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Biking Way Up on Redesigned Queens Boulevard, Cyclist Injuries Down
In the year after NYC DOT installed protected bike lanes and other safety measures between Roosevelt Avenue and 73rd Street in Woodside, pedestrian and cyclist injuries declined more than 40 percent, while bike counts doubled.
January 6, 2017
If Uber Wants to Operate in NYC, It Should Reveal Trip Data Like Other Taxis
The TLC has trip destination data for yellow and green cabs. It should get the same from Uber and Lyft.
January 6, 2017
State’s Highest Court Holds NYC Liable for Injuries on Streets Without Traffic Calming
The decision says that when local governments are aware that a street design leads to dangerous driving behaviors, they have an obligation to act.
January 5, 2017
Nostrand Avenue, Vision Zero Priority Corridor, Takes Another Life
A teacher on her way to work was killed yesterday by two drivers on Nostrand Avenue, a Vision Zero priority corridor that is slated for safety fixes -- but not at the intersection where the collision occurred.
January 4, 2017
TA: Vision Zero Demands Bolder Street Designs From City Hall and DOT
The de Blasio administration needs to redesign streets more thoroughly if it's going to reach the goal of eliminating traffic deaths, Transportation Alternatives says in a new report.
January 3, 2017
In Memoriam
Our accounting of New York City pedestrians and cyclists known to have lost their lives to motorists in 2016.
December 27, 2016
NYC Drivers Injured 1,457 Pedestrians and Cyclists in October, and Killed 10
Nineteen people died in New York City traffic in October, and 5,065 were injured, according to City Hall’s Vision Zero View crash data map.
November 28, 2016
Families of Crash Victims Pledge Action to Save Lives on Day of Remembrance
New Yorkers who lost loved ones to traffic violence gathered at City Hall Park yesterday to call on Mayor de Blasio and elected officials in Albany to do more to prevent traffic deaths on NYC streets.
November 21, 2016
Sunday: NYC Observes Day of Remembrance for Traffic Violence Victims
Families for Safe Streets and Transportation Alternatives will hold an observance at City Hall Park at noon.
November 18, 2016
De Blasio: Street Safety Advocates Not “Looking at the Facts”
On Monday Mayor Bill de Blasio managed to dismiss very real concerns about Vision Zero progress and the work street safety advocates are doing to stem the bloodshed and grief caused by traffic violence, all in one sentence.
November 9, 2016