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Adam Uster was killed on Monday in Brooklyn.

Cycling Advocate Killed By Trucker on Dangerous Brooklyn Street; Last Words from Mother: ‘Be Safe’

By Julianne Cuba | May 3, 2023 | No Comments

A cycling activist and member of Transportation Alternatives was killed while biking home from a Brooklyn grocery store on a dangerous street on Monday, according to his family and police.

Sarah Schick was one of the nine cyclists who have died so far this year.

Monday’s Headlines: Another Weekend, and Quarter, of CARnage Edition

By Streetsblog Editorial Board | May 1, 2023 | No Comments

Fifty-one people — including a record-high nine people on bikes — were killed on the roads in the first quarter of 2023. Plus other news.

Activists gathered on Atlantic Avenue calling on the city to make the deadly corridor safer on Saturday, April 29. Photo: Kevin Duggan

In Wake of Death, Pols Want Mid-Block Crossings, Safer Atlantic Ave.

By Kevin Duggan | May 1, 2023 | No Comments

"It is wrong how deadly this strip is," Council Member Lincoln Restler said of the portion of Atlantic Avenue that functions as a speedway for drivers between the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the Barclays Center.

Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez at a rally to support Sammy's Law last month. Photo: Transportation Alternatives

With ‘Sammy’s Law’ Not in the State Budget, It’s Up to the City Council to Push It

By Julianne Cuba | May 1, 2023 | No Comments

Life-saving legislation that would allow New York City to set speed limits below 25 miles per hour failed to make it into this year's state budget, legislative leaders said — effectively kicking responsibility to the City Council.

Council Member Selvena Brooks-Powers (D-Queens) talking to Speaker Adrienne Adams. Photo: Credit John McCarten/NYC Council Media Unit

New Law Requires ‘Daylighting’ At 100 Intersections Each Year — After ‘Study’

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 28, 2023 | No Comments

Council Member Selvena Brooks-Powers (D-Queens), who chairs the transportation committee, introduced the bill last year, when 16 kids were killed in traffic violence, a record high in the Vision Zero era.

The crash site on Ninth Street, where Sarah Schick (inset) was killed by a truck driver. Photo: Henry Beers Shenk (main photo has been slightly altered)

DOT Unveils ‘Concepts’ For Deadly Ninth Street, But Advocates Want Something Bolder

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 28, 2023 | No Comments

The Department of Transportation will finally add a protected bike lane to a dangerous Brooklyn strip that it had left out of previous redesigns despite its well-known danger — a decision that likely led to the death in January of 37-year-old Sarah Schick, who was killed on a Citi Bike.

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