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Utica Avenue Select Bus Service Will Roll Out This Fall
The B46 is the second-busiest bus route in New York City, carrying nearly 50,000 passengers each day. A subway line on Utica was planned decades ago but never built, and today bus riders on the B46 struggle with crowded conditions and slow trips. Now service is set to get faster and more reliable with the addition of bus lanes and off-board fare collection later this year [PDF].
March 20, 2015
Citi Bike Releases Map of Williamsburg and Greenpoint Expansion
Here's some eye candy for the weekend -- a map of Citi Bike's expansion into northern Brooklyn.
February 27, 2015
NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Killed Man in Brooklyn Crosswalk
NYPD said charges probably won't be filed against the driver of a private bus who ran over and killed a man in a Brooklyn crosswalk, though it appears the victim was crossing with the right of way.
February 23, 2015
If You Walk in Brooklyn, Chances Are You’ll Cross a Street That Needs Fixing
DOT released its Vision Zero pedestrian safety plan for Brooklyn today. As with analyses issued earlier this week of Queens, Manhattan, and the Bronx, the Brooklyn report [PDF] singles out streets, intersections, and swaths of neighborhoods where motorists make it especially dangerous to walk.
February 19, 2015
MTA Bus Driver Runs Over 15-Year-Old Girl in Brooklyn Crosswalk [Updated]
Update: NYPD told Streetsblog the bus driver involved in this crash was arrested and charges are pending. Transportation Alternatives tweeted that, according to police, he was charged under the Right of Way law.
February 13, 2015
In Brooklyn, Another Alleged Unlicensed Driver Faces Wrist Tap for Killing
An allegedly unlicensed driver who killed a pedestrian in a Brooklyn crosswalk last month was not charged with criminal negligence by NYPD or District Attorney Ken Thompson. Meanwhile, legislation to increase the penalty for causing a death while driving without a valid license continues to languish in Albany.
January 29, 2015
Pulaski Bridge Bike Path Now Scheduled to Open by End of 2015
About a year behind schedule, a major project to improve walking and biking between Queens and Brooklyn is set to move forward in 2015.
December 11, 2014
Ken Thompson Secures Manslaughter Conviction for Crash That Killed Driver
In an unusual instance of a sober driver facing penalties for causing a death, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson secured a manslaughter conviction for a crash that killed a second motorist.
November 13, 2014
Woman Struck by Truck Driver on Flatbush at Atlantic “Likely to Die”
Update: The victim in this crash was identified as Winnifred Matthias, 77. She died from her injuries.
October 20, 2014
Vision Zero Hasn’t Changed NYPD Practice of Blaming Deceased Crash Victims
Last week an MTA bus driver crushed a pedestrian to death in Mott Haven. By all accounts the victim, walking with a cane, was in the crosswalk at Willis Avenue and E. 147th Street when the driver ran him over while turning left.
October 8, 2014