Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Street Safety

Decision to Stop Traffic Enforcement is Costing City Millions — And Making Roadways Less Safe

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 9, 2020 | No Comments

The de Blasio administration's decision to stop immobilizing the vehicles of scofflaw drivers has resulted in tens of thousands of profligate violators to continue driving — and robbed the city of millions of dollars a month in revenue.

A Queens intersection where a hit-and-run driver struck a woman earlier this year. The state comptroller audited the city DOT's units that fix intersections and found that they needed improvements.

State Audit Finds Some Dysfunction at DOT

By Eve Kessler | Oct 7, 2020 | No Comments

The state watchdog finds broken traffic cameras, interminable studies, missing fixes in four-year review of DOT practices.

This kind of thing wouldn't happen as often if cars were restricted and pedestrians and cyclists had more space of their own. File photo: Streetsblog

BEHIND THE NUMBERS: Bike Injuries Are Up in Places with Worst Infrastructure

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 7, 2020 | No Comments

The Bronx is up and the Battery's down. New York, New York — it's a dangerous town!

A little-known path through Fort Washington Park in Upper Manhattan (see red line) lets cyclists using the Hudson River Greenway avoid hilly terrain around the George Washington Bridge. Image: Google

Eyes on the Street: An Abandoned Greenway Annex Beckons Bike Commuters

By Ed Ravin | Oct 6, 2020 | No Comments

A decrepit path through Fort Washington Park could act as an alternative route for those seeking to avoid hills. Of course, the city would have to fix it.

Mayor de Blasio with the NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea. A Human Rights Watch report about NYPD abuses in the Bronx raises troubling questions about Shea's leadership. Photo: NYC Mayor's Office

OPINION: Mayor de Blasio Must Hold NYPD To Account for Bronx Assault

By Ida Sawyer | Oct 6, 2020 | No Comments

Police abuses of Mott Haven protesters in June violated international law, says Human Rights Watch.

Here's the moment just after David Sabedra spat on cyclist Kara McCurdy.

UNMASKED: Crescent Street ‘Spitter’ is a Repeat Reckless Driver and Violent Offender

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 5, 2020 | No Comments

Chew on this: The man who spat on a cyclist last week in the Crescent Street protected bike lane is a recidivist reckless driver, convicted felon and notorious hothead whose car should not even be on the road.

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