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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No Charges: Witnesses Say Driver Who Killed Bronx Senior Ran Stop Sign
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A senior was killed in Mott Haven Tuesday by a motorist who witnesses said sped past a stop sign before striking the victim, jumping a curb and slamming into an apartment building. The driver was not charged or summonsed by NYPD. According to reports, Candida Acosta, 74, was crossing E. 141st Street at Beekman Avenue at […]
CB 12 Committee Endorses Ped Improvements at Chaotic Inwood Intersection
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Long-awaited improvements to a hazardous Broadway crossing in Inwood could be implemented next year, if Community Board 12 passes a resolution that cleared the board’s transportation committee this week. The committee and around 50 residents gathered Monday night to hear DOT’s proposals for the intersection of Broadway, Dyckman/200th Street and Riverside Drive [PDF], where pedestrians must […]
Curb-Jumping Cab Driver Hospitalizes at Least One Pedestrian on East Side
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A cab driver jumped a curb and hit at least one pedestrian on the East Side this morning, in an NYPD precinct that does not enforce speeding. Lauren Kirsch of Murray Hill took this photo at Park Avenue and E. 32nd Street at around 8 a.m. FDNY got the call for a pedestrian struck at […]
Vigil in Fort Greene for Lucian Merryweather Tonight
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There will be a vigil tonight for Lucian Merryweather, the child who died last weekend when a motorist drove onto a sidewalk in Fort Greene. Lucian was 9 years old. He was at least the tenth child age 13 and under to be killed by a New York City motorist in 2013, according to data […]
Election Day Open Thread
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What’s on your mind as you vote today? Tell us in the comments.
Charles Hynes Brings Rare Felony Charge in Vehicular Killing of 9-Year-Old
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Two motorists were charged for killing pedestrians in the Bronx and Brooklyn this weekend. The alleged driver in the Wakefield crash was charged with murder, and there’s a solid chance that if convicted he will face significant jail time. And though the outcome of the case is far from certain, District Attorney Charles Hynes brought […]
Tomorrow: Celebrate a Safer East Side With TA and Melissa Mark-Viverito
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Tomorrow, Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito and Transportation Alternatives will take a well-deserved victory lap on the First and Second Avenue protected bike lanes. Streetsblog readers know how difficult it was to overcome the misinformation campaign waged by a small number of business owners who didn’t want to see street improvements come to East Harlem. But […]
Trade Group Representing Yellow Cab Owners Endorses 20 MPH Bill [Updated]
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A major taxi medallion owners’ group has come out in favor of the bill to lower speed limits to 20 miles per hour on residential streets citywide. The Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade represents the owners of 5,200 of the city’s 13,000 yellow cab medallions. It has also raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for […]
At City Council Hearing, Impassioned Appeals for Lower Speed Limits
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City Council reps and members of the public spoke unanimously today in support of a bill to lower speed limits to a life-saving 20 miles per hour in neighborhoods citywide. But if the council adopts the measure, it will do so over the objection of DOT, which said the proposal would create conflicts with state […]
Cyclist Struck in the Bronx Today Is Second Fatality in Past Two Weeks
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A cyclist was struck and killed by a driver this morning in the Bronx, and EV Grieve reports that a restaurant worker who was hit by a motorist last week while biking in Brooklyn died from his injuries. Today’s crash occurred in Claremont. NYPD and published reports say Walter Ayala, 36, was traveling west on St. […]
No Charges Filed for Pedestrian Deaths in Jamaica and East New York
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Editor’s note: As we were finishing up this story, Gothamist reported that a 36-year-old cyclist was killed this morning in Claremont, and that another cyclist struck by a truck driver in Downtown Brooklyn earlier this month has died from his injuries. We will have more on these fatalities in a future post. Two pedestrians were […]
Prompted By Jimmy Van Bramer, CBS 2 Files a Decent Street Safety Story
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We wrote last week how Lou Young of CBS 2 blew an opportunity to educate viewers on the merits of potential safe street improvements on the Upper West Side. In covering a press conference in Queens convened by Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, Young’s colleague Andrea Grymes filed a story that does a much better […]