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Eyes on the Street: DIY School Zone Traffic-Calming in Corona
Today Transportation Alternatives staff and members of Families for Safe Streets are in Albany, asking legislators to allow NYC to install speed enforcement cameras near every school in the city. This example of a crossing guard's efforts to defend school kids in Queens, courtesy of Streetfilms' Clarence Eckerson Jr., is another good illustration of why the state should lift arbitrary enforcement restrictions.
February 9, 2016
A Closer Look at the Drop in Severe Traffic Injuries in NYC
This graph from City Hall's Vision Zero Year Two Report [PDF], released yesterday, is worth pulling out for a closer look. It shows the number of people who were killed or severely injured in traffic each year. Injuries tracked by this metric "include loss of mobility, traumatic brain injuries and amputations," according to the report.
January 20, 2016
Criminal Court Judge Upholds Constitutionality of Right of Way Law
A judge ruled against a motorist who filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Right of Way Law.
January 8, 2016
Will the City Council Press NYPD to Enforce the Right of Way Law?
NYPD is barely enforcing a key Vision Zero law more than a year after it took effect, and it seems the City Council isn't planning to do anything about it.
January 5, 2016
Video: Festival of Fake Police Lights Takes Over Sixth Avenue [Updated]
Bucky Turco of ANIMAL fame took this video of what looks like a Lubavitcher Hanukkah parade in Midtown Saturday night. The video was shot on Sixth Avenue at 23rd Street shortly after 8 p.m.
December 14, 2015
Victoria Nicodemus, 14th Person Killed by Curb-Jumping NYC Driver in 2015
An alleged unlicensed driver who witnesses say was traveling at a high rate of speed struck and killed a woman on a sidewalk in Fort Greene yesterday.
December 7, 2015
Traffic Violence Claims Another Life as NYPD Announces Enforcement Blitz
The pedestrian death toll stands at 13 since October 31. NYPD said a man hit by a driver in Queens last weekend died from his injuries Wednesday, according to Gothamist. Meanwhile, police announced a period of "focused enforcement" of the most dangerous driving violations.
November 12, 2015
NYPD Precinct Where Driver Killed Ally Liao Announces Walking Crackdown
An NYPD precinct in Queens where law-breaking drivers have killed several people this year has announced a crackdown on walking.
November 10, 2015