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‘ALWAYS SCARED’: Dangerous Streets Outside City Schools Threaten Children
A six-month Streetsblog investigation found that streets near schools are uniquely dangerous, with rates of crashes and injuries that exceed city averages — particularly near schools where most students are poor or children of color.
May 24, 2022
Broad Coalition Demands Mayor Adams Properly Manage New York’s Busiest Places: The Curb
It's a popular front against "chaos at the curb."
May 19, 2022
NO SURPRISE: Feds Report Double-Digit Increase in Road Deaths in 2021
Call it the forgotten pandemic: road fatalities surged by double-digit percentages, including a significant increase in deaths outside of cars, in 2021, according to a new report issued Tuesday by federal authorities.
May 17, 2022
Man Killed on Eastern Parkway by Mercedes Driver
Another pedestrian has been killed on Eastern Parkway, just a few blocks from where a man panhandling for money on the broad boulevard was fatally struck by a police officer in a van last month.
May 17, 2022
Driver Held Responsible — Albeit Marginally — for Killing Bronx Senior As Bloody Year Continues
A Bronx driver was hit with minor summonses after running over and killing a pedestrian on Saturday morning in Castle Hill — a rare instance when a driver is charged after a fatal crash.
May 15, 2022
OPINION: Extend the Houston Street Bike Lane from River to River
The lane — which is being striped now — must run from the East River to its natural terminus, at Hudson River Park.
May 12, 2022
OPINION: Stopping the Lawless Drivers Behind Our Traffic Violence Crisis
Less than 1 percent of motorists cause most of the havoc. We can take countermeasures.
May 10, 2022
Yet Another Report Makes Clear Case for City Control of Speed Cameras
Almost 60 percent of road fatalities in the five boroughs occur in the hours when the cameras are, by current law, unable to issue tickets.
May 10, 2022
Truck Driver Gets a Few Summonses for Killing Borough Park Cyclist as MTA Workers Continue Dangerous Parking
Meanwhile, one local Assembly member blamed cyclists.
May 7, 2022
CARNAGE: Garbage Truck Driver Kills Cyclist in Borough Park, After Pedestrian is Killed by Drunk Driver in Manhattan
Two promising lives cut down early.
May 5, 2022
