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Here They Are: Meet Some of NYC’s Worst Sidewalk Hogs
We asked for photos of NYC's worst sidewalk-hogging businesses, and readers responded.
July 14, 2014
Who Are NYC’s Worst Sidewalk Hogs? Keep Those Tweets Coming
There's still time to submit your photos of sidewalk-hogging businesses.
July 7, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Tweet Us Your Pics of Sidewalk-Hogging Businesses
Clarence shot the above photo of a common sight in NYC: car-oriented businesses that illegally commandeer sidewalks, forcing pedestrians to walk around parked cars or pushing people into the street. He writes:
July 3, 2014
Which Precincts Are Making Progress on Vision Zero in Queens?
The advocates at Make Queens Safer have put together this handy visualization of NYPD enforcement trends in Queens using data scraped from PDFs the department posts online. You can see the big increase in failure-to-yield summonses, a smaller but significant bump up in speeding tickets last month, and a mild uptick in red light tickets. Pedestrian and cyclist injuries are back down to 2012 levels after an increase in 2013.
June 27, 2014
NYPD Is Ticketing More Drivers for Speeding on Neighborhood Streets
NYPD is issuing more speeding summonses this year than in 2013, and data show a substantial jump in the number of drivers ticketed for speeding on neighborhood streets. While the numbers represent an increase from the baseline, it will take a lot more summonses for enforcement to be commensurate with the scale of NYC's reckless driving problem.
June 18, 2014
Mother of Cooper Stock: NYPD Must Hold Reckless Cab Drivers Accountable
Update: According to a spokesperson for Mayor de Blasio, today's scheduled bill signing was postponed.
June 13, 2014
311 Is a Joke: NYPD Ignores Bike Lane-Blocking Big Rigs in Red Hook
In the space of a few hours this afternoon, one cyclist's experience, chronicled in real time on Twitter, summed up NYPD's indifference to keeping bike lanes clear of motor vehicles.
June 10, 2014
For Cooper’s Law to Work, NYPD Must Change Its Approach to Traffic Crashes
One of the most substantive traffic safety bills passed by the City Council Thursday was Intro 171 -- “Cooper’s Law” -- which allows the Taxi and Limousine Commission to suspend or revoke hack licenses of cab drivers who cause critical injury or death as a result of breaking traffic laws. The effectiveness of the law, however, depends on NYPD, which often does not ticket drivers involved in serious crashes.
May 30, 2014
NYPD Ticketing Cyclists in Prospect Park and Central Park
As dangerous drivers continue to injure and kill with impunity, NYPD is targeting cyclists in parks.
May 22, 2014