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NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Fatally Doored Delivery Cyclist Juan Pacheco
Dooring is illegal, and has caused at least five cyclist fatalities since 2012. But NYPD isn't ticketing drivers who do it.
April 27, 2018
De Blasio Moves to Permit Pedal-Assist Electric Bikes on NYC Streets
Advocates welcomed the announcement while pointing out that more needs to be done to prevent harassment of deliver workers by police.
April 3, 2018
Want to Know How Often That Driver Gets Caught Speeding? Ask @HowsMyDrivingNY.
The Twitter bot lets anyone look up the parking, speeding, and red light violations associated with a specific license plate.
March 26, 2018
NYPD Could Have Taken Dorothy Bruns Off the Road Before She Killed 2 Kids, If Cops and DAs Cared About Traffic Violence
Months before she killed Abigail Blumenstein and Joshua Lew, NYPD says Dorothy Bruns injured a woman in Long Island City and fled the scene. Police did nothing about it.
March 23, 2018
Will NYC’s New Alert System Improve NYPD’s Abysmal Hit-and-Run Arrest Rate?
To help NYPD catch hit-and-run drivers, this weekend the city will launch an Amber Alert-style system to notify the public when a serious crash happens. Most drivers who critically injure or kill people and leave the scene in NYC are never arrested.
March 16, 2018
Want the Mayor to Keep Bus Lanes Clear? Bill de Blasio Thinks You’re Blinded By Ideology.
Without an engaged mayor who understands how he can improve the situation, New York's relentless traffic dysfunction will continue.
March 16, 2018
De Blasio’s Big Traffic Safety Push Relies on Albany, Not His Own Administration
De Blasio announced no increases for the city's street redesign budget, nor any other changes to traffic safety policy levers that he directly controls.
March 15, 2018
Driver Who Killed Phil O’Reilly Had a History of Speeding and Red Light Tickets
The same Nissan was cited for speeding five times in less than two years and a red light violation two months before O'Reilly was killed.
March 13, 2018
State Reps Intro Bills to Prevent Speeding and Keep Dangerous Drivers Off the Streets
The four bills set out to expand the city's automated speed enforcement program and to revoke driving privileges from motorists who demonstrate unfitness to operate vehicles on public streets.
March 9, 2018
Charting a New Course to Street Safety
Calming one dangerous street at a time, as NYC DOT promised this week, too late, for 9th Street, is just part of the task before us.
March 9, 2018
