NYC’s Most Irresistible Street Safety Campaign
Budding filmmakers Benny, Joseph and Yunhee have created an appeal for safer streets that is equal parts poignant, funny and Dylan-inspired – and entirely adorable. Take a look.
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CB 7 Chair Says Its Street Safety Task Force Isn’t About Street Safety
By Stephen Miller |
At the beginning of 2014, drivers killed three people — Cooper Stock, Alexander Shear, and Samantha Lee — on the Upper West Side in a matter of days. Neighbors turned out by the hundreds at vigils for the victims, and came out again to pack meetings demanding action. In response, Community Board 7 formed a street safety task force. More […]
Citing Safety Problems, Federal Officials Assume Control of San Jose Streets
By Angie Schmitt |
When something goes wrong and people get hurt on a train, national transportation safety officials swoop in immediately to root out the source of risk and prevent future loss of life. How surprising and refreshing to see them apply the same scrutiny to the road system as well. Network blog Systemic Failure is carrying a press release […]
Council Member Lappin Calls for Citywide Street Safety Office
By Noah Kazis |
Jessica Lappin, the sponsor of new street safety legislation. Image: NY Real Estate Law Blog. In order to create a more tightly integrated public policy on safer streets, Council Member Jessica Lappin introduced legislation yesterday to create a new Office of Road Safety within the Department of Transportation. Lappin imagines the office creating a citywide […]
DMV Primer: Why Safety Hearings Should Be Held For Non-Fatal Crashes Too
By Steve Vaccaro |
This is part of a series of posts on the workings of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, its role in deterring or facilitating traffic violence, and agency reforms that could make streets and roads safer. Last week I wrote about a key shortcoming in the Department of Motor Vehicles safety hearing program: […]
Wiki Wednesday: “Shovel-Ready” Pedestrian Safety Plans?
By Ben Fried |
StreetsWiki author Andy Hamilton files this entry on an idea from our very own Federal Highway Administration: the Pedestrian Safety Action Plan. The concept includes a step by step methodology to identify and correct pedestrian safety hazards, as well as to plan a more walkable community from the ground up. FHWA developed a how-to guide, […]
Safety in Numbers: It’s Happening in NYC
By Ben Fried |
The city’s expanding bike network is paying dividends — boosting the level of cycling and making streets safer in the process. Snagged from the latest issue of TA’s StreetBeat, this graph is a great illustration of the "safety in numbers" effect identified by researcher Peter Jacobsen in a landmark 2003 paper published in Injury Prevention. […]