Life-Saving Fixes
The Department of Transportation will make it safer to turn off of and access the Parkside Avenue bike protected bike lane, but the city is still making neighborhoods south of Prospect Park wait for new protected bike lanes.
June 19, 2023
Donor Class McGuinness Safety Opponents Reel in Brooklyn Dem Boss, DOT Commish for ‘Sham’ Town Hall
Opponents of the city’s proposed safety redesign of deadly McGuinness Boulevard flexed their political muscle on Thursday, even luring the boss of Brooklyn’s Democratic county machine — to whom they’ve donated tens of thousands of dollars.
June 16, 2023
‘It Will Save Lives’: Queens CB1 Members Demand Universal Intersection Daylighting After Drivers Kill Two Kids
The Department of Transportation exempts itself from state law requiring intersections free of parked cars, also known as daylighting, but Queens Community Board 1's Transportation Committee voted on Thursday to demanding that officials axe the carveout.
June 6, 2023
Greenpointers Rally For Safer Streets Where Cyclist, 73, Was Killed
When neighbors fight road safety improvements, other neighbors die.
June 5, 2023
Feds Take Baby Step Towards Maybe, Possibly Improving the Car Safety Rating Program
Europe is so far ahead of us on this.
May 26, 2023
Nearly 500 Crossing Guard Positions, Rather than Being Filled, Are Cut By Mayor Adams and NYPD
The NYPD has cut close to 500 crossing guard positions in a money-saving measure — a move that puts kids at risk on school roadways that were already more dangerous than other city streets.
May 25, 2023
Flatbed Trucker Fatally Strikes Pedestrian on 125th Street in East Harlem
The trucker struck the 53-year-old man near Third Avenue just before 10:40 a.m., and the victim died at the scene, according to the NYPD.
May 24, 2023
AG James Won’t Charge Reckless Cops Who Struck and Killed Ronald Smith With a Speeding Police Van
"My family is outraged," said Julie Floyd, the sister of victim Ronald Smith. "It's ridiculous what these people can get away with."
May 23, 2023
