Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Media Watch

In Week of Carnage, Times Looks Askance at Broadway Traffic-Calming

By Brad Aaron | Aug 26, 2008 | 20 Comments

Projects like Broadway Boulevard are intended, in part, to reduce auto-pedestrian conflicts. Yesterday traffic agent Donnette Sanz was buried with her infant son. Two weeks ago, she was crossing a Bronx street on her lunch break when she was hit by a van and thrown under a school bus. Her unborn child was delivered prematurely […]

This Just In: The Media Business Is Auto-Dependent Too

By Ben Fried | Aug 8, 2008 | 18 Comments

Think web sites are saturated with car ads? The internet’s got nothing on local TV. The graphic on the right comes from a recent Wall Street Journal article (preview only) on car makers’ attempts to curb their advertising budgets. The amount of money pouring into the media from the auto industry is staggering. Analysts predict […]

Times Shows Little Love for Livable Streets

By Brad Aaron | Jul 11, 2008 | 19 Comments

Are you "a certain kind of urban idealist"? Chances are that if you read Streetsblog, the answer is yes. At least according to the New York Times. This week, the Times covered three major livable streets initiatives, now either underway or under consideration by the city: its first step toward establishing a bike-share system, a […]

You Can Drive Over a Child, But Don’t Drive Away After

By Brad Aaron | Jul 2, 2008 | 12 Comments

The Daily News today has the story of a 10-year-old Suffolk County cyclist who was mangled by a hit-and-run driver on Monday, the first day of the boy’s summer vacation. Hit while riding with a friend, the unidentified kid had both his legs broken. But according to police, the driver’s only offense was what he […]

Today’s Carnage Brought to You By…

By Brad Aaron | May 14, 2008 | 5 Comments

Yesterday, a 9-year-old Brooklyn boy was run down in the street while on his way home from school. The 16-year-old driver, Shyquan Burns, was behind the wheel of a souped-up Dodge Charger. Witnesses say Burns, who fled the scene but later turned himself into police, was speeding. The victim, Akeem Suluki, was in critical condition […]

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