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Bronx Toddler Apparently One of Many Unreported NYC Pedestrian Deaths

By Brad Aaron | Nov 20, 2012 | 3 Comments

Based on NYPD crash data and media reports, it appears that a toddler who was hit by a driver in the Bronx earlier this year soon died from his injuries. On March 27 at around 4:40 p.m., a 2-year-old boy was chasing after an ice cream truck on Taylor Avenue in Parkchester when he was struck […]

Freakonomics Hucksters: “Save the Earth, Drive Your Car”

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 15, 2012 | No Comments

Remember those wizards of counter-intuition, the Freakonomics guys? You know, the ones who told their audience that it’s safer to drive drunk than to walk drunk? Well, in his latest piece for NPR’s Marketplace, which ran with the headline “Save the Earth, Drive Your Car,” Stephen Dubner talks to Clemson University’s Eric Morris and arrives at […]

This Weekend’s Post Editorial, Explained!

By Ben Fried | Nov 6, 2012 | 14 Comments

The New York Post editorial board isn’t known for enlightened positions on transportation policy and street design. Even so, I was kind of floored to read this tone-deaf screed published over the weekend, blaming the city’s post-Sandy transportation disruptions on bike lanes, pedestrian plazas, and traffic-calming measures. While the mainstream business press quickly caught on to […]

At Bloomberg Press Conference, One Thing Is Back to Normal After Sandy

By Stephen Miller | Nov 1, 2012 | 24 Comments

While the city is recovering from disaster and New Yorkers are trying to get back to work, members of the city’s political press once again showed their true colors: For some, the top concern is being able to gas up their single-occupancy vehicles and drive around Manhattan unimpeded. At an 11:30 press conference with Mayor […]

An All-Too-Real Hollywood Tale of New York City Traffic Justice

By Brad Aaron | Oct 25, 2012 | 7 Comments

When I happened upon the trailer for “Margaret” I could scarcely believe it. Did Hollywood really make an A-lister movie about a New York City pedestrian who is struck and killed by an MTA bus driver? I thought it must surely be a secondary plot line, the shared trauma that serves to catalyze a love […]

AAA New York’s Red-Light Camera “Study”: Bogus, Flimsy and Dangerous

By Stephen Miller | Oct 9, 2012 | 10 Comments

For an organization that claims to be in favor of red light cameras, AAA New York has a funny way of showing its support. “In concept, we believe in red light cameras,” said spokesperson Robert Sinclair. But over the weekend, backed only by scant anecdotal evidence, the group claimed that traffic signals with red light […]

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