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The intersection where a driver killed a 69-year-old woman on Friday morning. Photo: Google Maps

De Blasio’s Deadliest Year: A Senior is Killed By Driver in Bensonhurst

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 27, 2021 | No Comments

A Bensonhurst woman is dead after she was run over by the driver of a pickup truck on Friday morning — just days after a six-year-old girl was killed while crossing the street with her mom not far from the scene of Friday's fatal crash.

Cramped: pedestrians will get more room as part of a sidewalk expansion on Lexington Avenue between 42nd and 51st Streets. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Pedestrians Will Get More Space on Cramped Lexington Avenue … In 2024

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 27, 2021 | No Comments

The city's ongoing systemic discrimination against pedestrians is slowly being remedied. Up next: A key Midtown corridor where walkers outnumber drivers more than four to one.

Watered Down Fifth Avenue ‘Busway’ Inches Forward

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 24, 2021 | No Comments

Community Board 5 supports "busway lite."

Canal Street. File photo: Joseph Tedeschi

OPINION: What Should Be Done About Canal Street?

By Annie Weinstock | Aug 9, 2021 | No Comments

The nostrums are no mystery. Rather than doing a million more studies, the city should just fix it.

SEE IT: TA Video Says You Shouldn’t Have To Be An Olympian Just to Live in NYC

By Streetsblog | Aug 6, 2021 | No Comments

The thrill of victory. The agony of the streets.

An e-bike rider in the Amsterdam Avenue bike lane near W. 78th Street. File photo: Lisa Orman

New State Law Would Make Electric Citi Bike Hit-And-Runs a Felony

By Julianne Cuba | Jul 21, 2021 | No Comments

Liz Krueger wants the punishment to match the penalty for those committed by motorists.

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