Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Street Safety

A cyclist recently on the Cherry Walk portion of the bike path through Riverside Park. Photo: Google.

Public Nervous Announcement: Busiest Bike Path in North America to Be Severed for Weeks

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 22, 2020 | No Comments

And the Parks Department isn't doing anything to ensure the safety of cyclists beyond posting "signs" directing riders to busy, dangerous local roads.

OPINION: Protecting Cyclists From Road Ragers

By Emil Skandul | Sep 20, 2020 | No Comments

Our laws must do much more to deter these menaces, a bike commuter argues.

When cars are banished, culture can flourish, as this Time Lapse Dance performance Thursday on the Upper West Side shows. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

SEE IT: Yet Another Neighborhood Shows Mayor de Blasio How Great Our City Could Be Without Cars

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 18, 2020 | No Comments

Upper West Siders turned one of Mayor de Blasio's under-used and poorly conceived open streets into a community center that shows a way forward for a car-light city.

Skid marks left after drag racing in Bay Ridge. Photo: Justin Brannan.

OPINION: Curbing the Scourge of Illegal Street Racing

By Brad Hoylman | Sep 17, 2020 | No Comments

Pandemic-emptied roads have proved irresistible to reckless drivers. The FURIOUS Act would enable speed cameras to hold them accountable.

Everyone jaywalks but mostly only Blacks and Latinos are charged. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

OPINION: Here’s Why We Should Decriminalize ‘Jaywalking’

By Costa Constantinides | Sep 17, 2020 | No Comments

Legislation to eliminate the crime of "jaywalking" — a very term that speaks to the worst excesses of car culture — is necessary now as we seek to rethink the breadth of the NYPD’s responsibilities.

Queens Pol: Decriminalize ‘Jaywalking’ Now To Eliminate NYPD Racial Bias

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 15, 2020 | No Comments

Jaywalking isn't a crime! So says Queens Council Member Costa Constantinides, who wants to make it legal to cross against a light.

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