Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

STREETSBLOG INVESTIGATION: Hit-and-Run Drivers Injure Thousands — Why are So Few Ever Charged?

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 3, 2019 | 2 Comments

Factors include badly worded state law, flawed NYPD investigations, juries comprised of drivers, and, let's face it, a general sense that vehicular crimes are not treated with the same level of seriousness as other crimes.

Candidates for Queens District Attorney talking about street safety are (clockwise from top left) Rory Lancman, Jose Nieves, Melinda Katz and Tiffany Caban.

Ask the Candidates: Which District Attorney Will Make Queens Streets Safer?

By Dave Colon | Jun 13, 2019 | 8 Comments

Mostly, the seven Democrats vying for the Democratic nomination on June 25 have been focusing on what many believe are traditional law-and-order issues. But Streetsblog grilled them all on the most basic quality-of-life issues facing our community: street safety.

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 […]

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Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

STREETSBLOG INVESTIGATION: Hit-and-Run Drivers Injure Thousands — Why are So Few Ever Charged?

Ask the Candidates: Which District Attorney Will Make Queens Streets Safer?

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

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

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

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