NO TRICK, ALL TREAT: City to Ban Cars on Some Streets for Halloween
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A good safety announcement in Queens comes amid rabid heckling from the pro-car minority.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Street Safety
One Down, Thousands to Go: Cops Bust A Really Bad Driver For Doing Less-Dangerous Stupid Thing
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Police in Bay Ridge collared a reckless driver who was, in the words of the local Council member, "driving like an asshole" and doing donuts on Shore Road — but the seizure of the car only reveals the weakness in the larger system of getting dangerous drivers off the road.
Federal Safety Administrator: Let’s Legalize the ‘Idaho Stop’
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One of the Biden Administration’s top road safety officials has come out in favor of legalizing the so-called “Idaho stop,” which allows cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs and red lights as mere stops signs.
SAFETY LAST: DOT Admits To Intentionally Endangering Cyclists on Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue
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The Department of Transportation is forgoing a city law by refusing to create a temporary bike lane to protect cyclists on Fourth Avenue amid construction along the crucial Brooklyn corridor — a pro-car, anti-safety move that one activist called "bullshit."
Vision Zero Cities: How to Fix Our Most Dangerous Roads
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In urban areas, arterials make up just 15 percent of all roads but are where a whopping 67 percent of pedestrian deaths occur.
Report: New York Remains a Tale of Two Cities for Public Space Equity
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See the city in a whole new light — an unflattering one.