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Another Truck Driver Fatally Backs Over Another Pedestrian — And is Not Charged
A senior citizen was killed by a truck driver who backed over him on First Avenue on Tuesday morning — the second such incident in the same day and the second time the driver was not initially charged.
May 21, 2019
No Controversy as Park Slope Panel Backs Flatbush Ave. Bike Lane
“It’s a really strong proposal. It replicates what was done on Prospect Park West almost a decade ago that has worked very well,” said one board member.
May 20, 2019
Whew! Sen. John Liu’s Bill to Criminalize Walking Is Likely DOA
An upstate lawmaker appears ready to stop a bill that no real New Yorker would ever have introduced — Queens Senator John Liu's absurd bill to empower the NYPD to write tickets to "distracted" pedestrians.
May 20, 2019
NYPD Says ‘Thanks, But No Thanks’ To Council Bid to Improve Collision Investigation Squad
Police Commissioner James O’Neill doesn’t want more money to investigate road collisions.
May 15, 2019
Pedestrian Killed by Dump Truck Driver As De Blasio’s Commitment to Vision Zero is Questioned
Open season on the innocent continues.
May 12, 2019
Cars Get Police Protection at Rally for Full Travers Park Plan
Hundreds of Jackson Heights residents, and scores of children, angrily protested the continued use of 78th Street by a politically-connected car dealership that has halted plans for a long-promised block-long greenspace between 34th Avenue and deadly Northern Boulevard.
May 12, 2019
DOT to Bay Ridge: You Get Unsafe Bike Lanes Because We Don’t Want to Remove Parking
The DOT offers "murderstrips" instead of protected bike lanes — even though Bay Ridge residents are increasingly open to real safety improvements. How is this Vision Zero?
May 10, 2019
Postal Service Hasn’t Even Called Family Whose Relative Was Killed By a USPS Driver
The United States Postal Service drives around in untrackable, plate-less vehicles — prompting more calls for increased oversight of the unaccountable federal agency.
May 10, 2019
DOT’S CPW PBL is OTW (LOL?)
It only took an internationally covered cyclist death — and months of delay — but the city is finally ready to present a protected bike lane for Central Park West, Streetsblog has learned.
May 9, 2019
Five More Manhattan Precincts are Filled with S-Cop-Laws
Our ongoing investigation into recklessly driving cops continues — with more officers whose cars would be impounded under a Council bill to crack down on repeat offenders.
May 8, 2019
