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Cyclist Killed In Borough Park After Being Doored into Traffic
He's the ninth cyclist killed so far this year, police statistics show. According to the NYPD, just 10 cyclists were killed in all of 2018. Total road fatalities are up 21 percent so far this year, again according to the NYPD.
May 15, 2019
The Postal Service Doesn’t Want You To Know Where Its Worst Drivers Are
The United States Postal Service Inspector General won't release the locations where its auditors found egregious fleet safety violations, citing a rule protecting "trade secrets ... which, under good business practice, would not be publicly disclosed."
May 15, 2019
Pedestrian Killed by Dump Truck Driver As De Blasio’s Commitment to Vision Zero is Questioned
Open season on the innocent continues.
May 12, 2019
Postal Service Hasn’t Even Called Family Whose Relative Was Killed By a USPS Driver
The United States Postal Service drives around in untrackable, plate-less vehicles — prompting more calls for increased oversight of the unaccountable federal agency.
May 10, 2019
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
