Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pedestrian safety

Big Pedestrian Island Proposed in Bushwick Avenue Traffic Calming Plan

By Stephen Miller | Sep 24, 2013 | 6 Comments

After receiving requests from the Graham Avenue Business Improvement District and the Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council (yep, that one) for better sidewalks and safety improvements, DOT presented a plan [PDF] for Bushwick Avenue to Brooklyn Community Board 1’s transportation committee last week. The biggest change is proposed for the intersection with Seigel Street, where Bushwick […]

Michael Gomez’s Death Wasn’t a Random Event

By Charles Komanoff | Sep 20, 2013 | 23 Comments

Pre-teen and teenager deaths are rare in New York City. Out of nearly a million city residents ages 10-19, just 226 died in 2011, the most recent data year. That’s barely more than two deaths per 10,000. Sliced a bit differently, only four to five New Yorkers age 10-19 die each week. With this backdrop, […]

Eyes on the Street: Pedestrian Islands on College Point Boulevard in Flushing

By Brad Aaron | Sep 17, 2013 | 3 Comments

Clarence took these shots of new pedestrian islands going in on College Point Boulevard in Flushing. “I counted seven or eight between between 33rd and Maple Avenues,” he says. College Point Boulevard, says Clarence, is “always dangerous to cross.” Two pedestrians have been killed and dozens of pedestrians and cyclists injured by motorists on this […]

Morningside Avenue Traffic Calming Awaits Support From Two Harlem CBs

By Stephen Miller | Sep 13, 2013 | 14 Comments

From 116th Street to 126th Street, Morningside Avenue is known as a speedway between Harlem’s residential streets to the east and Morningside Park to the west. A traffic calming plan from DOT [PDF] now waits while Community Boards 9 and 10 weigh in. Transportation committees of both boards received presentations from DOT, followed by question-and-answer […]

Eyes on the Street: Pedestrian Island Construction on Columbus Avenue

By Brad Aaron | Sep 5, 2013 | 6 Comments

DOT continues to make progress with the extension of the Columbus Avenue protected bike lane. Doug Gordon sent us these shots, taken this morning, of pedestrian island construction at 75th and 73rd Streets. After gaining the support of Community Board 7, the lane is being extended north to 110th Street and south to 70th Street, […]

Will the Feds Step Up for Ped Safety and Close the Crossover Mirror Loophole?

By Stephen Miller | Sep 4, 2013 | 11 Comments

In February, 7-year-old Amar Diarrassouba was killed while crossing the street in East Harlem. Truck driver Robert Carroll ran him over while turning from East 117th Street to First Avenue. Because Carroll was driving a truck registered out-of-state, the vehicle wasn’t covered by the state law requiring crossover mirrors for large trucks on New York City […]

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