Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pedestrian safety

As CB 10 Dithers, Espaillat and Levine Urge DOT to Act on Morningside Ave.

By Brad Aaron | May 14, 2014 | 1 Comment

While Manhattan Community Board 10 refuses to endorse pedestrian safety improvements for Morningside Avenue in Harlem, two lawmakers are urging DOT to move forward. After sending a similar letter in January, State Senator Adriano Espaillat and City Council Member Mark Levine wrote DOT again this week [PDF] to praise the agency’s plan for a Morningside […]

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A Crosswalk Too Far: The Hunt for America’s Least Crossable Street

By Angie Schmitt | May 14, 2014 | No Comments

Last February, Streetsblog readers determined the worst intersection in America. Then you pinpointed a suburban area with streets so windy and disconnected, it would take a seven mile trip to travel between two houses that shared a back yard. And for two years running you’ve helped shame the nation’s most parking-scarred downtowns. But there’s a […]

After Quick Work by CB 7 and DOT, Safety Fixes Debut at 96th and Broadway

By Stephen Miller | May 13, 2014 | 8 Comments

After the deaths of Cooper Stock, Alexander Shear, and Samantha Lee at or near the intersection of 96th Street and Broadway shook Upper West Siders in January, DOT promised fixes to an intersection that locals complained had become even more dangerous to cross after a reconstruction project just a few years before. This morning, the city debuted those changes, including […]

How Do You Educate Kids on Street Safety When Drivers Are Dangerous?

By Stephen Miller | May 13, 2014 | 7 Comments

Last week, DOT rolled out a new pedestrian safety video for its school-based education programs. Set to a hip-hop beat, the four-minute video is aimed squarely at young New Yorkers. It dissects three scenarios to educate kids about safely navigating city streets. But you’ll notice that in two of the scenarios, it’s drivers who are breaking […]

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Tacoma Vows to Prosecute Rogue Crosswalk Painters

By Angie Schmitt | May 9, 2014 | No Comments

A group calling themselves “Citizens for a Safer Tacoma” has painted five crosswalks around the city, in hopes of pressing officials to take pedestrian safety more seriously. The city of Tacoma, meanwhile, has reacted defensively, threatening to prosecute the group, according to King 5 News. Kurtis Kingsolver, interim public works director, complained to the television station […]

After Jill Abramson’s Powerful Traffic Violence Piece, What Now for the NYT?

By Stephen Miller | May 5, 2014 | 7 Comments

Over the weekend, the New York Times ran a powerful piece by executive editor Jill Abramson about recovering from injuries sustained on city streets, based on her own experience and those of three other Times employees. Their stories, along with accompanying maps of New York City’s most dangerous intersections, conveyed the widespread and profound impact of traffic […]

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