Wednesday’s Headlines: Impounding the Pavement Edition
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The MTA really showed up the city by impounding a car belonging to a recidivist scofflaw. Plus other news.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NYPD
EXCLUSIVE: Reckless Driver Who Killed Baby Apolline Took Driver ‘Accountability’ Course — But It Didn’t Change a Thing
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Such "safe-driving" courses are seen by some as a model for changing the behavior of reckless drivers. But there is limited evidence they work — and certainly did not in the case of Tyrik Mott.
E-Bike Rider Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver in Brooklyn
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A hit-and-run driver fatally struck an e-bike rider in Brooklyn late on Saturday, and if history is any guide, the killer will never be caught or held accountable.
DOT Wants Cameras to Catch Bike-Lane Blockers (But Will Albany Allow It?)
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Lights, camera ... get that cop out of my bike lane!
A Round and a Roundy: Passing the Buck on Unsafe Streets
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Finger-pointing is a municipal tradition. So it was after a reckless driver hit and killed a 3-month-old baby in Clinton Hill on Sept. 11.
ANALYSIS: Out-Of-State Cars Causing Mayhem
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More than 10,000 people a year are injured in crashes in the city involving vehicles registered to other U.S. states and Washington, D.C., a Streetsblog analysis of NYPD collision data found.