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DATA: Safe Streets Are an Equity Issue — And the City is Failing the Most Vulnerable

By Christine Berthet | Aug 19, 2020 | No Comments

Despite Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero program, injuries from traffic crashes in 2018 and 2019 were 1 percent higher than in 2016 and 2017. But in communities of color, the number of crash-caused injuries are soaring by double digit percentages.

Revel users will be required to upload a selfie before riding

Revel Adds Safety Quiz — And a Mandatory Helmet Selfie — But New York Must Wait for Reboot

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 18, 2020 | No Comments

A new "safety course" includes a 20-minute multiple choice test, plus that hard-headed picture.

Cyclists and drivers mix in the traffic circle atop the Riverside Park Rotunda. Photo: Eve Kessler

West Siders Speak Up Against Costly Rotunda Project

By Eve Kessler | Aug 18, 2020 | No Comments

The $200-million Moses-era infrastructure revamp comes under fire over lack of safety infrastructure, expense.

A Round and a Roundy: DOT Walks Away From its Best Ideas

By Streetsblog | Aug 17, 2020 | No Comments

Our editorial cartoonist is frustrated by the Department of Transportation backing away from its own very good plans in the face of tiny opposition from car lovers.

Monday’s Headlines: The Mayor’s Sham Surface Transportation Panel Edition

By Streetsblog | Aug 17, 2020 | No Comments

Dan Rivoli of NY1 finally got a member of the mayor's Surface Transportation Committee to finally crack and reveal — on the record — how frustrated members of the panel are with the "crickets" from City Hall.

Council Member Carlina Rivera, seen here with her own bike. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Manhattan Council Member: Make ‘Open Streets’ Program More Equitable

By Gersh Kuntzman | Aug 17, 2020 | No Comments

"This program has not been the model for equity that we must always be striving for in a city rife with injustice," Carlina Rivera wrote in a letter to the mayor.

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