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Queens Beep Pledges Big Cash for Queensboro Bridge Pedestrian Project
Queens Borough President Donovan Richards will announce on Tuesday that he will allocate $3 million from his office's infrastructure funds to underwrite a security fence on the Queensboro Bridge.
May 10, 2021
Brooklyn Senior Run Down and Killed — Driver Not Charged
An 81-year-old woman who was run down just a few blocks from her Bensonhurst home has died — and her killer was not charged, the NYPD said.
May 7, 2021
Vision Zero in Decline: New Stats Show Blood Tide of Road Violence is Unchecked
April was the cruelest month — but the other months sucked, too.
May 4, 2021
See It: People Really Enjoy Open Streets When Cars are Banished
Kids having fun. Neighbors meeting neighbors. Everyone walking safe. And a lot of it!
April 29, 2021
Manhattan Panel Backs Henry Hudson Parkway Bike Lane
Getting to the Empire State Trail from the Hudson River Greenway is quite the climb! Could a bike lane be the answer — and to a greenway closure, too?
April 28, 2021
Bay Ridge Pol: NYPD Must Crack Down on Rogue Car Dealerships After Pedestrian Was Run Down on the Sidewalk
"Some of these dealerships just don't care and now a woman is dead because a car was driving on the sidewalk," Brannan said.
April 16, 2021
ANALYSIS: Mayor de Blasio Has Abandoned the Open Streets ‘Program’
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.
April 12, 2021
Drivers Kill Two in Separate Crashes: Police
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.
April 9, 2021
Protecting Non-Motorists Makes NTSB ‘Most Wanted List’ For the First Time
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?
April 7, 2021
Queens Borough President Reappoints Community Board Member Who Said Pedestrians ‘Deserve’ to Die
“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.
April 7, 2021
