OPINION: Treat Traffic Violence as an Epidemic
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Manhattan district attorney hopeful Tali Farhadian Weinstein looks to driver-accountability law, technology to curtail reckless drivers.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Families for Safe Streets
Transportation Alternatives Wants Mayoral Candidates To Commit to 25% More Open Space
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Vision Zero? How about Vision 25 by 25?
OPINION: It’s Time to End NYPD’s Current Role in Crash Investigations
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A victim of road violence speaks.
ANALYSIS: Is Jailing Killer Drivers the Only Way Forward for Street Safety?
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The indictment of a killer driver earlier this year is a turning point in how prosecutors hold drivers accountable — but it also might be an inflection point as the safe-streets movement confronts the role of incarceration in making roadways safer. A deep dive.
POST-MORTEM: Cyclist Victims Killed In 2020 Were Low-Income, Essential Workers
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More than half of the 26 cyclists killed last year died on streets where the median income falls below the citywide average.
Street Safety Groups to President Biden: Commit to a Federal Vision Zero Plan
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"For decades ... we have lacked the leadership to make roadway safety a national priority in the United States," says the letter, which is signed by groups including New York's own Families for Safe Streets.