Julianne Cuba
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EXCLUSIVE: Reckless Driver Who Killed Baby Apolline Took Driver ‘Accountability’ Course — But It Didn’t Change a Thing
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Such "safe-driving" courses are seen by some as a model for changing the behavior of reckless drivers. But there is limited evidence they work — and certainly did not in the case of Tyrik Mott.
DOT (Finally) Moves Forward With Jamaica Busway, Announced in Mid-2020
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The city has started installing a pair of long-delayed parallel busways in Downtown Jamaica, despite local pols’ objections that the agency is simultaneously doing too much and too little to help the neighborhood.
DOT Wants to Set Rules for Moped-Share Companies Like Revel and Lime
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New rules are coming to make mopeds safer. Meanwhile, no new rules are coming to rein in tens of millions of miles of unregulated driving.
DOT Wants Cameras to Catch Bike-Lane Blockers (But Will Albany Allow It?)
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Lights, camera ... get that cop out of my bike lane!
The Bike Parking Revolution is Growing … in New Jersey, Alas
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Grand Central Terminal will get six secure bike-parking spots from Oonee — part of a large expansion that almost entirely focuses on New Jersey, the company said.
Mayor Issues ‘Gridlock Alert’ Days, But Driving Continues Unabated Because of Poor Policies: Advocates
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Car drivers are basically ignoring the city's “Gridlock Alert” days for the UN General Assembly this week, and the mayor had nothing to say.
#StuckAtDOT: Six Years Later, City May Give Harlem Pedestrians Some Relief … On One Block
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A six-year-old request for a sidewalk extension on a single Harlem block — where pedestrians sometimes outnumber cars three to one — looks like it is finally moving forward.
Breaking: Driver Who Killed Baby Apolline Hit With Manslaughter, DA Says
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The reckless recidivist driver who cops say slammed into a Brooklyn family, killing a 3-month-old baby, is now facing manslaughter charges that were handed up by a grand jury late Friday, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office said.
Mayor Says He Doesn’t Know Why the ‘Reckless Driver’ Law Isn’t Saving Kids from the Deadliest Drivers
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It's like one hand doesn't know what the other hand isn't doing.
Who Failed Baby Apolline? Literally Everyone in Multiple Agencies in All Three Branches of Government
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Failure has many fathers.
Deliveristas Face Yet Another Deadly Threat — Exploding Cheap E-Bike Batteries
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“We want to really stress the seriousness of this situation,” said FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro.
REST IN PEACE, SARAH: Dangerous Williamsburg Intersection Gets Overdue Fix
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It's a safety fix that one victim's family says should have come sooner.