The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
It started with a simple premise: What happened to the 10 drivers who killed pedestrians in January 2025? We waited a year to make sure all these cases had gone through the full NYPD investigation process, and what we found was appalling: Three drivers weren’t charged at all, and the rest received punishment so low that a monthly cable bill costs more.
What’s a life worth in NYC? About $50 — if it ends under the wheels of a car. Check out Nolan Hicks’s story below.
Plus today’s headlines and coverage of Mayor Mamdani’s latest effort to fight pro-car revanchism.
Pedestrianizing FiDi, or making it a “Low-Traffic Neighborhood,” would be a model for the world, says the area’s Council member.
The Council leader is not buying the city’s excuses for paring back the crucial upgrades.
There is a lot of sadness to go around. Plus the news.
“This will be the embodiment of the dream to have more transit-oriented development,” the governor said.
Cops said a “person of interest” was taken into custody.
Becoming a dad inspired Greenpointer Chris Roberti to push for street changes to make the area around his home and his kids’ school safer, he writes.
