Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Media Watch

With a Chuckle, Daily News Calls for Life-Saving Traffic Tech

By Brad Aaron | Feb 4, 2010 | 4 Comments

We appreciate that the Daily News on Tuesday editorialized in favor of traffic-calming, life-saving traffic cameras. But we don’t understand the paper’s attempt at levity in its recounting of the city’s latest fatality data. Here’s a sample: Bicyclists showed the biggest improvement in staying alive. They were killed in traffic 80% less last year than […]

Eyes on the Street: Wall-to-Wall Press Coverage of Tillary Street Bike Lane

By Brad Aaron | Jan 14, 2010 | 23 Comments

A reader sent in these photos from a media scrum last Friday evening in the Tillary Street bike lane in Downtown Brooklyn. Notice how the press vehicles have completely blocked the two-way protected lane, forcing cyclists onto the other side of the barrier.

Dear Keith Olbermann: You’re Not Helping

By Brad Aaron | Dec 17, 2009 | 13 Comments

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Count Keith Olbermann among the otherwise well-informed New Yorkers who don’t have a clue when it comes to what’s happening with the MTA. Giving transit chief Jay Walder the "Worst Person in the World" treatment last night, the "Countdown" host rattled off a […]

City Council’s “Grace Period” Sparks Parking Agent Assault. What’s Next?

By Brad Aaron | Dec 7, 2009 | 12 Comments

A serial tire slasher, shown here in a video still, has targeted the vehicles of TEA agents. What effect will the meter "grace period" have on what is an already volatile environment? Image: Daily News Before it’s even signed into law, the City Council’s inane parking meter "grace period" is already making the job of […]

Student Killed on Ninth Ave. Is Fourth City Pedestrian Fatality in Five Days

By Brad Aaron | Nov 5, 2009 | 20 Comments

Seth Kahn, pictured here with late TV pitchman Billy Mays. Photo via Facebook Ninth Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen was the site of another pedestrian death Wednesday. Around 8:44 a.m., Seth Kahn was crossing Ninth at W. 53rd Street when he was hit by an out-of-service bus. He died a short time later at Roosevelt Hospital. […]

Daily News: Is There a Person in Your Parking Spot? Kill Them.

By Brad Aaron | Oct 22, 2009 | 28 Comments

Ke Hai Du. Photo: Daily News Checkmate. In the unofficial battle for the most irresponsible, over-the-top media endorsement of motorist entitlement, the Daily News took the trophy this morning, declaring that drivers are within their rights to run down human beings who stand between their vehicles and on-street parking. Under an arguably racist headline, News […]

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