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Mayor de Blasio’s Gotten All Blurry on Vision Zero
The mayor's signature plan to end all traffic deaths by 2024 needs a new prescription — and a mayor who is entirely focused on the five boroughs.
May 6, 2019
STOP RIGHT THERE: Sorry, But A Traffic Light Wouldn’t Have Saved Emur Shavkator
Why would DOT ignore Council Member Mark Treyger's pleas for a traffic light at the deadly intersection? Treyger himself has a good answer: because traffic lights encourage speeding!
May 3, 2019
Truck Driver Gets Minor Charges For Killing a Woman in Sunset Park
More carnage in an already deadly year.
May 3, 2019
Bronx Pol Mark Gjonaj Takes Victory Lap In Stopping Morris Park Avenue ‘Road Diet’
A court has halted the city's plan to fix a dangerous roadway.
May 3, 2019
Candy Truck Driver Kills Three-Year-Old Emur Shavkator in Bath Beach
The 61-year-old driver was arrested after striking and killing a 3-year-old boy in a crosswalk in Bath Beach, police said.
May 2, 2019
Activists to DOT: ‘This Smashed Tomato Could Be My Head!’
Activists around the country are laying red Solo cups along the edges of unprotected bike lanes, but here in New York, at least one is making his anger about dangerous streets far more graphic.
April 26, 2019
Safety First! De Blasio Overrules Manhattan Community Board For Amsterdam Ave. Fix
A victory for street safety activists as the mayor moves against a board that has resisted improvements.
April 25, 2019
Latest Stats Show Blood Tide on City Streets is Not Receding
The biggest conclusion? Car ownership — and bad driving — are killing us all.
April 25, 2019
UPDATE: Cops Say They Have Arrested Driver Who Killed Anastasia Diaz on Staten Island
Police say they have identified the car whose driver fled after running over and killing a Staten Island pedestrian — and are asking the public to help find the vehicle and its operator.
April 23, 2019
Senior Pedestrian Killed in Staten Island Hit and Run
A driver hit and killed a senior citizen as she tried to cross a Staten Island street late on Saturday, then fled the scene, cops said.
April 21, 2019