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OPINION: Saving Children’s Lives Should Not Be Open to Debate
Apolline Mong-Guillemin led a short life — just three months. But her life, which ended because it's too easy for reckless drivers to kill pedestrians in this city, must have a greater purpose.
January 31, 2022
New Year Brings New Push for Albany to Do Something About Our Deadly Streets
Albany pols must do all the stuff they failed to do last year by not sending any bills from the so-called Crash Victim Rights and Safety Act to then-Gov. Cuomo's desk for signing.
January 27, 2022
NUMBER CRUNCH: Inside the Deadliest Year in Vision Zero History
It was worse than you thought.
January 26, 2022
Pedestrian Gravely Wounded by Driver on Still-Dangerous McGuinness Boulevard
A senior citizen was struck and seriously injured on Monday night on deadly McGuinness Boulevard, a roadway that the outgoing de Blasio administration vowed to redesign for safety, but didn't begin before its clock ran out.
January 25, 2022
UPDATE: Two Pedestrians Killed in Manhattan Crosswalks
Two pedestrians are dead after drivers mowed them both down in the crosswalk on the Upper East and West sides of Manhattan early Monday, according to police, but only one of the drivers was charged despite Mayor Adams's promise last week that the NYPD would begin a new crackdown on drivers who fail to yield.
January 24, 2022
Cyclist Badly Injured by Hit-and-Run Driver along Notorious Windsor Terrace Strip
A delivery cyclist was struck and gravely injured by the hit-and-run driver of an SUV early on Friday morning at a dangerous intersection in Windsor Terrace, police said.
January 21, 2022
Viral Video of W. Va. Reporter Struck by Pick-Up Driver on Live TV Should be a Watershed Moment
A horrifying car crash that aired on live TV shows how the U.S. media normalizes traffic violence, even as it happens in real time.
January 20, 2022
Mayor Adams’s ‘Turbo-Charged’ Vision Zero Includes a Back Door to Massive NYPD Crackdown on Cyclists
A new enforcement effort raised eyebrows among some activists, forcing DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez into a defensive position.
January 19, 2022
BY THE NUMBERS: Car-Free Streets are Simply Safer, Data Continue to Show
Injuries, for example, are down 89 percent along the 34th Avenue open street, a new analysis shows.
January 11, 2022
Vision Zero Epicenters: 5 Dangerous Neighborhoods that Should Be on Eric Adams’s Agenda
Streetsblog crunched the numbers to reveal the neighborhoods that most need safety improvements. An analysis for a new administration.
January 3, 2022
