Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about traffic deaths

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Almost No One in Congress Has Signed Onto National ‘Vision Zero’ Pledge

By Kea Wilson | Nov 20, 2021 | No Comments

"Honestly, this should be an easy first step," said one activist.

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US DOT Promises National ‘Safe Systems Approach’ After Historic Road Violence Surge

By Kea Wilson | Nov 1, 2021 | No Comments

The Department of Transportation is promising radical new changes to federal approach to roadway safety following a report that showed the largest six-month increase in roadway fatalities ever recorded by the agency.

Amy Cohen speaking at City Hall Park during last stop of Families For Safe Streets roadtrip

SAFETY LAST: Albany Pols Stall on Package of Bills to Make Roadways Safer

By Fiifi Frimpong | Jun 4, 2021 | No Comments

Albany has served up a nothingburger for dessert.

A truck crashes into a traffic drum on 43rd Street and Broadway in Manhattan in 2019. As the truck reverses, a child looks on. The next Manhattan district attorney will have a huge role in determining how the city responds to traffic violence.

OPINION: Treat Traffic Violence as an Epidemic

By Tali Farhadian Weinstein | Mar 8, 2021 | No Comments

Manhattan district attorney hopeful Tali Farhadian Weinstein looks to driver-accountability law, technology to curtail reckless drivers.