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Ben Kallos Seeks to Make NYPD Traffic Summons Data Open and Mappable
As part of a raft of bills on government data and transparency, Council Member Ben Kallos has introduced legislation that would require the city to release and map data about where NYPD issues moving violations, among other things. The bill would open up new traffic enforcement information to the public, but it might also require a top-to-bottom overhaul of how city agencies issue and process violation notices.
June 2, 2014
NYPD: 1,141 Pedestrians and Cyclists Injured, 11 Killed in Traffic in March
Eighteen people died in New York City traffic in March, and 3,829 were injured, according to the March NYPD crash data report [PDF].
May 28, 2014
Advocates Urge Lander to Upgrade NYPD Crash Data Bill
A bill that would have pushed Ray Kelly's police department one step closer to opening up crash data has been reintroduced by Council Member Brad Lander. But with new leadership, NYPD is dropping hints that it will release better public data soon. Advocates say Lander's bill could use some upgrades to help the public get more out of NYPD's crash data.
April 7, 2014
NYPD: 914 Pedestrians and Cyclists Injured, Nine Killed in Traffic in February
Twelve people died in New York City traffic in February, and 3,077 were injured, according to the latest NYPD crash data report [PDF].
March 27, 2014
Heat Maps Show Where Traffic Takes the Most Lives in NYC
As city government started work on the Vision Zero Action Plan, statistics professor Ben Wellington saw an opportunity to use data on crashes and fatalities to show the magnitude of the challenge.
February 27, 2014
NYPD: 1,191 Pedestrians and Cyclists Injured, 13 Killed in Traffic in January
Twenty-one people died in New York City traffic in January, and 3,899 were injured, according to the latest NYPD crash data report [PDF].
February 25, 2014
How NYPD’s Opaque Crash Investigations Spoil Its Street Safety Message
Last month, the Upper East Side's 19th Precinct devoted two full pages to traffic safety in its inaugural monthly newsletter. In an echo of Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, who claimed at the initial Vision Zero press conference that 73 percent of crashes injuring pedestrians are the victim's fault, it featured an eyebrow-raising statistic that blames four of the five Upper East Side pedestrian fatalities in 2013 on the dead victims. But that's a misleading way to characterize the cause of most pedestrian deaths, and given NYPD's track record of rushing to blame victims in its crash investigations, it may not even be an accurate depiction of these five Upper East Side deaths.
February 6, 2014
Manhattan Community Boards Want to Fix 57 Dangerous Places for Peds
Yesterday, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer compiled a list of 57 pedestrian danger hotspots identified by community board district managers and sent it to city agency heads serving on Mayor de Blasio's Vision Zero task force. Many of the locations in Brewer's list have a long track record as dangerous locations, including many where people have died crossing the street.
January 31, 2014
NYPD: 16,059 Pedestrians and Cyclists Injured, 178 Killed in Traffic in 2013
Twenty-five people died in New York City traffic in December, and 4,277 were injured, according to the latest NYPD crash data report [PDF].
January 31, 2014