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Erik Johnson, 24, First of Seven People Killed by NYC Drivers in Five Days

By Brad Aaron | Dec 3, 2013 | 5 Comments

A young father struck while on his way to work was the first of at least seven people killed by New York City motorists since last Tuesday. Of the five crashes where the driver remained at the scene — three in Manhattan, one in Staten Island, and one in Queens — none were charged with a […]

Man Hit by Two Drivers Was Third Fatality in 109th Precinct in Two Months

By Brad Aaron | Nov 13, 2013 | 8 Comments

A man was struck and killed by two motorists yesterday in a Queens precinct where drivers have killed at least two other people since late September. Brian Nowell, 47, was crossing 14th Avenue at 129th Street in College Point at around 6:45 a.m. Tuesday when he was hit by a westbound driver in a Toyota […]

NYC Motorists Killed Three Pedestrians on City Sidewalks Today

By Stephen Miller | Nov 11, 2013 | 12 Comments

Three pedestrians were killed on NYC sidewalks today in two separate crashes. Just before 7:30 a.m. on Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst, a 22-year-old man driving a new Camaro ran over and killed two men on the sidewalk, and just before 1 p.m., a woman was killed on an East Harlem corner after a taxi driver […]

MTA Plans Busway Beneath the M Train in Ridgewood

By Stephen Miller | Oct 4, 2013 | 16 Comments

The MTA is working on a plan for a short busway in Ridgewood that would run for six-tenths of a mile beneath the elevated M tracks, between Fresh Pond Road and Palmetto Street. While the project wouldn’t transform a car-choked traffic sewer into a pedestrian-friendly transit boulevard (the right-of-way is currently a series of weed-strewn […]

No Charges for Curb-Jumping Driver Who Killed Michael Munoz in Queens

By Brad Aaron | Sep 24, 2013 | 19 Comments

Another curb-jumping driver has killed a NYC pedestrian, and as usual no charges have been filed by NYPD. Michael Munoz, 42, was selling water on a Whitestone Expressway service road at 20th Avenue, in Queens, when he was struck at around 2:15 p.m. Monday. From WABC: The 78-year-old driver was in a black Toyota Camry […]

Make the Maspeth Crash Horror a Teachable Moment for New York City

By Charles Komanoff | Sep 16, 2013 | 38 Comments

The latest bombshell from the horrific traffic crash that brutally injured at least three Maspeth girls walking to their middle school last week exploded this morning, with a report in DNAinfo that city education officials ordered the school principal to respond to the incident by warning students not to use electronic devices while traveling to […]

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