Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pedestrian safety

Park Avenue in Clinton Hill Awaits Fixes as Another Crash Caught on Camera

By Stephen Miller | Dec 9, 2013 | 1 Comment

Last September, local elected officials joined the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership and students from Benjamin Banneker Academy on Brooklyn’s Park Avenue to clock speeding drivers. The Partnership released a report offering suggestions to city agencies about how to improve pedestrian safety on the dangerous avenue, which has a crash rate higher than three-quarters of Brooklyn streets. More than a […]

CB 7 Votes 35-0 for DOT to Study Amsterdam Avenue Protected Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | Dec 4, 2013 | 13 Comments

Before an audience of more than 100 people last night, Manhattan Community Board 7 voted 35-0, with five abstentions, for a resolution asking DOT to perform a complete streets study of Amsterdam Avenue, including safer pedestrian crossings and a protected bike lane. The unanimous vote came after a long session of procedural wrangling over the […]

Hundreds Gather to Launch the Park Slope Street Safety Partnership

By Doug Gordon | Dec 4, 2013 | 3 Comments

Last night, nearly 200 neighborhood residents gathered for over two hours in the Park Slope United Methodist Church for the launch of the Park Slope Street Safety Partnership, a consortium of civic groups, elected officials, and private citizens created to advance traffic calming efforts in the neighborhood. Framing the partnership’s goals in terms of Vision […]

Tonight on the Upper West Side: Critical Vote on Amsterdam Avenue

By Stephen Miller | Dec 3, 2013 | 10 Comments

After months of meetings, tonight Manhattan Community Board 7 is expected to vote on a resolution asking DOT for a complete streets study of Amsterdam Avenue. Getting to tonight’s vote involved months of marathon meetings and debate, and supporters of safer streets can’t let up now. The resolution being considered tonight asks DOT to study […]

CB 5 Closes in on Requesting Complete Streets Study for 5th and 6th Avenues

By Stephen Miller | Dec 2, 2013 | 39 Comments

The campaign for a more bike- and pedestrian-friendly design on crowded Fifth and Sixth Avenues has crossed its first major milestone, with Community Board 5’s transportation committee advancing a resolution asking DOT for a complete streets study. The resolution, which passed the committee last Monday in a unanimous vote, is set to be taken up by the […]

CB 12 Endorses Pedestrian Improvements for Broadway at Dyckman in Inwood

By Brad Aaron | Nov 27, 2013 | No Comments

Manhattan Community Board 12 last night endorsed proposed improvements to a hazardous Broadway intersection in Inwood. At Broadway at Dyckman/200th Street and Riverside Drive, pedestrians currently must negotiate long crossings while watching for drivers coming from different directions simultaneously. There were 128 crashes at the intersection from 2010 to 2012, according to DOT, resulting in injuries to three […]

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