A hit-and-run driver fatally struck a teenage cyclist in Queens on Monday night — severing the electric Citi Bike virtually in half — the latest horrifying death in a year with the highest number of killed bike riders at the start of any year in the modern record.
The U.S. Secretary of Transportation said “maybe the most acute and devastating problem in our entire transportation system … is roadway deaths in America.” Here are a few highlights from his recent speech.