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.
Recent Posts
Street Cheats: The Public Space Theft We Take for Granted
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Crosswalk parking is emblematic of how we've let motor vehicles saturate the curb until they encroach on spaces where they're not allowed.
New York City Sidewalks Don’t Have to Be Garbage Dumps
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New York has room to get trash off sidewalks. What it needs is the political will to use curb space for something other than parking.
Queens Boulevard Needs Better Barriers to Protect Cyclists From Idiots Like This Guy
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DOT's design for the Queens Boulevard capital project calls for placing the bike lane on a mountable curb, which would do little to prevent incidents like this.
NYPD Does Nothing After Driver Leaves Trail of Destruction on Nostrand Avenue, Injuring 1
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Meanwhile, police are applying criminal reckless driving statutes to delivery workers on electric bikes.
Brad Lander Bill Would Empower City to Rein In Repeat Traffic Camera Violators
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The “Reckless Driver Accountability Act” would flag drivers who are routinely ticketed by traffic enforcement cameras before they cause irreversible harm.
Adriano Espaillat Attacks Dyckman Bikeway From the Driver’s Seat of His Car
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A textbook case of pure, unadulterated windshield bias.
Rogues’ Gallery of Street Cheats Endanger People Outside Inwood Park and Playground
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An out-of-the-way no parking zone next to the Inwood Hill Park playground has become a hotbed of public space theft.
Newsflash: New York City Curb Space Was Privatized Long Before Car-Share Companies Came Along
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Most New York City curb space has been off-limits to most New Yorkers for generations.
NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Fatally Doored Cyclist Aaron Padwee in Long Island City
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By failing to enforce the law against dooring, NYPD is signaling to motorists and passengers that they don't have to look out for cyclists.
MTA Bus Driver Kills 7-Year-Old Shevon Bethea in the Bronx
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New York City motorists have killed six children age 14 or under in the first five months of 2018, marking the first year-to-year increase in child traffic deaths in the Vision Zero era.
Cyclists Jockey With Traffic in NYC’s Annual Fleet Week Greenway Debacle
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As expected, the city has severed the Hudson River Greenway as a bike transportation route for Fleet Week.
NYC Motorists Injured 971 People Walking and Biking in April, and Killed 10
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City Hall reported 37 people killed by motorists while walking or biking through April, and 4,346 injured, compared to 39 deaths and 4,545 injuries in the first four months of 2017.