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Streetsblog NYC |Carnage

Number of SUVs and Other Big Cars is Up 21% in NYC

That’s bad news for pedestrians, cyclists and anyone who values safe streets.

Jesse Coburn, ProPublica

May 25, 2021

Number of SUVs and Other Big Cars is Up 21% in NYC

Streetsblog NYC |Carnage

OPINION: Treat Traffic Violence Like Other Violence

New Yorkers should not have to choose between ending mass incarceration and safety, says Manhattan DA candidate Lucy Lang. Restorative-justice techniques can help achieve both.

Lucy Lang

May 15, 2021

Streetsblog NYC |Aggressive Driving

LATEST LOBBYING: Advocates Pushing Raft of New Street-Safety Bills in Albany

Drive includes measures on reckless drivers, speed limits, speed cameras, alcohol-impaired driving, and driver education.

Eve Kessler

April 9, 2021

Streetsblog NYC |Carnage

OPINION: Treat Traffic Violence as an Epidemic

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

Tali Farhadian Weinstein

March 8, 2021

Streetsblog NYC |Carnage

Street Safety Groups to President Biden: Commit to a Federal Vision Zero Plan

"For decades ... we have lacked the leadership to make roadway safety a national priority in the United States," says the letter, which is signed by groups including New York's own Families for Safe Streets.

Gersh Kuntzman

January 21, 2021

Streetsblog NYC |Car crashes

Poll: Too Many Are Skeptical of Vision Zero

A Transportation Alternatives survey finds little knowledge or recognition of Vision Zero as the city's road carnage rises.

Eve Kessler

January 13, 2021

Streetsblog NYC |Carnage

A Round and a Roundy: Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer — And the NYPD Victim-Blames Again

We all know the old novelty song, "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" — but what if it actually happened? Our national treasure cartoonist explores.

Streetsblog

December 28, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Bicycling

ANALYSIS: So You Wanna Be New York City Mayor, Huh?

We asked candidates what they thought on a raft of street-safety issues. Here's what WE thought.

Eve Kessler

December 28, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Carnage

OPINION: Examine the Medical Competency of Crash-Involved Drivers

Those who kill or maim rarely face such scrutiny before being allowed to return to the roads. Collision investigations ought to build in that capability.

Rosamond Gianutsos

November 27, 2020

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Worst Practices: How Urban Planning Fails Vision Zero

The effectiveness of our entire suite of defenses hinges on the policies and practices adopted by planners. Far too often, these development decisions are made with a blissful disregard of their ultimate safety consequences.

Eric Dumbaugh

October 14, 2020

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