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DATA: Safe Streets Are an Equity Issue — And the City is Failing the Most Vulnerable
Despite Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero program, injuries from traffic crashes in 2018 and 2019 were 1 percent higher than in 2016 and 2017. But in communities of color, the number of crash-caused injuries are soaring by double digit percentages.
August 19, 2020
Revel Adds Safety Quiz — And a Mandatory Helmet Selfie — But New York Must Wait for Reboot
A new "safety course" includes a 20-minute multiple choice test, plus that hard-headed picture.
August 18, 2020
Manhattan Board Ask DOT To Cancel Rule Hampering Curb Extensions
It's the latest sally in the war to reclaim streets from cars, promote equity, and stop discriminating against pedestrians.
August 12, 2020
Electeds to City Hall: Protect Cyclists on Fifth Avenue
To paraphrase Rahm Emanuel: Never let a busway go to waste.
August 6, 2020
POST-MORTEM: Revel Didn’t Move Quickly Enough to Calm Safety Fears
They knew they had a problem, and didn't act quickly enough.
July 29, 2020
Wednesday’s Headlines: Subway and Scooter Hell Edition
Revel abruptly halts our grand experiment in local scooter share.
July 29, 2020
Where are Cyclists Getting Injured? Wherever There Are More Cars
The borough-by-borough numbers show an uncanny link between driving and cyclist injuries.
July 20, 2020
Cops Seek Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Bronx Pedestrian
The driver was traveling "at an apparent high rate of speed," cops said.
July 14, 2020
Pedestrian Killed in Three-Car Crash — Speeding Driver Charged
A Brooklyn woman doing nothing but walking near her Midwood home was struck and killed on Sunday night after a speeding driver ran a red light and crashed into another car that went careening into the victim, police said.
July 6, 2020
UPDATED: Brooklyn Man Killed in Early Morning Hit-and-Run
A Brooklyn man was run down and killed by the driver of a massive Jeep early Tuesday morning, and the driver and his passenger ran away from the crash scene leaving their victim to die, cops said.
June 23, 2020
