Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pedestrian safety

A Car-Free Plaza Is the Key to DOT’s Safety Plan for Myrtle-Wyckoff

By David Meyer | Mar 31, 2016 | 7 Comments

The dangerous intersection of Myrtle Avenue and Wyckoff Avenue at the Bushwick-Ridgewood border is in line for a major DOT redesign this year. The proposal calls for pedestrianizing the block of Wyckoff between Myrtle and Gates to reduce potential motor vehicle turns at the intersection by 70 percent. Myrtle-Wyckoff is a major transit hub, where the elevated M […]

The Campaign for a Better Street Safety Conversation in PLG/Crown Heights

By David Meyer | Mar 25, 2016 | No Comments

Last night, Transportation Alternatives’ Brooklyn Activist Committee and the Prospect Lefferts Gardens Neighborhood Association hosted a #SlowDownPLG workshop for neighborhood residents to share ideas about walking and biking safety in the neighborhood. Around 35 people attended and worked in small groups to address concerns on five streets: Ocean Avenue, Flatbush Avenue, Rogers Avenue, Nostrand Avenue, and Empire […]

3 Sources of Cluelessness Conspire to Blame Victims for “Distracted Walking”

By Charles Komanoff | Mar 11, 2016 | 10 Comments

Oy. Not great to hear @CommissBratton talking about distracted walking as reason for increase in nationwide increase in ped fatalities. — Brooklyn Spoke (@BrooklynSpoke) March 10, 2016 For a policing icon who built his reputation on being data-driven, NYPD Commissioner William Bratton has a penchant for shooting from the hip on traffic safety. At the […]

Street Safety Benefits of Congestion Charging Are Bigger Than We Thought

By Charles Komanoff | Mar 9, 2016 | 2 Comments

Evidence keeps mounting that congestion pricing can catalyze major reductions in traffic crashes. A year ago I reported on research that vehicle crashes in central London fell as much as 40 percent since the 2003 startup of London’s congestion charge. The same researchers are now expressing the safety dividend in terms of falling per-mile crash rates, and […]

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Peatónito in NYC: Protecting Pedestrians in the Crosswalk

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 8, 2016 | No Comments

Peatónito (“little pedestrian”) might be the most beloved figure in the world of street safety. How can you not love a superhero who protects pedestrians from cars?! Since donning the cape and luchador mask three years ago, he’s become a media sensation in Mexico. This week he’s in New York City for Transportation Alternatives’ Vision Zero for Cities 2016 conference, […]

DOT’s Meeker Ave Safety Project Gets — You Guessed It — Meeker

By David Meyer | Feb 24, 2016 | 15 Comments

DOT has watered down its safety plan for the area around Meeker, Union, and Metropolitan avenues. And for the second time in as many meetings, Brooklyn Community Board 1’s transportation committee could not make quorum last night to vote on the project. DOT’s plan calls for sidewalk extensions and crosswalks at several intersections where Meeker, Union, and […]

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