Brad Aaron
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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Leroy Comrie Bill Would Force NYPD to Report to Council on Hit-and-Runs
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Queens City Council Member Leroy Comrie is set to introduce a bill that may have an impact on how NYPD approaches hit-and-run crashes, which kill dozens of NYC pedestrians and cyclists a year. A statement from Comrie’s office says the bill would require NYPD to report to the council annually on “hit and run incidents that […]
Elba Granizo, 75, Killed by Motorist in Elmhurst
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An elderly woman was killed by an elderly motorist in Queens last weekend. Elba Granizo, 75, was crossing at Roosevelt Avenue and 90th Street in Elmurst when she was hit by a driver making a left turn, according to the Times Ledger. She was pronounced dead at Elmhurst Hospital. DNAinfo reports that the driver, also […]
Hynes: No Charges for Curb-Jumper Who Blew Red and Killed Pedestrian
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A Sheepshead Bay driver who ran a red light, jumped a curb and struck three people, killing one, has not been charged criminally by NYPD or Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes. Yuliya Hermanska, 27, died from her injuries a week after the March 23 crash, according to the Daily News. Police say the driver, Mikhail […]
StreetsPAC to Send Out Its First Candidate Questionnaire
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NYC’s new safe streets political action committee is set to send out its first candidate questionnaire. StreetsPAC has put together a 7-page doc that summarizes the committee’s agenda and solicits candidate responses to questions on traffic enforcement, transit, the use of street space, and more. It’s incredibly thorough, and should go a long way toward separating […]
Transit Commuters Are Stinking Low-Lifes, Subaru Tells Transit Commuters
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Think transit commuters are unwashed, uncouth bums? Subaru does. And the carmaker doesn’t mind telling them so. In recent Canadian editions of Metro — the free daily distributed at transit stops — Subaru ran a two-page spread spouting just about every negative transit, and transit rider, stereotype you can think of. The ad was brought […]
At Mayoral Forum, Albanese Stands Out With Reality-Based PPW Response
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The question of the Prospect Park West bike lane, posed by WNYC’s Andrea Bernstein at the Park Slope mayoral forum on Monday, may have been intended as red meat. But it’s also a serviceable litmus test. If a candidate can’t get behind one of the city’s premiere cycling facilities, which grew from the grassroots and […]
Give Today to Keep Streetsblog on the Traffic Justice Beat
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Every December since 2009, I have put together an annual memoriam post for NYC pedestrians and cyclists whose lives were taken by motorists. As Streetsblog readers know, media coverage of traffic crashes is notoriously uneven — there are simply too many to keep up with — so it used to take a couple of days […]
How Many NYC Children Were Injured or Killed by Muni-Meters Last Week?
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It barely made news and we didn’t hear a peep about it from any elected, but at least three children were seriously injured by drivers in Brooklyn and the Bronx late last week. On the morning of Thursday, May 2, a 12-year-old boy was hit by a motorist at Bath Avenue and 24th Street, near […]
Eyes on the Street: From Parking to Parklet in Hell’s Kitchen
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Courtesy of Christine Berthet of CHEKPEDS, here are photos of what could be Manhattan’s newest public space, a pocket park on Dyer Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen. This plaza, conceived by area residents, occupies a sliver of traffic island on Dyer between 34th and 35th Streets, near the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel. The space was […]
Now That Parking Is Played Out, Will the Council Tackle Traffic Violence?
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From what we’ve seen, the scrum at yesterday’s City Council parking presser did a commendable job calling out Christine Quinn, James Vacca, and David Greenfield for their latest ploy to curry favor with motorists. Basically, Quinn and company want muni-meters programmed to turn off when they run out of paper and during free parking hours, […]
Motorist Kills Senior in District of Speed Cam Foe Marty Golden [Updated]
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Update: The Home Reporter reports that the elderly victim of this crash has died. Residents of Bay Ridge are again calling for measures to rein in reckless motorists after a Tuesday crash that sent at least one pedestrian to the hospital. The crash occurred in the district of State Senator Marty Golden, who has blocked […]
Reality Check: Bike-Share Station Takes Up Less Space Than Parked Cars
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You have to hand it to residents of 99 Bank Street. The lawsuit to have a bike-share station removed from the street in front of their West Village building is a textbook example of reactionary NIMBYism. The suit, which has already been rejected in court, claims the station violates a rule against the placement of […]