Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pedestrian safety

Car-free 50th Street. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Eyes on the Street: Miracle on Fifth Avenue Near Rockefeller Center

By Julianne Cuba | Dec 9, 2019 | No Comments

Mayor de Blasio's bold plan to take lanes away from drivers and give them to pedestrians around Rockefeller Center is working — but only on the side streets that are actually closed to cars entirely.

Whole Foods parks bike on the sidewalk on Houston Street all day...

WHOLE FOOLS! Amazon Stealing Space from Pedestrians on Houston

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 6, 2019 | No Comments

The problem? The city has not yet taken curbside space from car storage in favor of the efficient bikes.

Manhattan DA Vance Charges Reckless Cyclist with Penalty He Rarely Levies Against Drivers

By Julianne Cuba | Dec 6, 2019 | No Comments

No one is arguing that the top prosecutor should not have charged the biker with the high-level misdemeanor of reckless endangerment, but why doesn't he levy the same charge with any regularity to motorists who do the very same thing?

CB7 Transportation Committee Chairman Howard Yaruss makes a point at the board's December 2019 meeting. Photo: Screenshot

Entitled Car Owners Win Battle in Upper West Side War on Ultimate Perk: Free Parking

By Eve Kessler | Dec 4, 2019 | No Comments

Mere mention of alternatives to "free parking" sets off hysteria at a community board meeting.

Another Queens Pedestrian Killed in Crosswalk and Driver is Uncharged

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 29, 2019 | No Comments

The bloodshed continues — as does the lack of charges by NYPD officers.

The pedestrian was struck in the opposite crosswalk from the stop sign where the driver started the chain of tragic events. Photo: Google

Driver Hits Pedestrian — Twice! — But is Not Charged in Her Death

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 27, 2019 | No Comments

Cops declined to charge a Queens driver who hit a woman crossing a quiet street, then ran over her and killed her last week.

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