Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pedestrian safety

More cops who drive to work mean more reckless cars on our neighborhood roadways. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

MORE S-COP-LAWS: Investigation Reveals More Reckless NYPD Drivers — But de Blasio Doesn’t Care

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 12, 2019 | 19 Comments

Day 3 of Streetsblog's investigation reveals scores more police officers who endanger neighborhood residents with repeated moving violations.

Pedestrian Killed in Staten Island — But Teen Driver is Charged

By Ben Verde | Mar 11, 2019 | No Comments

Cops arrested a teenaged Staten Island driver who, they say, ran over and killed a 71-year-old pedestrian just a block from his house in Arden Heights on Saturday.

Cops Arrest Virginia Driver for Killing Brooklyn Pedestrian

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 10, 2019 | 2 Comments

Finally, some charges against a killer driver.

Council Speaker Corey Johnson says he wants to break the car culture. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

On ‘Busway,’ Would-Be Transportation God Corey Johnson Falls at the First Hurdle

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 8, 2019 | 14 Comments

Council Speaker Corey Johnson has infuriated supporters of the 14th Street busway — just as he was positioning himself as the ultimate livable streets candidate.

This is the car that a driver used to kill Stella Clinton last year. Photo: Ben Verde

Brooklyn Pedestrian Killed by Repeatedly Reckless Driver Backing Into his Driveway

By Gersh Kuntzman and Ben Verde | Mar 7, 2019 | 8 Comments

No charges for a driver who hit a pedestrian as he was backing up into his driveway.

Cops Finally Arrest Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed a Man Last Year

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 6, 2019 | 5 Comments

Law enforcement has finally arrested the hit-and-run driver they say killed a Queens man on a Manhattan sidewalk in October — but only for fleeing, not for the reckless driving that killed the victim in the first place. On Feb. 19, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance quietly charged 37-year-old Bronx resident Tomas Dunn for taking […]

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