Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pedestrian safety

Two Pedestrians are Killed on an Inwood Sidewalk After Multi-Car Crash

By Gersh Kuntzman | Aug 3, 2022 | No Comments

Two pedestrians were killed early on Wednesday after two cars collided on a notoriously dangerous upper Manhattan street and one jumped the curb, police said.

Carling Mott, a vibrant Upper East Side woman, was killed by a truck driver on 85th Street — a street where the local Community Board 8 had voted down a bike lane in 2016. On Wednesday night CB voted in favor of protected lanes on 85th Street and others on the UES. Photo: Upper East Site (main); Instagram (inset)

SEE IT: Truck Driver Kills a Woman on a Bike on the Upper East Side

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 27, 2022 | No Comments

A truck driver struck and killed a Citi Bike rider on the Upper East Side on Tuesday, with the cops putting out a preliminary report that blamed the victim.

The City Has Expanded ‘Summer Streets’ Into East Harlem

By Streetsblog | Jul 25, 2022 | No Comments

The city's three-Saturday car-free corridor will now extended between the Brooklyn Bridge and Harlem.

This post is supported by

Thursday’s Headlines: More Garbage from the Car-Loving NY Times Edition

By Eve Kessler | Jul 21, 2022 | No Comments

More evidence to back up our description of the Gray Lady as "car-loving." Plus all the other news from yesterday.

A DOT rendering shows the future plaza on Doyers Street. Image: DOT

This post is supported by

Chinatown’s Doyers Open Street to Become a Car-Free Plaza

By Eve Kessler | Jul 19, 2022 | No Comments

A street that is useless for motorists in a neighborhood with virtually no open space will finally get the treatment it, and its neighbors, deserve.

This post is supported by

Hoboken Eliminated Traffic Deaths For 4 Years — And Now It’s Ending Injuries, Too

By Kea Wilson | Jul 18, 2022 | No Comments

Frank Sinatra's hometown has a thing or two to teach its big time neighbor to the east about Vision Zero.

Show More Stories