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Parents of Seth Kahn: Ineffective MTA Protocols Contributed to Son’s Death

By Brad Aaron | Feb 27, 2015 | 7 Comments

After Wednesday’s MTA board meeting transit chief Tom Prendergast said the agency may revise bus routes to reduce the number of turns bus drivers have to make, in order to minimize conflicts between buses and pedestrians, according to the Daily News. Prendergast said another possibility would be to move crosswalks away from intersections where buses […]

How the Daily News Gets the Right of Way Law Completely Wrong

By Ben Fried | Feb 23, 2015 | 20 Comments

Bianca Petillo McCloud, 18, was walking across 132nd Avenue in Rochdale, Queens, when she was struck by a turning truck driver and killed. Police did not issue so much as a citation, even though the circumstances of the crash suggested that McCloud had the right of way. Nor did police issue any charges to the truck […]

Steve Matteo and NY1: A Speed Camera Is Working, So Vision Zero Is a Scam

By Brad Aaron | Jan 9, 2015 | 73 Comments

Speeding is the leading cause of fatal traffic crashes in New York City, and with unreliable police enforcement, cameras are essential to protecting New Yorkers from reckless drivers. Data released last summer showed that 20 speed cameras, covering a tiny fraction city streets, issued roughly as many speeding tickets in one month as NYPD did in […]

Mother Jones Rang in 2015 By Blaming Drunk People for Getting Hit By Cars

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 6, 2015 | No Comments

This was the New Year’s revelry advice from Mother Jones, the left-wing, reader-supported magazine: Whatever you do, don’t walk anywhere after drinking. That’s because, Maddie Oatman writes, it makes you more likely to be struck by a driver. As the basis for her reporting, Oatman used some well worn stats from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In […]

Unlicensed, Hit-and-Run Drivers Kill First NYC Pedestrian Victims of 2015

By Brad Aaron | Jan 5, 2015 | 6 Comments

Motorists struck four pedestrians in two crashes in Manhattan and the Bronx over the weekend, killing two victims. One driver in the Bronx was charged with leaving the scene and reckless driving, while another remains at large. The Manhattan motorist, operating a vehicle with TLC plates, was ticketed for driving without a license, though NYPD […]

For Traffic Violence Victims, Cy Vance’s “Moneyball” Still a Field of Dreams

By Brad Aaron | Dec 4, 2014 | 16 Comments

You won’t find much discussion of traffic violence in Chip Brown’s 5,500-word encomium to Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, published Wednesday by the New York Times Magazine. Other than noting that dismissals of drunk driving cases are down, according to Vance’s office, Brown doesn’t broach the subject at all. To rein in gang violence and other street-level […]

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