Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Carnage

The city needs even more of these kinds of protected bike lanes, 13 groups demand in a letter to the city. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Cyclists Demand More Bike Lanes, Less Community Boards and Even Some Roads of their Own

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 18, 2019 | 7 Comments

One hundred miles of protected bike lanes in two years. No cars on some key routes for cyclists. Less engagement with community boards. And no more delays in life-saving road redesigns "for non-transportation-related political reasons." It's a start.

NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan declared the new policy.

NYPD: We Will No Longer Target Grieving Cyclists after Crashes

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 14, 2019 | 11 Comments

NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan (pictured) announced that the department would no longer write summonses to cyclists in the wake of a driver killing a cyclist.

Here's how they do it in Amsterdam. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

STREETFILMS: How Kids Get to School in a Civilized, Safe Country

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 12, 2019 | 9 Comments

But in the United States, our children's lives (and deaths!) are entirely framed by the automobile.

Cops don't care — and the roads are poorly designed, says a former mayoral aide.

CYCLE OF RAGE: In Defense of Fast-Fingered Former Mayoral Aide Eric Phillips

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 10, 2019 | 10 Comments

Former mayoral aide Eric Phillips made a gaffe on Tuesday night — but in doing so revealed the essential truth that the de Blasio administration doesn't care about really fixing the problem of road fatalities.

Update from Brad Lander: Yes, Reckless Driver Bill is Moving Slowly, But Change is Coming

By Brad Lander | Jul 10, 2019 | 10 Comments

The bill has taken a long time to go from Lander's drafting table to, we hope, the mayor's desk. So here to update us is the council member himself.

A thousand cyclists lay down with their bikes in Washington Square Park in order to protest the traffic violence that has killed 15 cyclists so far this year.

Washington Square Park Die-In: Team Coverage

By Eve Kessler, Dave Colon and Julianne Cuba | Jul 9, 2019 | 35 Comments

Streetsblog reporters bring you pictures and commentary from the TransAlt mass action.

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