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The Bike and Pedestrian Safety Stats the Daily News Won’t Cover

By Ben Fried | Aug 9, 2012 | 18 Comments

The bike-hate trifecta in today’s Daily News is really something to behold: a piece on cyclists topping the 25 mph speed in Central Park which required the labor of at least four reporters; a companion editorial, leading the opinion page, spewing invective at some of the people who have done the most to make the […]

Data-Free Times Story on Blind Pedestrians Slights All Who Walk NYC

By Brad Aaron | Jul 30, 2012 | 16 Comments

As with any thriving metropolis, the New York streetscape is constantly changing. Whether related to sidewalk and street repair, utility maintenance or building construction, obstacles emerge and disappear around the clock, often leaving changes in their wake, in every corner of the city. For the physically impaired, of course, any of these changes can present a […]

On Invisible Pedestrians and Disappearing Motorists

By Brad Aaron | Jul 9, 2012 | 10 Comments

Three stories linked from today’s headline stack reveal an anti-pedestrian bias that city media types either don’t recognize or have no interest in abandoning. The Department of City Planning will this week unveil a preliminary proposal to upzone a large section of the East Side. When the Post set out to tear down one element […]

Ebrahim Kebe, 4, Killed by Driver in the Bronx, No Charges Filed

By Brad Aaron | Jun 20, 2012 | 8 Comments

A 4-year-old child was killed while playing outside his home on a residential street in the Bronx on Tuesday. Ebrahim Kebe was struck by the driver of a minivan on Topping Avenue in Mount Hope at approximately 6 p.m., according to reports. He was pronounced dead at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital. Like clockwork, the Post weighed in […]

Taxi Driver Rep Bhairavi Desai: Speed Enforcement Is a Government Scam

By Brad Aaron | Jun 20, 2012 | 22 Comments

The Times ran a story yesterday on the supposedly improving outlook for state speed camera legislation. The bills have failed to gain traction in Albany for several years running and have yet to clear either house this session, though the Senate version has picked up a sponsor in Staten Island Republican Andrew Lanza. Speeding-related crashes […]

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