Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Street Safety

Tuesday’s Headlines: Signs Say No Edition

By Streetsblog Editorial Board | Nov 22, 2022 | No Comments

Remember how we were musing last week about the spate of unauthorized "No Motor Vehicle" signs that had sprung up on so many protected bike lanes in town? Well, we have answers ... plus all the other news of the day!

The Memorial Grove for Victims of Traffic Violence opened on Sunday in Brooklyn. Photo: Luke Ohlson

Monday’s Headlines: Day of Remembrance (In More Ways Than One) Edition

By Streetsblog Editorial Board | Nov 21, 2022 | No Comments

One day, the city mourns its traffic victims. The next day, an Upper West Side community board moves to create more of them. Plus all the other news.

A Grove Grows In Brooklyn: Finally, New York Has a Memorial to Road Violence Victims

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 18, 2022 | No Comments

There are almost no other specific memorials for one of the world's leading causes of preventable death: car crashes, which kill roughly 1.2 million people annually.

Richard Smith and Julie Floyd, siblings of Ronald Anthony Smith, are calling for justice for their brother, who was killed by the NYPD in April on Eastern Parkway. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Video Shows Cops Not Even Trying to Save Man they Struck on Eastern Parkway: Family

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 16, 2022 | No Comments

Where was their courtesy? Where was their professionalism? Where was their respect for this man? He wasn't dirty. He wasn't no bum off the street. That's my brother," the victim's sister said on Monday.

Signs like these are popping up all over. This one is from Prospect Park West. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Monday’s Headlines: The Signs Say Edition

By Streetsblog Editorial Board | Nov 14, 2022 | No Comments

Elections always remind us that complaining about problems is easy, but fixing them is hard. Plus other news.

People still speed. A lot. But less. At least that's the story. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Speed Camera Update: More People Being Caught (But Fewer During the Day)

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 14, 2022 | No Comments

Overall tickets are up about 67 percent thanks to those overnight and weekend hours, but they're down about 15 percent in the 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. hours, evidence that drivers do indeed stop speeding after getting one or two automated tickets.

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