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De Blasio Housing Plan Meekly Suggests Parking Reform

By Ben Fried | May 7, 2014 | 20 Comments

There’s a deep connection between parking policy and housing affordability. The more space New York devotes to car storage, the less space is available to house people. And yet, 50 year old laws mandating the construction of parking in new residential development persist in most of the city, driving up construction costs and hampering the […]

Families for Safe Streets to Albany: Lower NYC’s Speed Limit to 20 MPH Now

By Brad Aaron | May 6, 2014 | 22 Comments

New Yorkers who have lost loved ones to traffic violence are in Albany today to demand that lawmakers pass legislation to lower NYC’s default speed limit to 20 miles per hour. About 150 residents, led by members of Families for Safe Streets, gathered for a press conference outside the capitol this morning amid a day […]

New Layer of Red Tape From FHWA Threatens to Delay NYC Bike Projects

By Ben Fried | Dec 20, 2013 | 26 Comments

The Federal Highway Administration is seeking to impose a new layer of bureaucratic review on New York City bike projects, which could significantly delay the implementation of street redesigns that have proven to reduce traffic injuries and deaths. According to a source in city government, FHWA wants the New York State DOT to review each individual […]

Council Transpo Committee Passes NYPD Hit-and-Run Transparency Bill

By Brad Aaron and Stephen Miller | Dec 18, 2013 | 4 Comments

The City Council transportation committee passed a bill today that would require NYPD to issue quarterly reports on hit-and-run crashes and investigations. Originally, Intro 1055 would have had NYPD report to the council every two years on hit-and-runs resulting in serious injury or death. The language of the bill was tightened after sponsor Leroy Comrie and other committee members […]

Doctors Relate the Horror of Traffic Violence at Pedestrian Injury Summit

By Brad Aaron | Dec 13, 2013 | 3 Comments

Medical professionals and transportation experts convened Thursday for the third New York City Summit on Pedestrian Injury, hosted by Elmhurst Hospital. The day-long event brought transportation officials and advocates together with doctors who witness the destruction caused by reckless drivers in the city every day. The summit is chaired by Dr. Jamie Ullman, director of neurosurgery […]

When Killing With a Car Is Murder: Q&A With Nassau ADA Maureen McCormick

By Brad Aaron | Dec 6, 2013 | 9 Comments

Last month, the Court of Appeals — New York’s highest court — upheld the murder convictions of impaired drivers who killed people in three crashes in Nassau County and Staten Island. Martin Heidgen was driving in the wrong direction on the Meadowbrook Parkway when he slammed a pickup truck head-on into a limousine, killing driver […]

Every Traffic Death Should Be Investigated Like the Metro-North Crash

By Brad Aaron | Dec 2, 2013 | 44 Comments

The buzzing from the helicopters began before 8 a.m. yesterday and did not stop until after dark. They were back before dawn this morning, and at this writing continue to come and go. I live within sight of Sunday’s Metro-North crash, the first incident to result in passenger fatalities in the railroad’s 30-year history. The toll from […]

NYPD Charges 0.7 Percent of Drivers Who Injure and Kill With Careless Driving

By Brad Aaron | Oct 21, 2013 | 12 Comments

Three years after Albany established the offense of careless driving, NYPD continues to apply the law in only a tiny fraction of crashes that result in the death or injury of pedestrians and cyclists. There were 152 pedestrian and cyclist fatalities in the city in 2012, according to the state Department of Motor Vehicles, and […]

The 2012 NYC Streetsies, Part 3

By Ben Fried | Dec 31, 2012 | No Comments

Welcome to the third and final installment of the 2012 NYC Streetsies. If you’re just joining us, read parts one and two first. Note: The Streetsblog and Streetfilms year-end pledge drive ends at midnight, which means time is running out to enter to win a Specialized hybrid bike courtesy of Bicycle Habitat. Everyone who gives […]

In Memoriam

By Brad Aaron | Dec 26, 2012 | 19 Comments

When the book is written on the fight for traffic justice in New York City, an entire chapter might well be devoted to 2012. This was the year when Commissioner Ray Kelly’s NYPD revealed to the City Council that only a handful of officers are assigned to investigate serious traffic crashes. The public learned that, […]

The NBBL Files: PPW Foes Pursued Connections to Reverse Public Process

By Noah Kazis | Dec 20, 2012 | 17 Comments

Editor’s note: With yesterday’s appellate ruling prolonging the Prospect Park West case, Streetsblog is running a refresher on the how the well-connected gang of bike lane opponents waged their assault against a popular and effective street safety project. This is the fifth installment from the six-part NBBL Files. This piece originally ran on November 10, 2011. This is […]

The NBBL Files: Norman Steisel’s Ideas Became Jimmy Vacca’s Bills

By Noah Kazis | Dec 20, 2012 | 26 Comments

Editor’s note: With yesterday’s appellate ruling prolonging the Prospect Park West case, Streetsblog is running a refresher on the how the well-connected gang of bike lane opponents waged their assault against a popular and effective street safety project. This is the fourth installment from the six-part NBBL Files. This piece originally ran on October 11, 2011. This is […]

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