Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pedestrian safety

Enthusiasm Builds for Slow Zone as DOT Stonewalls on Bronx Park Safety Fix

By Stephen Miller | Jan 30, 2013 | 1 Comment

Residents of the Bronx’s Norwood section have long dealt with missing sidewalks and crosswalks on the street encircling Williamsbridge Oval Park, the neighborhood’s central green space. After getting stonewalled by DOT’s Bronx Borough Office, neighborhood leaders are now hoping a Slow Zone application will get DOT to take action. Since 2009, advocates have been asking for basic […]

While DOT Is Removing Signs, How About Yanking These Pedestrian Warnings?

By Brad Aaron | Jan 29, 2013 | 27 Comments

The Times reported yesterday that DOT is in the process of taking down all of the city’s “Don’t Honk” signs. Ostensibly the signs are being removed in tandem with efforts to declutter the visual environment. For better or worse, it’s also a tacit admission that they probably don’t do very much good. Other signs we’d […]

Vacca and Lappin Press DOT, Not NYPD, for Data on Dangerous Intersections

By Stephen Miller | Jan 24, 2013 | 8 Comments

New Yorkers who pay attention to street safety policy know that NYC DOT has been busy constructing sidewalk extensions, pedestrian islands, and speed humps, while NYPD has lagged behind on traffic enforcement and crash investigations. So it was perplexing to see City Council members James Vacca and Jessica Lappin on the steps of City Hall […]

Safety Fixes Near NYC Schools Reduced Kids’ Traffic Injuries By a Third

By Stephen Miller | Jan 16, 2013 | 4 Comments

Traffic injuries to school-age kids are down by a third in areas of New York city that received safety improvements like crosswalks and curb extensions as part of DOT’s Safe Routes to School program, according to new research, while kids walking in areas without the enhancements did not see such pronounced safety gains. The study, conducted by Columbia University […]

Eyes on the Street: An Argument for Protected Bike Lanes in One Photograph

By Stephen Miller | Jan 7, 2013 | 34 Comments

Elevated from today’s headline stack: Photographer Dmitry Gudkov snapped this picture on Friday afternoon of a commercial van — the phone number goes to Glass & Windows, Inc., of Long Island City — straddling the concrete barrier that separates a two-way bike lane, and the sidewalk beyond, from the busy intersection where Flushing Avenue crosses beneath the Brooklyn […]

CB 2 Committee OKs Varick Street Traffic Calming, Punts on Bike Corrals

By Stephen Miller | Jan 4, 2013 | 38 Comments

With two unanimous 9-0 votes, Manhattan Community Board 2’s transportation committee took one step forward and one step back for livable streets last night, voting for safety fixes at a problematic intersection while punting on a proposal for bike corrals after local NIMBY extraordinaire Sean Sweeney showed up to squash it. A request for traffic calming […]

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