Brad Aaron
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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Two Pedestrians Killed in a Month in Same Upper East Side Precinct
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Motorists have killed two pedestrians in the 19th Precinct, on the Upper East Side, in the last month. The second victim was a woman hit by a school bus driver yesterday. The victim was crossing E. 93rd Street at Second Avenue south to north at around 3:30 p.m. when she was run over by the bus […]
Eyes on the Street: Select Bus Lanes Appear on 125th Street
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Following the installation of off-board fare payment machines last month, Select Bus Service lanes are going in on 125th Street. Joseph Cutrufo of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign posted this pic on Twitter yesterday. SBS lanes were originally intended to be installed between Morningside and Second Avenues, but DOT chopped off the bus lanes west of Lenox […]
De Blasio Budget Sets Aside Money for Vision Zero
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Mayor de Blasio attached some numbers to his Vision Zero Action Plan in today’s executive budget announcement. In a speech this afternoon, de Blasio said he was moved to take action when he realized that in 2013, there were 286 traffic deaths in NYC, compared to 333 homicides. “The Vision Zero plan is being implemented […]
With Key Positions Unchanged, CB 7 Still Puts Parking Above All [Updated]
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New term, same old Manhattan Community Board 7. On Tuesday, the Upper West Side board voted against a proposal to remove a handful of parking spaces on Central Park West at W. 106th Street, where cars sit in front of the park’s Strangers Gate entrance. A source tells Streetsblog that the resolution, which was more than […]
20 MPH Bills Gain Support in Albany, But Will Need Help From Key Senators
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State bills to set the default speed limit in NYC at 20 miles per hour picked up several cosponsors Tuesday, including a Senate Republican, but key Senate leaders have not signed on. As of this morning, bills from Assembly Member Dan O’Donnell and State Senator Martin Malave Dilan have at least 20 and 11 cosponsors, respectively. […]
Families for Safe Streets to Albany: Lower NYC’s Speed Limit to 20 MPH Now
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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 […]
Driver Who Killed Bronx Pedestrian Pleads to Leaving Scene
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A hit-and-run motorist who killed a Bronx pedestrian in a 2013 crash pled guilty last week to leaving the scene, but could be sentenced to as little as probation. Harlem resident Abigail Lino, 24, was outside a Bruckner Avenue club in Longwood at around 3 a.m. last August 31, reports said, when a security guard […]
Takeaways From This Week’s City Council Vision Zero Hearing
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The office of Ydanis Rodriguez says he is aiming to get several traffic safety bills passed in the near future, while others that were taken up by his transportation committee at a Wednesday Vision Zero hearing may be held up. At a press conference announcing the Broadway arterial slow zone Thursday, Rodriguez said of the […]
Broadway Speed Limit to Drop to 25 MPH From Columbus Circle to Inwood
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The speed limit will be lowered to 25 miles per hour on eight miles of upper Broadway this summer, DOT announced today. Motorists have killed 22 pedestrians on Broadway from Columbus Circle to W. 220 Street in Inwood since 2008, according to Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, who was flanked by NYPD officials, city and state […]
Looks Like Marty Golden Is Holding Up Speed Cameras, Again
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Dana Rubinstein at Capital New York reports that State Senator Marty Golden has again emerged as an obstacle to NYC speed cameras. On Monday the Assembly passed a bill that would allow the city to deploy 120 additional cameras, bringing the total to 140. We reported yesterday that the allocation of speed camera revenue was a […]
Report Traffic Hazards With NYC’s Vision Zero Map
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The city has posted an interactive Vision Zero map for New Yorkers to crowdsource incidents of dangerous driving and other street safety conditions that need attention. “Your knowledge will be used to create a traffic safety plan for each borough that will describe how to make each borough’s streets safer for everyone, whether walking, biking […]
Safety of NYC Streets Again Depends on State Senator Marty Golden
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The Assembly yesterday passed legislation that would expand NYC’s speed camera program by 120 cameras, bringing the total to 140. The bill, which also allows speed cameras in Nassau and Suffolk counties, was referred to the Senate rules committee this morning, bypassing the transportation committee. Rules is the last stop before a bill moves to the floor […]