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Marcia Kramer on Vision Zero: Why Isn’t City Hall Sticking It to Pedestrians?

By Stephen Miller | Jun 24, 2014 | 20 Comments

She’s back. Marcia Kramer is here to defend unsuspecting New Yorkers from Bill de Blasio and his nefarious goal to eliminate traffic deaths in the city. “The city says 250 New Yorkers are killed every year; 4,000 injured,” she began her report last night on WCBS. Okay, if the city says so. But as for the mayor’s […]

Anonymous NYPD Sources Blame Another Victim of Motorist Violence

By Brad Aaron | Jun 11, 2014 | 19 Comments

A motorist killed a cyclist near Citi Field Tuesday afternoon. The driver was ticketed for speeding, but true to form, anonymous police sources and the media blamed the victim for his own death. The crash happened on Roosevelt Avenue near 126th Street, under the elevated 7 train on the perimeter of the stadium, at around […]

NYPD Fails to Charge Driver Who Killed a Child in Red Hook This Morning

By Brad Aaron | Jun 2, 2014 | 138 Comments

A motorist killed a teenager in Red Hook this morning. Nicholas Soto, 14, was crossing Lorraine Street at Hicks Street at around 7:00 when the driver of a BMW sedan slammed into him. From WNBC: Witnesses said the force of the impact flung the boy up in the air and over a fence. Millie Mendez […]

NYPD Transpo Chief Breaks Down Street Safety Basics for Local Press

By Stephen Miller | May 13, 2014 | 54 Comments

At a press conference this morning unveiling a street safety redesign at 96th Street and Broadway on the Upper West Side, the first three questions from reporters were all about what the police are doing to deter jaywalking. So it was no surprise when, after a discussion of NYPD’s crackdown this week on drivers who […]

After Jill Abramson’s Powerful Traffic Violence Piece, What Now for the NYT?

By Stephen Miller | May 5, 2014 | 7 Comments

Over the weekend, the New York Times ran a powerful piece by executive editor Jill Abramson about recovering from injuries sustained on city streets, based on her own experience and those of three other Times employees. Their stories, along with accompanying maps of New York City’s most dangerous intersections, conveyed the widespread and profound impact of traffic […]

Can Vision Zero Survive NYC’s Tabloid Editorial Boards?

By Ben Fried | Apr 14, 2014 | 4 Comments

New mayor. New DOT commissioner. Same old myopic Daily News editorial board. The opinion writers who spent four years undermining the implementation of safer street designs want “clear and transparent data” from Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero initiative. Good idea, right? But when the data is right under their noses, they’re still not satisfied. In […]

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