Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Media Watch

Hey Brian Lehrer — Traffic Congestion Is Not a Vision Zero Tactic

By Brad Aaron | Jul 24, 2015 | 28 Comments

This morning on WNYC Brian Lehrer said he didn’t understand why Mayor de Blasio would want to penalize Uber for making traffic congestion worse, since the mayor is “causing congestion purposely” to make streets safer for walking and biking. Here’s an excerpt: They want to make driving in the city as unpalatable as possible so people […]

Hey Daily News: NYC Pedestrians Are Safer With Right of Way Law

By Brad Aaron | Jul 7, 2015 | 1 Comment

In its latest attack on efforts to make New York City streets safer for everyone who walks, bikes, and drives, the Daily News editorial board says the Right of Way Law isn’t working. But the available evidence suggests NYC streets are safer since the law took effect. Basically, the Daily News believes that, since the law has been […]

Driver Kills Cyclist in Ditmas Park, NYPD and Media Blame Deceased Victim

By Brad Aaron | Jun 22, 2015 | 28 Comments

Brooklyn: Ocean Ave & Church Ave. U/D; Cyclist struck by a vehicle, pronounced DOA at KCH. @NYPDHighway investigating pic.twitter.com/J2BkLOadEJ — New York City Alerts (@NYCityAlerts) June 22, 2015 A driver killed a cyclist in Ditmas Park this morning. The cyclist, a 57-year-old man, was riding eastbound on Church Avenue near Ocean Avenue when he was […]

Richard Brown: No Charges for Driver Who Killed Boy on Neighborhood Street

By Brad Aaron | Jun 3, 2015 | 4 Comments

An 8-year-old boy hit by a driver on a neighborhood street in Queens on Memorial Day died from his injuries. NYPD and Queens District Attorney Richard Brown filed no charges. Sincere Atkins was playing with his cousin outside his grandmother’s apartment, on Sutphin Boulevard near 125th Avenue, when a 21-year-old man hit him with a Toyota Corolla, […]

The Post’s Highly Selective Outrage About Traffic Violence

By Stephen Miller | May 28, 2015 | 23 Comments

Yesterday, a driver fleeing police killed a cyclist on East 129th Street near Madison Avenue. DNAinfo, the Daily News, CBS 2, and WPIX all covered the crash. So did the Post, but the paper reserved its front page for a different bike story, assigning a reporter and photographer to tail Jason Marshall, the cyclist who struck and killed […]

Ydanis Rodriguez Bill Would Let NYC’s Press Corps Park for Free

By Stephen Miller | Apr 28, 2015 | 23 Comments

In order to protect a #Transparent government we need to ensure media has the tools it needs to do their duty pic.twitter.com/IfuG6HpcLX — Ydanis Rodriguez (@ydanis) April 28, 2015 City Council Transportation Committee Chair Ydanis Rodriguez thinks the city’s press corps needs a special break: He’s proposing legislation that would exempt drivers with press plates […]

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