Families of Crash Victims Call for Action at City Hall on World Day of Remembrance
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Nearly 300 people gathered to press City Hall for safer street designs and Albany for an expansion of NYC's speed camera program.
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Rodriguez Calls for Bollards to Protect New Yorkers From Vehicular Attacks
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Following Tuesday's mass casualty vehicular attack on the Hudson River Greenway, City Council transportation chair Ydanis Rodriguez is upping the pressure on City Hall to install physical protections around areas in NYC with the thickest concentrations of pedestrians and cyclists.
San Antonio Gets a Badly Needed Kick in the Pants on Pedestrian Safety
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In removing a guerrilla safety improvement, San Antonio officials acted with the kind of swiftness that they've never displayed in response to the city's staggering pedestrian death rate.
DOT: The Barnes Dance Isn’t Usually the Best Tool to Make Intersections Safer
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A DOT report recommends leading pedestrian intervals, split-phase signals, and physical improvements as other tools to protect people on foot from turning drivers.
Bronxites to DOT: We’re Tired of Waiting for a Grand Concourse That Works for Us
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The city is doing too little, too slowly to make the Grand Concourse a street that works for walking, biking, and transit, local residents said at a rally last night.
DOT Should Invite New Yorkers to Make “Shared Spaces” Happen on Their Blocks
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DOT's slow zone program was a standing offer to neighborhood groups: Here's a way to make your streets safer -- tell us that you want it and we'll make it happen. The same basic structure could be used to expand DOT's "shared space" initiative.