Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Carnage

The redesigned Queens Boulevard, circa 2017, with bike lane. It doesn't go far enough. Photo: NYC DOT

OPINION: Extend the Queens Boulevard Bike Lanes to Jamaica!

By Samuel Santaella | Jun 23, 2021 | No Comments

Cyclists need safety as they cross streets with highway-like conditions on the way to a shopping and transit hub.

CARNAGE CONTINUES: Bloody Year on NYC Streets on Pace for Worst Ever Under ‘Vision Zero’ De Blasio

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 22, 2021 | No Comments

The summer fireworks aren't only in the air.

The scene of the crash inside Bronx Park. Photo: Google

Cyclist Killed in the Bronx — Driver Flees (And Cops Haven’t Found Him)

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 19, 2021 | No Comments

A Bronx cyclist was killed in a hit-and-flee crash late Friday night, cops said, on a roadway that cyclists fear.

One rendering of the proposed Brooklyn Bridge bike lane shows an arrow pointing into our glorious future (though the lane would likely be a narrow two-way route). Photo: Mayor's Office

Friday’s Headlines: ‘Granite and Steel’ Edition

By Eve Kessler | Jun 18, 2021 | No Comments

The makeover of our most poetic bridge begins. And other news.

The crash scene was a grim reminder of the death caused by the drivers of heavy vehicles. Streetsblog has blurred the graphic part of the photo.

MORE CARNAGE: Pedestrian Seriously Injured by Driver in Chelsea

By Eve Kessler | Jun 17, 2021 | No Comments

A 91-year-old pedestrian was critically injured this morning at the corner of Eighth Avenue and 25th Street in Manhattan when he was run over by the driver of a pickup truck, cops said.

A Round and a Roundy: Extreme Makeover Edition

By Streetsblog | Jun 15, 2021 | No Comments

Why does it take so many deaths before the city Department of Transportation tames the monster?

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