Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Media Watch

It’s Spring! Feel the Bike Hate Beaming From the New York Post

By Brad Aaron | Apr 26, 2013 | 90 Comments

Given the Post’s unequivocal hatred of people who ride bicycles, you’d think Col Allan’s tabloid would applaud DOT for assigning a small number of employees to encourage cyclists to ride in the direction of traffic and stop for pedestrians. Instead, the Post today attacked the “Street Safety Manager” program as a waste of taxpayer money, even […]

What It Looks Like When a Newspaper Actually Cares About Safe Streets

By Ben Fried | Apr 18, 2013 | 3 Comments

So yesterday the Daily News published an opinion piece on bike-share that framed it not as a new option for New Yorkers to get around, but as another tense, dangerous showdown in the eternal confrontation between bikes and cars. Yawn. Of course, the fact that bike-share systems from London to DC have excellent safety records is […]

There’s Still Nothing Special About a Million NYPD Traffic Summonses

By Brad Aaron | Mar 7, 2013 | 14 Comments

To read the Daily News analysis of 2012 summons data, you’d think NYPD has reckless driving completely under control. While the story throws out a lot of purportedly high figures, as usual the tabloid’s perspective is distorted by the windshield. NYPD issued a total of 1,020,754 moving violations last year [PDF]. That’s down slightly from […]

Ray Kelly, Cy Vance, and the Post Are Why NYC Kids Need Crossing Guards

By Brad Aaron | Mar 4, 2013 | 7 Comments

In case you missed it, after years of bashing the city’s efforts to make walking and cycling less dangerous, the editors of the New York Post have decided they care about children’s safety. But in its Saturday editorial persecuting the crossing guard who was not present when 6-year-old Amar Diarrassouba was fatally struck by a truck driver, […]

Trucker Kills 7-Year-Old in East Harlem; NYPD and Media Eye Crossing Guard

By Brad Aaron | Feb 28, 2013 | 43 Comments

A 7-year-old boy was killed by a truck driver this morning while walking to school in East Harlem. While no charges were filed against the driver, police and media are focused on the actions of a crossing guard, who was reportedly on a break when the crash occurred. Amar Diarrassouba and his 10-year-old brother were crossing […]

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