Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

An Open Letter to NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly

By Streetsblog | Feb 11, 2009 | 27 Comments

This letter originally appeared this month in Transportation Alternatives’ magazine, Reclaim. Author Steve Hindy is a member of the T.A. Board of Directors. He and his wife, Ellen Foote, became advocates of safer streets after their son Sam was killed in a bicycle crash on the Manhattan Bridge in 2007. Rasha Shamoon was struck riding […]

Grieving Chinatown Families to Morgenthau: We’re Not Going Away

By Brad Aaron | Feb 5, 2009 | 6 Comments

Relatives of Hayley Ng and Diego Martinez, two preschoolers struck and killed by a van in Chinatown on January 22, continue to demand justice from Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau. On WCBS television this week, Hayley’s aunt, Wendy Cheung, reiterated both families’ call for citizens to contact Morgenthau’s office and demand further action in the […]

Many Questions Remain Unanswered in Aftermath of Chinatown Deaths

By Brad Aaron | Jan 26, 2009 | 25 Comments

Diego Martinez (l) and Hayley Ng. Photos via New York Daily News Friends and relatives of the two children killed in Chinatown last week are grappling with what happened and why, as the parents of Diego Martinez and Hayley Ng demand that the driver whose carelessness led to their childrens’ deaths face consequences for his […]

What Do We Do Now?

By Brad Aaron | Jan 23, 2009 | 18 Comments

Photo: Hermann/New York Daily News Yesterday’s horrific crash in Chinatown has us groping for answers. Why were there no bollards or other design elements to protect pedestrians on such a crowded street? Why did the driver have to double park to do his business? How could he be so careless as to leave his van […]

Midtown Police Refuse to Help Hit-and-Run Pedicab Victim

By Ben Fried | Jan 21, 2009 | 9 Comments

NYPD "Broken Windows" Strategy Does Not Apply to Traffic Crime Last month a grand jury indicted officer Patrick Pogan for leveling cyclist Christopher Long during a Critical Mass ride and lying about it afterward. For all the satisfaction one may derive from seeing justice grind forward in that case, the Pogan assault is something of […]

Queens DA Files Misdemeanor Charge Against Ibrihim Ahmed’s Killer

By Brad Aaron | Jan 16, 2009 | 17 Comments

Queens DA Richard A. Brown with Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum. Photo: Queens District Attorney’s Office Alexander Aponte, the driver who hit and killed nine-year-old Ibrihim Ahmed, will be charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle — driving without a license — according to a spokesperson with the Queens district attorney’s office. Aponte, 22, […]

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