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The History of a Movement, Part IV: ‘Killed By Automobile’
Today's episode focuses on never-before seen crash data that Charles Komanoff and his team compiled into the book, "Killed By Automobile."
December 13, 2021
The History of a Movement, Part III: The Death of Dante Curry
"After marking a hundred streets with strangers’ names and body outlines, we were making a memorial to someone with whom we had a tangible, almost intimate connection. A child." Our seven-part series continues...
December 10, 2021
Bronx Pedestrian Killed by Driver Who Remains Uncharged
The Bronx man who was hit and badly injured by a driver at a busy intersection in the Bathgate section has died of his injuries, police said on Thursday, the latest death in the bloodiest year of Mayor de Blasio's Vision Zero initiative.
December 9, 2021
Thursday’s Headlines: Feeding at the Subway Trough Edition
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority handed its subway cops oodles of unplanned, unbudgeted overtime from 2018-20. Plus other news from yesterday.
December 9, 2021
INSIDE BASEBALL: Is DOT Ready For New Role as Overseer of Crash Investigations and Press Reports?
Many questions remain just three weeks before the agency gains far more control over the NYPD's Collision Investigation Squad.
December 8, 2021
The History of a Movement, Part II: Raising the Stenciling Stakes
This installment focuses on initial media coverage of the movement.
December 8, 2021
GRIPE SESSION: Departing Council Member Cumbo Gives Parting Gift to Car Owners
"The issue is also about parking," said Cumbo, one of many elected officials in this low-lying coastal city that fail to connect the dots between excessive driving and global climate change.
December 7, 2021
OPINION: Let’s Fix These Killer ‘Signalized Sidewalks’
A flawed intersection design helped lead to the traffic death of a toddler on Staten Island. Here's what we must do — and which intersections around the city to avoid.
December 7, 2021
OPINION: City DOT Must Do More To Fix Atlantic Avenue
Being a pedestrian or cyclist rather than a driver should not mean you are more likely to lose your life.
December 2, 2021
Unwilling to Wait for DOT, Neighborhood Residents Pitch Design for ‘Apolline’s Garden’
A tribute to a 3-month-old baby who was killed by a reckless driver appears to be moving forward.
December 1, 2021
