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The Problem With Designing a Public Space in a Sea of Traffic
Designing a successful public space surrounded by wide streets and a sea of traffic may sound like an exercise in futility, but that is what Forest City Ratner and DOT are trying to pull off at Brooklyn's Times Plaza.
January 28, 2016
Atlantic Avenue Speedway Claims Life of Rodney Graham, 49
Early Sunday morning, Rodney Graham was killed while crossing Atlantic Avenue when he was struck twice by separate motorists. Street safety advocates are calling on the city to implement significant design changes to prevent more loss of life.
January 11, 2016
Tonight: DOT Workshop on Atlantic Ave Segment Where Driver Killed Senior
Yesterday a motorist killed a senior who was trying to cross Atlantic Avenue at an intersection that has no crosswalks. Tonight DOT will host a public workshop to solicit input on a safer design for Atlantic between Georgia Avenue and Rockaway Boulevard, which includes the site of Monday's collision.
November 17, 2015
The Next Brooklyn Bike-Share Expansion Will Be the Thinnest Part of Citi Bike
DOT unveiled its latest Citi Bike expansion map last week, and the stations look significantly more spread out than stations in the rest of the system.
October 19, 2015
Next Up for SBS: 23rd Street in Manhattan, Canarsie to Gravesend in Brooklyn
Two more enhanced bus routes are entering the project pipeline in NYC, one along a busy Manhattan crosstown street and the other snaking across a transit-hungry stretch of Brooklyn.
October 5, 2015
Seniors Are Not to Blame for NYC’s Failure to Make Streets Safer
In response to motorists fatally striking seniors in the Brooklyn South command, NYPD admonished seniors to be more careful when going outside. A recent fatality in the 70th Precinct is a prime example of how focusing on the behavior of victims is a wrongheaded and ineffective approach to street safety.
September 21, 2015
DOT’s Linden Boulevard Plan Improves the Basics and Not Much Else
DOT unveiled its plan to reduce traffic injuries and deaths on Linden Boulevard last night to the Brooklyn Community Board 17 transportation committee. The project will introduce basic elements of pedestrian safety infrastructure, but it won't significantly alter the design of one of the most dangerous speedways in Brooklyn [PDF].
June 10, 2015
Motorists Kill Three Pedestrians and Seriously Injure Two Kids in Five Days
New York City motorists killed three adults and seriously injured two children in five crashes since last Thursday.
May 26, 2015