Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

10-year-old Enzo Farachio's parents Mary Majao and Angel Farachio during a vigil for their son last year. File photo: Julianne Cuba

License Revoked For Driver Who Killed 10-Year-Old Boy Last Year

By Julianne Cuba | Nov 17, 2020 | No Comments

The Department of Motor Vehicles has revoked the license of the driver who killed a 10-year-old boy waiting at a bus stop in Midwood last year, a driver whom Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez declined to prosecute.

E-bikes promise riders many benefits, for example, capacity for hauling more cargo, as exhibited by this fully loaded Class 1 (pedal assist) electric folding bike, pictured on the George Washington Bridge. Photo: Dan Suraci

Op-Ed: Fix the Flaws in the State’s E-Bike Law

By Dan Suraci | May 20, 2020 | No Comments

Differing helmet requirements, labeling, and local edicts will confuse riders, manufacturers — and the (too often uninformed) police.

MUST-WATCH: ‘Delivery Guys are Not Trash’ — They’re Heroes

By Streetsblog | Apr 24, 2020 | No Comments

If you watch nothing else today, please watch this four-minute video by producers Jon Hsu and Law Chen featuring New York's hard-working delivery cyclists.

After the vigils, advocates say that there has to be more support for crash victims and their families. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

New York Could Be First To Adopt ‘Crash Victims Bill of Rights’

By Dave Colon | Mar 4, 2020 | No Comments

"There's just a huge need for it," said Amy Cohen of the advocacy group, Families for Safe Streets.

The DOT and MTA agree: It's time to paint bus lanes like there's no tomorrow.

ANALYSIS: For Faster Bronx Buses, Get Rid of Cars

By Eve Kessler | Mar 2, 2020 | No Comments

Until the city commits to more busways, the MTA's bus-network redesign amounts to tinkering. Bring on the red paint!

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Brooklyn DA: Hit-and-Run Drivers Need Harsher Penalties

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 22, 2019 | No Comments

District Attorney Eric Gonzalez is again demanding that lawmakers in Albany increase the jail time for hit-and-run drivers who kill,

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