Speed Cameras, Toll Reform, E-Bikes — Your 2017 Albany Watch List
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There's plenty Albany lawmakers can do this year to improve transit and make streets safer.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice
Drugged Driver Who Killed Brooklyn Cyclist Pleads to Manslaughter
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Eduard Nikhman was charged with two counts of manslaughter, two counts of assault, homicide, and driving while impaired by drugs -- all felonies -- as well as speeding, reckless driving, and failure to obey a traffic device.
Richard Brown: Killing a Baby on a Sidewalk While Unlicensed Isn’t a Crime
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Brown apparently decided a low-level misdemeanor charge was too severe for the death of 8-month-old Navraj Raju.
NYPD: No Charges for Trucker Who Dismembered Woman in Brooklyn Hit-and-Run
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It would be the second time this month NYPD declined to charge a motorist for leaving the scene of a fatal crash -- a felony.
No Charges After Drivers Kill 3 People in Separate Crashes in 4 Hours
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Motorists killed three people walking and biking in Brooklyn. In one case a driver ran over a senior in broad daylight and left the scene.
Court Holds NYC Liable for Injuries on Dangerous Streets
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The decision says that when local governments are aware that a street design leads to dangerous driving behaviors, they have an obligation to act.