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Wednesday’s Headlines: De Blasio’s Streets Get Deadlier Edition
The mayor will have to do much more to reverse the deadly trend, and other news.
July 21, 2021
Friday’s Headlines: A Little Case of Congestion Edition
Is the mayor really pushing to get central business district tolling done soon? Plus, other news.
July 16, 2021
Truck Driver Kills Pedestrian Along Union Square Danger Strip
An 85-year-old woman was struck and killed by a truck driver along a notoriously congested portion of Union Square on Wednesday afternoon.
July 14, 2021
EXCLUSIVE: New Video from Crash Shows Police Chase Led to Death of Delivery Cyclist Borkot Ullah
New video exclusively obtained by Streetsblog shows in greater detail that a police chase was clearly a contributing factor in the hit-and-run crash that killed delivery worker Borkot Ullah on last week.
July 12, 2021
AG Tish James Will Review Hit-And-Run Crash that Killed Delivery Worker as Cops Go Silent
Police have still not made an arrest in the hit-and-run killing of Borkot Ullah on Thursday — even though cops were apparently chasing the reckless driver seconds before he ran the red light on busy Houston Street and slammed into the delivery worker.
July 12, 2021
SEE IT: Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Delivery Cyclist on East Houston Street (Warning: Graphic Content)
A hit-and-run driver — who may have been being chased by police — struck and killed a cyclist in the East Village late on Thursday night.
July 9, 2021
I Watched ‘F9’ So Other Bike/Ped Advocates Don’t Have To
Kea Wilson writes about car crashes all day. Here's her take on the new "Fast and the Furious" movie.
July 9, 2021
Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian in Deadly Part of Brooklyn
A luxury car driver struck and killed a pedestrian on deadly Rockaway Parkway in Brooklyn last on Wednesday night — then fled the scene, cops said.
July 8, 2021
OPINION: Make City Cops Bike Their Precincts
An annual requirement to ride in the bike lanes would go a long way toward changing their "windshield perspective."
July 7, 2021
State Would ‘Review’ Request for Safe Henry Hudson Parkway Bike Detour — But Parks Dept. Won’t Make One
"Unfortunately, NYC Parks has been spectacularly underwhelming when it comes to arranging detours for the greenway paths it maintains," said one activist.
July 2, 2021