If the Calendar Says ‘Friday,’ It’s Another Day of Hell on Varick Street
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Traffic congestion on the Holland Tunnel-bound roadway is a disaster for cyclists and pedestrians — and it's been this way for years!
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Safety
After Cycling Politician is Killed, Louisiana Parish Seeks to Make Biking Harder
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A list of proposals by a parish committee is a joke.
Witness to Xellea Samonte Crash Contradicts NYPD Victim-Blaming But Cops Ignored Him
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Police would rather blame the victim of a crash than the driver who killed her.
Lime Bike Official Actually Thinks E-Scooters Are the Next Big Thing
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Will scooters help cities push out Uber and Lyft? Scott Kubly thinks so.
How America’s Bike Helmet Fixation Upholds a Culture of “Unfettered Automobility”
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By almost any quantifiable safety metric, the helmet fixation has failed. People bike at low rates in the U.S. compared to international peers, and suffer higher injury and fatality rates per mile of cycling.
Brooklyn Electeds Pay Tribute to Edwin Ajacalon and Call on Albany to Prevent Deadly Speeding
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At a vigil last night, elected officials and street safety advocates paid tribute to Edwin Ajacalon, the 14-year-old from Guatemala who was killed by a teenage driver in Brooklyn Saturday night. Calling Ajacalon an "all-American boy" and "a vital thread in the beautiful tapestry that is New York City," they pressed for street safety improvements and a culture change among drivers after yet another death of a cyclist, the 20th in 2017.