Street Safety Archives — Page 11 of 17

Study: Want to Reduce Pedestrian Injuries? Build MORE Protected Bike Lanes

Very few pedestrians are being struck and injured by cyclists — and such injuries are dropping dramatically as more and more cities, especially New York, build more protected infrastructure for bike riders.

Gersh Kuntzman

February 8, 2021

Study: Want to Reduce Pedestrian Injuries? Build MORE Protected Bike Lanes

Streetsblog NYC |Bicycling

What’s a ‘Bike Boulevard’? For Now, Mayor de Blasio Won’t Say, But Planners are Eager to Help

A good bike boulevard is apparently like pornography — you know it when you see it.

Gersh Kuntzman

January 30, 2021

Streetsblog NYC |DOT

BOMBSHELL: Council Seeks to Take Crash Investigation from NYPD to Increase Road Safety

The City Council moved aggressively to rein in the NYPD on Friday, focusing its legislative ire on bigoted cops and lax discipline — but also advancing a policy long-sought by street safety advocates: taking the police department out of crash investigation in favor of a new Department of Transportation unit. The Council’s just released 12-part […]

Gersh Kuntzman

January 29, 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 |Pedestrian safety

Andrew Yang Rides The Bus … And Then Sort of Throws Pedestrians Under One

Andrew Yang kicked off his mayoral campaign on Thursday with a four-borough transit-only tour, but along the way suggested pedestrians better stay out of some streets in a Yang administration.

Dave Colon

January 15, 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 |Bicycling

State Senator Pushing ‘Idaho Stop’ Legalization Bill

An upstate State Senator has introduced a bill that would allow cyclists to slow-roll through stop signs and go through red lights after a quick full stop.