Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Rory Lancman Worried NYPD Charging Too Many Drivers for Injuring People

By Ben Fried | Mar 2, 2015 | 5 Comments

This is pretty rich. In a city where hundreds of people get hurt by drivers who fail to yield each month, City Council Member Rory Lancman is concerned that police are “overapplying” the new Right of Way Law, which has been used all of 20 times since August. In a February 17 letter to NYPD […]

Parents of Seth Kahn: Ineffective MTA Protocols Contributed to Son’s Death

By Brad Aaron | Feb 27, 2015 | 7 Comments

After Wednesday’s MTA board meeting transit chief Tom Prendergast said the agency may revise bus routes to reduce the number of turns bus drivers have to make, in order to minimize conflicts between buses and pedestrians, according to the Daily News. Prendergast said another possibility would be to move crosswalks away from intersections where buses […]

Will DA Ken Thompson Drop Case Against Bus Driver Who Killed Senior?

By Brad Aaron | Feb 25, 2015 | 9 Comments

On the evening of December 23, 2014, 78-year-old Jean Bonne-Annee was crossing New York Avenue at Farragut Road in Brooklyn when an MTA bus driver ran him over while making a left turn. Bonne-Annee died at the scene. He was the eighth pedestrian killed by a turning MTA bus driver in 2014. Police arrested driver Reginald Prescott […]

Gianaris: Time for Albany to Stiffen Penalties for Unlicensed Drivers Who Kill

By Brad Aaron | Feb 24, 2015 | 13 Comments

This morning State Senator Michael Gianaris again called on state lawmakers to pass legislation that would stiffen penalties for motorists who hurt and kill people while driving without a valid license. Joined by State Senator Toby Stavisky, Assembly Member Francisco Moya, and reps from Transportation Alternatives and Make Queens Safer, Gianaris spoke to the press […]

How the Daily News Gets the Right of Way Law Completely Wrong

By Ben Fried | Feb 23, 2015 | 20 Comments

Bianca Petillo McCloud, 18, was walking across 132nd Avenue in Rochdale, Queens, when she was struck by a turning truck driver and killed. Police did not issue so much as a citation, even though the circumstances of the crash suggested that McCloud had the right of way. Nor did police issue any charges to the truck […]

NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Killed Man in Brooklyn Crosswalk

By Brad Aaron | Feb 23, 2015 | 8 Comments

NYPD said charges probably won’t be filed against the driver of a private bus who ran over and killed a man in a Brooklyn crosswalk, though it appears the victim was crossing with the right of way. Police said Martin Hernandez Tufino, 64, was crossing Avenue M north to south at around 2:11 p.m. Friday […]

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