Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pedestrian safety

The driver made a right turn from Ninth Avenue onto W. 17th Street when he struck 31-year-old Firstess Earth Crosby, who died from her injuries months later on July 22.

No Charges for Driver Who Ran Over a Woman — Twice — In a Crosswalk

By Julianne Cuba | Jul 24, 2019 | 7 Comments

Another pedestrian is dead in an already bloody week in an already very bloody year — and, yet again, the truck driver who killed her inside a marked crosswalk has not been charged.

The current "shared path" is too narrow, too steep and doesn't really keep pedestrians and cyclists apart — which was the whole point of diverting cyclists from the Hudson River Greenway between 72nd and 83rd streets. Photo: Streetsblog

No Big Changes Coming to Dangerous Riverside Park Bike ‘Detour’

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 22, 2019 | 35 Comments

Cyclists think the Parks Department is not taking safety concerns seriously along a hastily built, steep, dark, root-damaged detour from the Hudson River Greenway that was installed to separate pedestrians from cyclists along the much-used river route.

A pedestrian/traffic mashup near the Plaza Hotel at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street shows just how dangerous it is on one of New York's grandest thoroughfares. Photo: Liam Jeffries

Op-Ed: These Five Manhattan Streets Need Safety Fixes Now!

By Liam Jeffries | Jul 22, 2019 | 7 Comments

The city just fixed one killing zone. It needs to fix many, many more.

The intersection of West 98th Street and West End Avenue, where the crash took place on Friday

Two Pedestrians Struck By Driver On Upper West Side

By Dave Colon | Jul 19, 2019 | 19 Comments

Two pedestrians on the Upper West Side were injured, one seriously, after the driver of an Acura sedan hit them on Friday afternoon, police said.

Remember her? Queens Borough President Donovan Richards reappointed Kim Ohanian to Community Board 7.

Community Board Member Who Said Pedestrians ‘Deserve’ to Die May Get Booted

By Julianne Cuba | Jul 19, 2019 | 38 Comments

"We're going to look into who that employee is and whatever appropriate disciplinary measures can be taken," Mayor de Blasio said on Friday.

Madison Lyden's ghost bike, commemorating where she was killed by a driver in 2018. Photo: David Meyer

Upper West Siders To DOT: Make Central Park West Bike Lane Even Safer

By Dave Colon | Jul 18, 2019 | 2 Comments

Not content with stopping at a Central Park West bike lane, Upper West Side activists are asking for a way to make crossing the street and boarding the bus safer as well.

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