BLOOD IN THE STREETS: Three More Pedestrians are Dead [UPDATED]
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Three more pedestrians have been killed by reckless drivers — bringing the total death count this bloody year to 106, or 14 percent more than this time last year.
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UPDATE: NYPD Arrests Driver Who Hit and Killed a Woman in the Crosswalk
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Updated: Cops cuffed the driver who struck and killed a woman in a crosswalk of a Brooklyn intersection, the NYPD said on July 8. On June 30, police offered preliminary information about the death of 33-year-old Ingrid Pineda-Cuellar, who was struck by 78-year-old Jean Victorin as she crossed Utica Avenue at 6:53 a.m. on June 27. Police […]
Council Members To DOT: How About Those Brooklyn Bridge Upgrades?
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"Efforts to abate crowding and improve the experience for cyclists and pedestrians on the promenade have not been noticeable," a trio of pols wrote.
After Cyclist Was Killed, City Wrote 40 Percent of its Blitz Tix to … Cyclists!
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New York’s Finest said they had written 77 moving violation tickets between the time when Hightman's blood was washed off the street and Wednesday morning — 29 tickets went to bikers and 48 to drivers of cars and trucks.
NYPD Forced to Protect DOT’s Second Avenue ‘Protected Bike Lane’
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Police in the 19th Precinct are being hailed for setting up physical barriers in the Upper East Side bike lane in order to protect bikers from speeding cars.
State to Study Reuse of Old ‘Motor Parkway’ in Eastern Queens
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Queens cyclists and pedestrians are closer to getting more control over a car highway in that was built in the early days of the automobile.