Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

DOT's redesign of the 79th Street rotunda omits protection for people attempting to access the country's most popular bike path. Image: DOT

Op-ed: DOT Rebuffs Community on Riverside Park Rotunda Traffic Safety

By Mark Gorton | May 17, 2019 | 4 Comments

Last October, the Department of Transportation presented to Community Board 7 a $150- to 200-million plan to renovate the Rotunda at West 79th Street in Riverside Park. The Rotunda is topped by a traffic circle that cyclists use to get to the Hudson River Greenway, the busiest bike route in the country. For years, cyclists […]

Hours into 2019, a Cyclist is Doored to Death [UPDATED]

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 1, 2019 | 19 Comments

UPDATED: A cyclist became the first victim of road violence in 2019 when he was doored into traffic on busy Third Avenue in Brooklyn and then run over by another driver just hours after the ball dropped in Times Square.

Chinese food delivery worker Deqing Lian spoke to Streetsblog. Photo: Jing Wang

Meet Deqing Lian — A Deliveryman Trying to Make a Living in de Blasio’s New York

By Jing Wang | Dec 11, 2018 | 31 Comments

"The mayor has no idea about our work," says one deliveryman about the NYPD crackdown on e-bikes.

NYPD's crackdown on electric-assist bikes could end under a proposed bill. Photo: NYPD

New E-Scooter Bills Seek to Stop NYPD Crackdown on E-Bikes

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 27, 2018 | 67 Comments

Councilman Rafael Espinal is crafting legislation that, he says, will bring throttle-controlled bikes favored by delivery workers out of the shadows.

This is the moment when bus driver Dave Lewis passed too closely to cyclist Dan Hanegby, who had the right of way, killing him.

CYCLE OF RAGE: Driver Who Killed Dan Hanegby Should Be Jailed For Years, Not Days

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 21, 2018 | 14 Comments

The video of Dave Lewis killing the bike rider is chilling and should make every New Yorker livid.

Police identified Joseph Alrick's white SUV as the vehicle involved in a hit-and-run that nearly killed Bernadette Karna, but did not arrest Alrick.

How Hit-and-Run Drivers Get Off Scot-Free: They Tell NYPD “It Wasn’t Me”

By Ben Fried | Aug 22, 2018 | 22 Comments

Evading consequences for running someone down and driving away is that simple.

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