Tuesday’s Headlines: Ticking Time Bombs Edition
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Monday’s Flatiron district crash is a reminder that there are no accidents. Plus other news.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Enforcement
CYCLE OF RAGE: Another Ticking Time Bomb Goes Off in Park Slope
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A Park Slope pedestrian was struck and injured recently by the driver of a Honda — a car that had been slapped with nine camera-issued speeding tickets and three red light tickets in less than two years. It's the same old story.
City Will Rein in Speeding Staten Islanders with Hylan Boulevard ‘Road Diet’
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This road diet is just what the doctor, or in this case the senator, ordered.
After Streetsblog Probe, DOT Talks Up School Safety
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The city announced on Wednesday that it would complete 100 road safety projects — many of them near schools — just two weeks after a Streetsblog investigation revealed a disproportionate amount of crashes occur near the city's public schools.
TODAY’S CARNAGE: Kill a Man With Your Car — Walk Away with a Traffic Ticket
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The crash happened on a block whose danger is well known to the city — indeed, it happened on the same block as the 68th Precinct stationhouse.
THE ALBANY REPORT: A Historic, Yet Deeply Disappointing, Glass-Half-Empty Legislative Session
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"This is four-dimensional chess," said one lawmaker. "We're negotiating with the Council, with both houses of the legislator and with the executive. To play four-dimensional chess with new and novel pieces was difficult."