Families of Crash Victims Call for Action at City Hall on World Day of Remembrance
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Nearly 300 people gathered to press City Hall for safer street designs and Albany for an expansion of NYC's speed camera program.
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NYC Motorists Injured 1,271 Pedestrians and Cyclists in September, and Killed 13
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City Hall reported 97 pedestrians and cyclists killed through September, and 10,345 injured, compared to 113 deaths and 11,223 injuries in the first nine months of 2016.
Menchaca Calls for Direct Red Hook-Manhattan Bus Service and Safety Overhaul of 3rd Avenue
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Council Member Carlos Menchaca wants more direct bus service from Red Hook to Manhattan and a "full Vision Zero redesign" of Brooklyn's Third Avenue, which runs through Sunset Park underneath the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
NYPD’s Bike Ticket Blitzes After a Driver Kills a Cyclist Are as Data-Driven as Bloodletting
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NYPD can provide no evidence that ticketing bike riders when a motorist kills a cyclist reduces the prevalence of fatal or injurious crashes. And yet the practice persists years after Mayor de Blasio supposedly ushered in a more data-driven approach to traffic enforcement under the banner of Vision Zero.
Let’s Not Get Complacent as Traffic Deaths Continue to Fall in NYC
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The de Blasio administration's Vision Zero policies are working. And the safer streets get, the harder the city will have to work to keep making progress.
State Senate Fails to Act After Assembly Approves Speed Camera Expansion
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The State Senate adjourned its 2017 session last night without taking action on a bill to expand the use of speed cameras near schools.