NYC ‘Cool Streets’ Program Marred By Danger: Cars
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The city's “Cool Streets” program — which launched Monday with just 16 blocks as car-free play streets with open fire hydrants for kids — is functionally useless.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Street Safety
Opinion: The Fraught History of Cops and Bikes
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It's a fine idea to get NYPD officers out of their SUV cruisers, onto bikes and into the community — but recent events show that our militarized police have used bikes as an instrument of oppression.
Group Seeks Bold NYPD Reforms
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Cut the tentacle the NYPD has into various street safety and enforcement efforts, says the group.
Want to Stop Car Crashes? Study the Near-Misses
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A pilot program in Bellevue, Wash. is using anonymized video and big data to stop crashes before they happen.
Op-Ed: Making Black Lives Matter in Street Safety
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Our racial-equity lens must foster real policies that can be regularly evaluated and measured.
Op-Ed: Whose Streets? Black Streets
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Planners and urbanists, it’s time to reckon with the racism rampant in city building. Here are four actions to take.