Tears Flow as Council Ponders Speeding Bill
There was not a dry eye in the room Thursday morning as the parents and sister of a 12-year old boy killed by a van in Brooklyn testified in favor of a bill reducing speed limits in New York City's...
View Article2/3 of City Streets are Near Schools, Subject to Lower Speed Limits
A new WNYC Data News map of public and private schools shows that two thirds of streets are within a quarter of a mile of schools, with that number climbing to nearly nine of every 10 streets in...
View ArticleTraffic Tickets Are Up Across the City
Tickets for the most dangerous moving violations are up across New York City. A WNYC analysis of new NYPD data shows that in February, most precincts stepped up enforcement of speeding, failure to...
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Girl Gone: Anatomy Of a New York City Pedestrian Death
On a recent chilly Sunday, Hsi-Pei Liao stood with his back to the intersection of Cherry Avenue and Main Street in Flushing. Over his shoulder was the spot in the crosswalk where an SUV hit his...
View ArticleMean Streets: Who Is Dying in Traffic Crashes and Why
More than half of the 27 pedestrians killed by cars in New York City this year died on major roadways. That’s just one of the findings of a new WNYC analysis of traffic deaths, Mean Streets. We wanted...
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Bike And Pedestrian Access Could Breathe Life Into 'Underused' Metro Stations
As Metro works to sell the public on the necessity of spending billions to expand its rail system in the coming decades, the transit authority is also trying to get the most out of its existing...
View ArticleAn 'Insult to Broken Hearts': Families Denied Traffic Crash Reports
It may seem odd but Hsi-Pei Liao keeps a video on his phone that shows the moment an SUV struck and killed his 4-year-old daughter Allison. The video was taken by a dashboard camera in car that...
View ArticleCouncil Bill Would Require NYPD to Share Collision Reports
The NYPD is required to investigate all traffic deaths and serious collisions. But family members of the victims complain they often can't convince authorities to hand over the results of those...
View Article'Broken Windows' and Vision Zero
At a recent "Vision Zero" town hall, city legislators and officials talked about efforts to reduce traffic fatalities — and fielded ideas on street safety from members of the public.Chelsea resident...
View ArticleNYC Could Get 120 More Speed Cameras
Speed cameras for New York City streets may not have made it into the new state budget, but twin bills in the Assembly and Senate would bring them to the five boroughs, along with Nassau and Suffolk...
View ArticleSlow Down for More Speed Cameras
The Assembly voted Monday to authorize more speed cameras for New York City, as well as Nassau and Suffolk County.If the bill becomes law, it would bring the total number of speed cameras in New York...
View ArticleMassive City Council Transpo Hearing Next Step in Vision Zero
A slew of Vision Zero-related bills and resolutions is going before the New York City Council in a marathon hearing Wednesday.It's another next step in what has become a key goal of the de Blasio...
View ArticleVIDEO: Cute Kids, Catchy Music Push City's Traffic Safety Plan
This is kind of...strangely irresistible. New York City pushes traffic safety with an Aerosmith-inspired rap. All in a day's work for Mayor Bill de Blasio's Vision Zero.
View Article$42 Million for Traffic Safety in Mayor's Budget
Mayor de Blasio’s first executive budget is bringing into focus his commitment to Vision Zero, a plan that seeks to eliminate traffic deaths in New York City by 2024. The mayor is proposing to spend...
View ArticleFatal NYC Intersection Gets Redesigned
An Upper West Side intersection where two pedestrians were killed earlier this year is getting a Vision Zero overhaul.Officials unveiled the changes to 96th Street and Broadway Tuesday morning. The...
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Where the Pedestrian Deaths Are
Between 2003 and 2012, more than 47,000 pedestrians were killed nationwide — even as traffic fatalities overall were falling.Roger Millar, the director of the National Complete Streets Coalition,...
View ArticleNYPD to Crack Down on Speeding
Speeders beware: New York police are launching a 48-hour speed ticketing blitz, starting Tuesday at midnight. Fines for speeding range from $90 to $600, and can result in points on a driver’s license....
View ArticleNYPD Tickets for Dangerous Driving Up
Tickets for dangerous driving are up citywide for the third month in a row.Ticketing was up in most precincts compared to the first four months of last year. But in some areas, police wrote far fewer...
View ArticleVision Zero Reforms Poised to Pass NYC Council
New York's City Council is on track to pass a suite of measures aimed at supporting Mayor Bill de Blasio's goal of eliminating traffic deaths from city streets.Eleven of the measures up for...
View ArticleFeds: One Year of Car Crashes Cost the U.S. $871 Billion
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says one year of traffic crashes costs $277 billion in direct economic losses and another $594 billion in harm from the loss of life and pain from...
View ArticleVision Zero Package Clears City Council
New York's City Council overwhelmingly passed a legislative package aimed to dramatically reduce traffic fatalities."At the end of the day, we feel that these new laws will strengthen our city's...
View ArticleExclusive: Traffic Death Toll Reaches 100
New York City marked a dubious milestone Wednesday morning: the 100th traffic death this year. Jose Duran, 35, of Springfield, MA, was driving a tractor-trailer on the Cross Bronx Expressway when a...
View ArticleStop Studying Dangerous Intersection and Take Action, Say Capitol Hill...
When crossing Maryland Avenue Northeast in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, be ready to run for it.Despite new, bright signs erected at crosswalks alerting drivers to stop for pedestrians, residents say...
View ArticleNYC DOT: Public Plazas Should Be Everywhere — Not Just Manhattan
(Updated 4:50pm with additional comments) New York City's transportation commissioner said she wants to make sure streets get redesigned all over the city — not just Manhattan.At a construction...
View ArticleSpeed Limit Bill Passes Both Houses; Awaits Cuomo's Signature
Both houses of the New York State Legislature have voted to give New York City the authority to lower its speed limit to 25 miles per hour.The late-night passage of the bill, which followed a flurry of...
View ArticleSidewalk Closed: Group Says D.C. Not Focused Enough On Pedestrian Safety
When Joe Riener drove around D.C. Sunday morning looking for sidewalks blocked by construction sites, he did not have trouble finding them. The retired school teacher turned safety advocate found 10...
View ArticleNYPD Targets Scofflaw Cyclists
Cyclists, be on alert: The NYPD is targeting riders who break the rules of the road, as part of a two-week ticket blitz called “Operation Safe Cycle.”Cyclists are supposed to obey all traffic signals,...
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First Look: Grand Central Terminal Transit, Re-Envisioned
A developer wants to build the city's second-tallest building across the street from Grand Central Terminal. But first, it has to pick up the tab for some transit improvements.One Vanderbilt will take...
View ArticleNYC's Vision Zero Gets $25 Million Federal Grant
The city's street safety initiative just got a big boost from the U.S. Department of Transportation, thanks to the highly competitive Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER)...
View ArticleNeglected D.C. Sidewalks Pose Threat To Seniors: Report
The District's population is aging — and if seniors to remain in their homes, the city needs to ensure the right infrastructure is in place."A poorly maintained sidewalk is a tremendous barrier to a...
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...
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 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...
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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 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,...
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 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 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...
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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 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...
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 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...
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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...
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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...
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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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 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...
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 ArticleRockefeller Center To Get Pedestrian Space During Holidays
Rockefeller Center To Get Pedestrian Space During Holidays
View ArticleChallenge 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...
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