Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Safety

Improper Steel Plate May Have Caused Fatal Crash

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 27, 2006 | No Comments

The steel construction plate above may have contributed to Derek Lake’s fatal bike crash yesterday. Transportation Alternatives has issued a press release (PDF file) that says 23-year-old filmmaker Derek Lake’s fatal bike crash may have been caused by a metal street plate that is "in violation of the City DOT’s ‘Highway Rules’ governing the specifications […]

Eyes on the Street: Central Park, Friday, June 23, 3:30 pm.

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 26, 2006 | 5 Comments

The following note just came across the Streetsblog transom, from Michael, a 29-year-old business-owner in Manhattan. Michael is a tri-athlete and trains daily in Central Park on his Softride bicycle. This is what happened to him on Friday: I was riding my bike in Central Park. A ROAD BLOCK was set up in the bike […]

Liz Padilla Memorial & Bike Improvements

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 8, 2006 | No Comments

On June 9, 2005, one year ago tomorrow, 28-year-old pro bono lawyer and Park Slope resident, Elizabeth Kasulis Padilla was hit by a truck and killed on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Prospect Place while riding a bicycle to her new job at the Brooklyn Bar Association. Since that day, members of Park Slope […]