Challenge Issued to Next Mayor: Convert 25 Percent of Streets to Better Use
A group of more than 80 non-profit and advocacy groups is calling on the next mayor, city council and borough presidents to commit to converting 25 percent of street space used by motor vehicles, to...
View ArticleRockefeller Center To Get Pedestrian Space During Holidays
Rockefeller Center To Get Pedestrian Space During Holidays
View Article#CoveringClimateNow: Changing Car Culture
New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson has a plan to make streets friendlier to cyclists, pedestrians and public transit. He'll discuss it with Brian and Nicole Gelinas, senior fellow at the...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: Vision Zero in NYC and Chicago, Primarily New York Parole
Two of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.Vision Zero in NYC and Chicago (First) | Primarily New York: Parole (Starts at 55:59) If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show...
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1 dead, 10 injured after man drives van into crowd outside London mosque
Police officers attend to the scene after a vehicle collided with pedestrians in the Finsbury Park neighbourhood of North London, Britain June 19, 2017. REUTERS/James CropperOne person is dead and at...
View Article#AskTheMayor: Times Square Attack, Vision Zero and Subway Delays
Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York City, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC, including the attack in Times Square on Thursday in which a car ran over dozens of pedestrians, the...
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At least 1 person killed after car hits and injures pedestrians in New York...
First responders are at the scene as people help injured pedestrians after a vehicle struck pedestrians on a sidewalk in Times Square in New York, U.S., May 18, 2017. REUTERS/Jeremy SchultzAt least one...
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Pedestrian deaths spiked in 2016. Distraction is partly to blame, early data...
Pedestrians walk over a crosswalk in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Photo by Brian Snyder/ReutersWASHINGTON — Pedestrian deaths are climbing faster than motorist fatalities, reaching nearly 6,000 deaths...
View Article(Foot) Traffic Problems on the George Washington Bridge
The George Washington Bridge is the sole bike-able connector between North Jersey and New York City. Neile Weissman, former president of New York Cycle Club, argues that the Port Authority widen the...
View ArticleBrooklyn Bridge Expansion and Transportation Department Updates
The Brooklyn Bridge promenade, which is used by around 10,000 pedestrians and 3,500 cyclists on a typical weekday, could be getting an expansion."It’s challenging to retrofit bridges," Polly...
View ArticleThe 'Corner of Death' — and 99 Other NYC Intersections — Get Left-Turn...
On the eastern fringes of Soho, where Kenmare Street runs into Lafayette, things are...complicated. There's a lot of truck traffic, and vehicles make left turns at relatively high speeds."This...
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Urban designers transformed these five spaces into pedestrian paradise
Artist David Ellis created this mural in Pearl Street Triangle in Brooklyn, New York. Photo by David Ellis and Chris KeohaneNew York City’s streets underwent a radical transformation under the...
View ArticleDrive Like Your Family Lives Here
New York City cab drivers and other city workers will soon be required to watch a video about pedestrians killed by cars as part of the city's effort to stem traffic fatalities."I believe this video...
View ArticleAfter the Arrests of 6 Bus Drivers, MTA Asks for 'Fairness'
A new city law intended to reduce pedestrian deaths had already started a fight between safe streets advocates and the union that represents local bus drivers. On Monday, the MTA itself got into the...
View ArticleCity Officials Assess Vision Zero, One Year In
As city officials tout the first year of traffic improvements under Mayor Bill de Blasio's Vision Zero plan, with the mayor claiming that 2014 was the safest year since record-keeping began in 1910....
View ArticleThe DMV Could Be More than Just a Place to Sit and Wait
Running a DMV can be a thankless task. So when your agency lives in the public's crosshairs, it helps to have perspective.Raymond Martinez ran New York's Department of Motor Vehicles 15 years ago. Now,...
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The NYPD Doesn't Publicize Traffic Deaths a Quarter of the Time
Douglas Matrullo had a childhood like a lot of Italian-American kids in New York City.Born in 1947, he grew up across from John’s Pizzeria on Bleecker Street. In the 1950s he played street games like...
View ArticleCity to Fast-Track Installation of Accessible Pedestrian Signals
The New York City Council has approved a bill that will increase to 75 per year the installation of traffic signals designed to assist the visually-impaired.The bill's sponsor, Mark Levine, said the...
View ArticleNYC DOT Commissioner "Surprised" DMV Dropped Tickets Against Driver Who...
New York City's normally guarded transportation commissioner had some pointed comments about the DMV's dismissal of tickets against a driver who had killed a three-year old girl.Polly Trottenberg was...
View ArticleWhat It Takes to Get a Speed Camera in D.C.
A speed camera has been installed along a busy avenue in Northeast D.C. that cuts through a neighborhood of pretty homes, schools, parks, and libraries. It's the latest effort by a determined group of...
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