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It’s Way Too Tough to Make Basic Street Safety Fixes in New York — So Let’s Make It Easier
Norms have hardened around the idea that basic street safety changes should be subject to an inscrutable public process full of veto points. We have to change those norms.
March 8, 2018
Park Slope Residents Demand Immediate Safety Improvements on Ninth Street From de Blasio
The mayor made no promises today, as his daily SUV convoy to the Park Slope Y took him within a few feet of the site of yesterday's fatal collision.
March 6, 2018
Pedestrian Injuries Dropped 63 Percent After Queens Boulevard Redesign
Traffic injuries dropped 35 percent on the 2.5-mile stretch that DOT first redesigned with more dedicated space for walking and biking.
January 24, 2018
Between Your Bus Stop and Your Job — A Deadly Road
If you don't have access to a car, it can be hard to get to work in sprawled out America. The wait for the bus might be long, and you might have to transfer at least once, and then there's often a final cruel barrier: a dangerous road between your bus stop and your job.
January 17, 2018
NYC Pedestrian Deaths Fell Significantly in 2017, Bucking National Trends
The sustained reduction in fatalities should bolster the political case for moving forward with bolder street designs more rapidly.
January 8, 2018
NYPD Security Theater Takes Manhattan
Obtrusive new police barriers interfering with walking and biking paths are cropping up in Midtown and elsewhere. Do you feel safer, New York?
December 1, 2017
Families of Crash Victims Call for Action at City Hall on World Day of Remembrance
Nearly 300 people gathered to press City Hall for safer street designs and Albany for an expansion of NYC's speed camera program.
November 20, 2017
Rodriguez Calls for Bollards to Protect New Yorkers From Vehicular Attacks
Following Tuesday's mass casualty vehicular attack on the Hudson River Greenway, City Council transportation chair Ydanis Rodriguez is upping the pressure on City Hall to install physical protections around areas in NYC with the thickest concentrations of pedestrians and cyclists.
November 2, 2017
San Antonio Gets a Badly Needed Kick in the Pants on Pedestrian Safety
In removing a guerrilla safety improvement, San Antonio officials acted with the kind of swiftness that they've never displayed in response to the city's staggering pedestrian death rate.
October 25, 2017
DOT: The Barnes Dance Isn’t Usually the Best Tool to Make Intersections Safer
A DOT report recommends leading pedestrian intervals, split-phase signals, and physical improvements as other tools to protect people on foot from turning drivers.
October 5, 2017
