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Local Speeding Tickets (Barely) Outnumber Sidewalk Biking Summonses
We've got a new installment in Streetsblog's hotly-anticipated Sidewalk Biking Ticket Index, which compares the number of sidewalk biking summonses issued by NYPD to the number of speeding tickets issued by local precincts. In a reversal from 2012, NYPD last year issued more tickets for speeding on local streets than criminal charges for riding a bicycle on the sidewalk -- but just barely. The ratio is still far out of proportion to the damage caused by each offense.
July 31, 2014
TA Vision Zero Report: NYPD Traffic Enforcement Up, But Wildly Uneven
NYPD increased enforcement of dangerous traffic violations during the first six months of the city's Vision Zero initiative, but enforcement varied drastically from precinct to precinct, with some issuing fewer summonses than last year.
July 31, 2014
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