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Top to Bottom, NY Legal System Fails the Vulnerable on Our Streets

By Brad Aaron | Oct 28, 2009 | 2 Comments

The unidentified driver of this car, who injured six when he slammed into a Queens bus stop this month, is one of thousands of city motorists who harm and endanger others without consequence. Safe streets advocates are understandably excited by the prospect of a Manhattan district attorney with an interest in holding dangerous drivers accountable […]

24 Hours Left to Register for TSTC’s Annual Benefit

By Ben Fried | Oct 28, 2009 | No Comments

A quick reminder: You can RSVP for the Tri-State Transportation Campaign’s annual benefit up until 3 p.m. tomorrow. The word from Tri-State’s Veronica Vanterpool is that they’ve lined up a great space with a tasteful selection of wine, beer and hors d’oeuvres. The schmoozing figures to be a Streetsblog reader’s dream. Local transpo officials, community […]

Second Life: NYC Parking Meters to Reincarnate as Bike Racks

By Ben Fried | Oct 28, 2009 | 7 Comments

Headless meter poles on Madison Avenue, awaiting rebirth. Photo: Wiley Norvell. New York’s trusty single-space parking meters are a dying breed. They’ve served commercial corridors admirably, but they’re rapidly giving way to muni-meters (which are much better suited for innovations in curbside pricing, like DOT’s PARKSmart program). The downside of the shrinking meter supply: New […]

Vance Renews Traffic Safety Pledge at Meeting of Legal Minds

By Brad Aaron | Oct 27, 2009 | 6 Comments

Cy Vance, far right, joined by (l-r) Oregon attorney Raymond F. Thomas, TA’s Peter Goldwasser, New York attorney Scott Glen Cerbin, and Nassau County prosecutor Maureen McCormick. Photo: Brad Aaron Judged by statistics on violent crime, New York may be the safest big city in America. But its amazingly low murder rate masks a less […]

Inwood Group Looks to Denver

By Lily Bernheimer | Oct 23, 2009 | 3 Comments

Denver’s 16th St. Pedestrian Mall Some Inwood & Washington Heights Livable Streets members were torn between attending their own meeting and coming out to support nearby Community Board 8 this Wednesday. Brad Conover filed his own account of the CB 8 success, and Maggie Clarke reported back on the IWHLS meeting, bearing hopeful rumors of […]

Last Night’s CB Action: A Big Vote of Confidence for Protected Bike Lanes

By Ben Fried | Oct 22, 2009 | 7 Comments

Manhattan Community Board 8 issued a strong call for safer streets on the Upper East Side last night, voting 38 to 1 for a resolution supporting protected bike lanes. The reso asks DOT to come back to the CB with a neighborhood bike plan that includes physically protected lanes, though it refrains from mentioning specific […]

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