Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pedestrian safety

SPEED DEMONS ON STEROIDS: Do Our Leaders Even Care About Reckless Drivers Right Now?

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 13, 2020 | No Comments

The increase in speeding has gotten even worse — with school zone speed cameras now issuing 57 percent more tickets since the beginning of Gov. Cuomo's statewide shutdown on March 22.

Our Latest Satire: De Blasio is a 'Car-Loving Monster'

By Streetsblog | Apr 9, 2020 | No Comments

The song, based on The Who's "Pinball Wizard," explores how more and more people are calling for more open space during the coronavirus crisis.

Hot damn, look at all that room to maneuver. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

City Planning To Walkers: Drop Dead

By Dave Colon | Apr 9, 2020 | No Comments

Hey, I'm walkin' here! The Department of City Planning accidentally tweeted that New York City's sidewalks weren't wide enough for safe passage.

It's not the expansion of cycling that causes the epidemic of crashes. It's the lack of cycling infrastructure, the persistence of bad driving, and the proliferation of assault cars that do. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Op-Ed: Skip the Victim-Blaming on Bike Lanes, New York Times!

By Michael King | Apr 9, 2020 | No Comments

Health columnist Jane Brody, usually a beacon of sense, gets city cycling badly wrong, a traffic expert says.

Too many cops. This is 34th Avenue in Queens on Sunday, April 5. Photo: Angela Stach

Mayor Under Fire for Quickly Killing His Ill-Conceived, Over-Policed ‘Open-Streets’ Plan

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 6, 2020 | No Comments

The Council Speaker said the mayor was not "smart" about his initial pilot program, which is now dead.

Crowded sidewalks like these on Seventh Avenue (pictured in 2017) are the legacy of the movement to give more space to cars. Coronavirus has shown that we must give more space to people. Photo: DOT

Op-Ed: Dear Gov. Cuomo, The Problem Is Crowding, Not ‘Density’!

By Brent Toderian | Apr 6, 2020 | No Comments

The coronavirus crisis show why New York's leader must move forcefully to create more space for people, a prominent urbanist argues.

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