Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pedestrian safety

The crash scene moments after Susan Douglass was killed at Flatbush and Nostrand avenues. Photo: Derick Waller/WABC7

UPDATE: Pedestrian Killed by Hit-and-Run Truck Driver at Horrible Flatbush Intersection

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 3, 2019 | 6 Comments

Police say the trucker, driving an 18-wheeler, fatally struck Linda Douglass, 67, as she crossed Flatbush Avenue at the intersection of Nostrand Avenue, killing her. He fled and is currently being sought.

We keep writing these stories. And the mayor doesn't take action.

S-COP-LAWS! Officers at Seven More Precincts Are Recidivist Reckless Drivers

By Gersh Kuntzman and Ben Verde | Apr 2, 2019 | 1 Comment

Seven more precincts — and 31 percent of the police officers' personal vehicles had been slapped with multiple moving violations.

CB 10 rejected a plan back in 2013 to convert Fourth Avenue from two lanes in each direction to one. But the DOT says it's now reviewing it again.

Safety First! DOT Revisiting Fourth Avenue Road Diet for Bay Ridge

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 2, 2019 | 2 Comments

Transportation officials say they will dust off an old plan to slow down speedsters in Bay Ridge — a life-saving proposal that the local community board killed in 2013.

The NYPD has erected temporary barricades on West Broadway to prevent southbound drivers from entering the new car-free zone. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

De Blasio To Announce Car-Free Lower Manhattan Today!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 1, 2019 | 13 Comments

After years of pressure from activists, Mayor relents and agrees to pedestrianize the entire area below Chambers Street.

Hundreds rallied in 2019 for the city to make good on its promise to close all of 78th Street in Jackson Heights to car traffic. A car dealership on the block has gotten around that pledge. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

SEE IT! Hundreds Rally to Keep Cars Out of Travers Park in Jackson Heights

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 31, 2019 | 3 Comments

It's a dangerous, combustible situation. Streetfilms auteur Clarence Eckerson Jr. covered Saturday's rally and filed this film report.

Out with the old, in with the new: State Senator Marty Golden objected to a street safety improvement on Gerritsen Avenue. Photo: Twitter

TURN SIGNAL: Anti-Cyclist Bay Ridge is Now Increasingly Anti-Car

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 29, 2019 | 1 Comment

First, the neighborhood threw out street safety pariah Marty Golden. Now, it is coming together to hold drivers accountable.

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