SAFETY LAST: DOT Under Fire to Finish Ninth Street Redesign after Sixth Fatality in 18 Years
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The city is once again under fire for a death on a roadway that it failed to redesign for safety.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Families for Safe Streets
State of the State: Hochul Seeks to Let New York City Lower its Speed Limits
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Gov. Hochul has fully endorsed a state legislative effort to allow New York City to set — and reduce — its own speed limits, announcing in her State of the State address on Tuesday that she will introduce her own version of the existing "Sammy's Law" bill that the legislature has failed to pass previously.
Locals Have Been Begging for Safer Street Where Trucker Killed Citi Bike Rider
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Four dead cyclists in three years. Enough is enough, say Astoria activists.
Monday’s Headlines: Day of Remembrance (In More Ways Than One) Edition
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One day, the city mourns its traffic victims. The next day, an Upper West Side community board moves to create more of them. Plus all the other news.
A Grove Grows In Brooklyn: Finally, New York Has a Memorial to Road Violence Victims
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There are almost no other specific memorials for one of the world's leading causes of preventable death: car crashes, which kill roughly 1.2 million people annually.
Let’s Face It, ‘Home Rule’ on Speed Cameras is Dead — Blame Focuses on City Hall
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Mayor Adams will not get what he claims he wants from the state legislature this year — city control of the speed- and red-light camera programs — a devastating blow to advocates' dream of no longer having to beg Albany to reauthorize the life-saving system every few years.