Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pedestrian safety

NYPD issued 1,920 civil summonses under the Right of Way Law last year. Since 2014 police have used the law to file misdemeanor charges against 74 motorists who severely injured or killed people with the right of way. Photo: Brad Aaron

NYPD Ticketing More Drivers for Harming People With the Right of Way

By Brad Aaron | Mar 1, 2017 | 4 Comments

NYPD began to apply the city's Right of Way Law more extensively in 2016. The department scaled up summonses issued to drivers who injured people walking or biking with the right of way. Misdemeanor charges, meanwhile, were still applied in just a few dozen cases.

Postal Truck Driver Kills 83-Year-Old Man on Amsterdam and 95th

By Ben Fried | Feb 24, 2017 | 3 Comments

A postal truck driver struck and killed an 83-year-old man on Amsterdam Avenue and 95th Street at around 6:00 a.m. this morning. NYPD has yet to determine who had the right-of-way. While Amsterdam Avenue has a protected bike lane at this intersection, there is no pedestrian refuge in the north crosswalk, where the victim was struck.

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To Make Streets Safer, Seattle May Get Rid of Traffic Signals

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 9, 2017 | No Comments

Signalized intersections carry special risks. Drivers often accelerate during the yellow phase to "beat the light," leading to high-speed crashes. Federal officials warn that improperly placed signals can "significantly increase collisions." So Seattle is reviewing 10 intersections to see if traffic signals should be replaced with stop signs.

Bronxites to DOT: Grand Concourse Is Awful for Walking and Biking

By David Meyer | Jan 20, 2017 | 12 Comments

When it was built at the turn of the 20th Century, the Grand Concourse was envisioned as the Bronx’s Champs Elysées. But generations of car-oriented development have reduced the Concourse to a speedway for motor vehicle traffic, despite low rates of car ownership in the neighborhoods that surround it.

Good luck, pedestrians. Streets and intersections like this make Fort Myers, Florida, the most dangerous place for walking in the U.S. Photo: Google Maps via Artie Bonney

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Can America’s Most Dangerous Place to Walk Change Its Streets?

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 20, 2017 | No Comments

The most dangerous metro area in America for walking is Fort Myers, Florida. The area has a committed group of reformers who've been making some strides, but a recent report shows more must be done.

Each year, thousands of Americans are killed while walking on dangerous roads.

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The Unequal Toll of Pedestrian Deaths

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 10, 2017 | No Comments

News reports tend to blame the victims of these crashes for transgressions like "distracted walking" or crossing where they shouldn't have. But a new analysis from Smart Growth America highlights how pedestrian deaths are a systemic problem caused by the dangerous design of our streets and transportation systems.

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