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Deputy Chief Chuck Scholl tells Pix11 that the driver "may or may not know this happened." Video: Pix11

NYPD Blames Two Victims For Their Own Deaths, Tells Pedestrians to Be Careful

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 16, 2020 | No Comments

Why is Brooklyn South Chief Charles Scholl blaming victims and exonerating drivers? Is he a law enforcement officer or just a schoolhouse scold?

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Thursday’s Headlines: Pigs are Aloft Edition

By Streetsblog | Jan 16, 2020 | No Comments

The city's two tabloids finally agree on something: Streetsblog (and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) was right about the LGA AirTrain. Plus the rest of the day's news.

Union members and others attended an open house on LGA access on January 14. Photo: Rich Mintz

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Op-Ed: The LaGuardia AirTrain Dog-and-Pony Show

By Rich Mintz | Jan 15, 2020 | No Comments

An FAA open house on the LGA AirTrain and alternatives showed the governing class's disdain for transit.

Ever notice how there are plenty of north-south protected bike lanes in and around Central Park, but no real protected route for cyclists between the East and West sides?

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Panel Unanimously Backs Safe Routes for Cyclists Through Central Park

By Molly Tran | Jan 15, 2020 | No Comments

The heightened resolve comes less than a month after cyclist and beloved local pediatrician Daniel Cammerman was run down and killed by a bus driver on the 96th Street Transverse.

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Wednesday’s Headlines: Live from the Bronx Edition

By Streetsblog | Jan 15, 2020 | No Comments

Before our old man editor heads up to the eastern end of Pelham Parkway (yes, it's a long ride!) for an appearance on BronxTalk, here's the news from a slow news day.

This was the scene on Third Street at Prospect Park West at around 4:15 p.m. on Monday — an injured cyclist who is long gone by the time cops show up. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

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CYCLE OF RAGE: Crash Response Reveals that Cops Are Just So Badly Trained

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 15, 2020 | No Comments

More evidence that police officers are poorly trained and disinclined to see drivers as a culprit in the criminal or civil offense of injuring or killing someone with a motor vehicle.