Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Street Safety

It is so hard to get reckless drivers off the road.

Mayor Says He’ll Act on Reckless Drivers, But Leaves Out the ‘How’

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 27, 2022 | No Comments

HIzzoner said he would use his octopine enforcement arms to "find [reckless drivers] proactively, and get them off the streets." Details, however, have not been provided.

A brining team on Queens Boulevard. Photo: Department of Sanitation

OPINION: Swap Out Car Lanes for a Center-Running Bus Lane, Better Bike Facilities on Queens Boulevard

By Samuel Santaella | Apr 26, 2022 | No Comments

Here's a better way to fix of the 'Boulevard of Death' than the DOT has yet proposed.

Transportation Committee Chair Selvena Brooks-Powers has racked up a lot of speeding tickets on her gray Nissan. [Editor's note: We have diffused the Council member's plate because her office said that showing the plate "puts her and her family at risk," which is an irony. Photos: Julianne Cuba (main); Gersh Kuntzman (inset)

EXCLU: Council Transportation Chair’s Car Sped Through School Zones 17 Times in a Year

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 26, 2022 | No Comments

Do as I say, not as I do.

Queens Council Member and Transportation Committee Chair Selvena Brooks-Powers speaks during the rally to demand $3.1 billion funding for the Street Master Plan. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Pols and Advocates to Mayor: Put More Money Into the Streets Master Plan

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 22, 2022 | No Comments

There's impatience in the air.

Some of our "favorite" photos of trash on the sidewalks. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Thursday’s Headlines: Trash Talk Edition

By Eve Kessler | Apr 21, 2022 | No Comments

Garbage, garbage everywhere — but we can hope for more bins. Plus other news.

Mayor Adams pointed to the new trash enclosures installed by the Times Square Alliance under the Clean Curbs program at press conference on Wednesday. Photo: Mayor's Office

City Will Extend Tiny Clean Curbs Program to All Boroughs

By Eve Kessler | Apr 21, 2022 | No Comments

A pilot program to get trash bags off sidewalks will move beyond Manhattan — first, to Brooklyn. But can it do enough fast enough to curtail 'NY's 5 o'clock shadow'?

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