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Private Trash Haulers Are a Street Safety Menace — It’s Time for Carting Route Reforms
With two people killed in the last three months, there’s more urgency to implement City Hall’s proposed reforms to bring order to waste collection routes and reduce private carter mileage on city streets.
July 27, 2017
Few Details From NYPD After Sanitation Truck Driver Kills Woman in Greenwich Village
The driver of a private sanitation truck killed a 60-year-old woman in Greenwich Village last night. Overall, private trash haulers have a terrible safety record and have struck and killed at least eight people on NYC streets since 2015.
May 17, 2017
NYPD: No Charges for Trucker Who Dismembered Woman in Brooklyn Hit-and-Run
It would be the second time this month NYPD declined to charge a motorist for leaving the scene of a fatal crash -- a felony.
January 19, 2017
Cement Truck Driver Kills Cyclist Near Greenway in Hell’s Kitchen
The 65-year-old victim was on W. 55th Street, riding toward the greenway, when the driver struck her while attempting to turn right onto 12th Avenue, according to NYPD.
December 15, 2016
Truck Driver Kills Tourist at Lincoln Tunnel Access Point in Hell’s Kitchen
Maria Munez-Carna, 57, was crossing W. 39th Street when 28-year-old Rance Clyburn hit her with a Freightliner flatbed as he turned left onto 39th from 10th Avenue
December 12, 2016
Why American Trucks Are So Deadly for Pedestrians and Cyclists
Large trucks are a leading killer of pedestrians and cyclists in urban areas. While London has recently decided to kick the most dangerous trucks out of the city, in the U.S., truck safety regulations are much further behind.
October 31, 2016
London Is Going to Ban the Deadliest Trucks From Its Streets
Heavy trucks with big blind spots are a deadly menace to cyclists and pedestrians.
October 21, 2016
Private Trash Haulers Pollute Low-Income NYC Neighborhoods of Color
With the city preparing reforms for the commercial waste carting industry, the Transform Don't Trash NYC Coalition of labor and environmental justice groups released a report today calling attention to how private trash trucks disproportionately harm air quality in a few specific low-income communities of color [PDF].
September 27, 2016
DOT’s 5-Year Plan: Faster Buses, Smarter Parking, 5-Boro Citi Bike, Lots More
NYC DOT published a new strategic plan yesterday [PDF], marking the first time the agency has refreshed its guiding document under Mayor de Blasio and Commissioner Polly Trottenberg.
September 15, 2016