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Mike Bloomberg — clearly he's been listening to Streetsblog. Photo: Politicker

Bloomberg’s Infrastructure Plan: Save Lives, Boost Transit, Stop Building Roads

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 22, 2020 | No Comments

Would-be president Mike Bloomberg would focus mostly on maintaining roads and bridges we already have, rather than building new ones, while also investing three times more money in transit.

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Monday’s Headlines: Honoring the Dream Edition

By Streetsblog | Jan 20, 2020 | No Comments

It's Martin Luther King Jr. Day, so we'll be taking the day off to honor the great leader's legacy. But first, some weekend headlines.

Deputy Chief Chuck Scholl tells Pix11 that the driver "may or may not know this happened." Video: Pix11

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NYPD Blames Two Victims For Their Own Deaths, Tells Pedestrians to Be Careful

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 16, 2020 | No Comments

Why is Brooklyn South Chief Charles Scholl blaming victims and exonerating drivers? Is he a law enforcement officer or just a schoolhouse scold?

Ever notice how there are plenty of north-south protected bike lanes in and around Central Park, but no real protected route for cyclists between the East and West sides?

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Panel Unanimously Backs Safe Routes for Cyclists Through Central Park

By Molly Tran | Jan 15, 2020 | No Comments

The heightened resolve comes less than a month after cyclist and beloved local pediatrician Daniel Cammerman was run down and killed by a bus driver on the 96th Street Transverse.

This was the scene on Third Street at Prospect Park West at around 4:15 p.m. on Monday — an injured cyclist who is long gone by the time cops show up. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

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CYCLE OF RAGE: Crash Response Reveals that Cops Are Just So Badly Trained

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 15, 2020 | No Comments

More evidence that police officers are poorly trained and disinclined to see drivers as a culprit in the criminal or civil offense of injuring or killing someone with a motor vehicle.

A sensor could have alerted the driver of this massive cement truck that the woman was right in front of it.

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The Ongoing Shame of How the NYPD Downplays Road Violence to Shield Drivers

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 8, 2020 | No Comments

The death of Judith Wieder once again highlights a major failure of the NYPD to properly inform the public — but only because the death was caught on video.

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