Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Safety

U.S. Traffic Fatalities Rising Fast — Especially Pedestrian and Cyclist Deaths

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 1, 2016 | No Comments

Traffic fatalities in America hit a seven-year high in 2015, with pedestrians and cyclists accounting for a disproportionate share of the alarming increase, according to preliminary data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Last year, 35,200 people were killed in traffic — a 7.7 percent increase over 2014 and the worst death toll since 2008. The number of people killed while […]

Truck Driver Kills Cyclist Leah Sylvain in Bushwick — Victim-Blaming Ensues

By David Meyer | Jun 7, 2016 | 172 Comments

A fuel truck driver struck and killed Leah Sylvain, 27, as she was biking on Evergreen Avenue in Bushwick this morning. Sylvain was traveling north in the bike lane when Joseph Cherry, also traveling north, turned his truck to the left across her path, fatally injuring her. Sylvain was lying on the road with head trauma when police […]

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Why Helmets Aren’t the Answer to Bike Safety — In One Chart

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 2, 2016 | No Comments

Better street design and getting more people on bikes — not blind faith in helmets — are the keys to making cycling safer, recent research has shown. Want a good visual to get the point across? The Toole Design Group made this for you. Of these countries, the U.S. has the highest rate of helmet usage among cyclists — around […]

TLC: Cab Driver Blocking the Bike Lane? We’ll Allow It

By Brad Aaron | May 19, 2016 | 30 Comments

Got an email from @nyctaxi today saying this is NOT a violation of their rules. WTH? #CyclistsWithCameras pic.twitter.com/HMy28IDdQa — d00Rz0NE (@D00RZ0NE) May 18, 2016 The Taxi and Limousine Commission is telling cyclists the agency is no longer penalizing cab drivers for blocking bike lanes. It is against city traffic rules to drive or stop a motor vehicle […]

Street Safety Benefits of Congestion Charging Are Bigger Than We Thought

By Charles Komanoff | Mar 9, 2016 | 2 Comments

Evidence keeps mounting that congestion pricing can catalyze major reductions in traffic crashes. A year ago I reported on research that vehicle crashes in central London fell as much as 40 percent since the 2003 startup of London’s congestion charge. The same researchers are now expressing the safety dividend in terms of falling per-mile crash rates, and […]

Total L.I.C. Street Rebuild to Include Safety Overhauls for Key Intersections

By David Meyer | Feb 1, 2016 | 12 Comments

The streets of Long Island City are getting a total rebuild, and as part of the project four major intersections along Jackson Avenue and Vernon Boulevard will get redesigned for greater safety. Many other intersections could get curb extensions or other traffic-calming treatments as part of the $38.47 million neighborhood-wide street reconstruction. Speaking this morning at the foot […]

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