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UPDATED: Speaker Johnson to Push Vision Zero Design Bill This Month
Speaker Corey Johnson announced he will push the issue further, holding a vote on a long-delayed bill that would force the city to redesign streets for safety.
May 7, 2019
Only Part of the City is Bike-Friendly
New York City is a great place to bike — but only in Manhattan and Brooklyn, according to a new report from bicycle advocacy group, PeopleForBikes.
May 7, 2019
Grieving Brooklyn Family Rails at Postal Service ‘Killers’
What is to be done about unaccountable United States Postal Service drivers, whose trucks lack license plates?
May 6, 2019
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
