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STREETSBLOG INVESTIGATION: Hit-and-Run Drivers Injure Thousands — Why are So Few Ever Charged?
Factors include badly worded state law, flawed NYPD investigations, juries comprised of drivers, and, let's face it, a general sense that vehicular crimes are not treated with the same level of seriousness as other crimes.
September 3, 2019
Ex-Parks Commissioner: I Won’t Bike in Central Park Anymore
A delivery man on a e-bike wiped out after striking a pedestrian at a dangerous intersection. What's the city going to do about it?
September 2, 2019
DOT: We Are NOT Backing Down on Neighborhood Loading Zones!
Reports of the demise of the Department of Transportation's residential loading zone program have been greatly exaggerated.
August 22, 2019
Thursday’s Headlines: More Charges Please! Edition
The killer of Jose Alzorriz (pictured) will be brought to account — but law enforcement still shrugs at so much other recent vehicle violence. Click here for that story and more in today's news digest.
August 22, 2019
UPDATE: Driver Arrested For Killing Cyclist on Coney Island Avenue
The NYPD has thrown the full summons book at driver Mirza Baig.
August 21, 2019
Cyclist: Cop Used Trump’s ‘Go Back Where You Came From’ When I Complained About Him Blocking a Bike Lane
A Brooklyn cop paraphrased President Trump's hate-filled demand about foreigners when a cyclist confronted him for parking in a painted bike lane.
August 15, 2019
UNACCOUNTABLE! The United States Postal Service is a Rogue Company Delivering Road Violence
It's enough to make you go postal.
August 14, 2019
NINETEEN: Another Cyclist Killed, This Time on Brutal Coney Island Avenue [UPDATED]
Another cyclist — the 19th of this bloody, bloody year — is dead, hit by a driver on deadly Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn.
August 11, 2019
Scofflaws in Uniform Beware — The Placard Abuse Twitter Account is Back!
Twitter has unlocked the account — after it deleted a supposedly offensive tweet.
August 7, 2019
IT’S NOT YOUR IMAGINATION: Uber and Lyft Drivers Almost Always Park in Bike Lanes
Just how bad are Uber and Lyft drivers when it comes to blocking bike lanes? Just horrible.
August 5, 2019
