Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Ben Kallos

TransAlt says the city should create more space for cyclists, like these crowded riders sharing space with pedestrians on the Queensboro Bridge, during the crisis. Photo: Clarence Eckerson

Council Members: DOT Stalling on Queensboro

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 26, 2019 | 56 Comments

The city's failure to give more space to the increasing number of pedestrians and cyclists on the Queensboro Bridge is a betrayal of Vision Zero — and that failure seems based solely on a fealty to car traffic.

DOT won't fill in the last remaining gap of the Second Avenue bike lane between 43rd and 34th Streets until next year.

Second Avenue Bike Lane Gap Won’t Be Filled Until Next Year

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 20, 2019 | 5 Comments

The good news is a date is finally set. The bad news is that it's not this year.

Richard Brodsky. Photo: Assembly Democrats/Flickr

Congestion Pricing Critic Gets the Spotlight During Public Hearing

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 24, 2019 | 5 Comments

Why is anyone listening to Richard Brodsky, anyway?

The city did not meet its projections for protected bike lanes this year, partly because it failed to close the gap on Second Avenue. Photo: DOT

Second Avenue Bike Lane Gap Won’t Be Filled This Year

By David Meyer | Oct 17, 2018 | 8 Comments

More danger for cyclists as Mayor de Blasio again hits the snooze button.

Let the griping begin. Photo: David Meyer

The Upper East Side Can Still Deliver an Old-Fashioned Bike Lane Kvetchfest

By David Meyer | Jul 10, 2018 | 4 Comments

True to form, last night's Upper East Side community board meeting about bike lanes was a ridiculous carnival of vituperative whining.

A cab driver reportedly dragged 80-year-old Barbara Horn for half a block on Third Avenue in the 19th Precinct, where police barely enforce failure to yield and speeding. Video still: WCBS

Cab Driver Kills Woman in 19th Precinct, Where Police Brag About Seizing E-Bikes

By Brad Aaron | Jul 31, 2017 | 8 Comments

Barbara Horn was the second person this year killed by a cab driver in a crosswalk in the 19th Precinct. On an average day, precinct officers summons around five motorists for violating a pedestrian’s right of way, and ticket just one speeding driver.

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