OPINION: Ordering Takeout? Stop Complaining and Look in the Mirror
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Entitled, app-using New Yorkers don't seem to understand their central role in creating unsafe streets.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Street Safety
Manhattan Council Member Demands Safety Improvements on 10th and 11th Aves
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“We essentially have four-lane highways running through the heart of our community,” said new Council Member Erik Bottcher.
FOR PEDS’ SAKE: City Must Take Over Sidewalk and Curb Clearance, Pols Say
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A growing chorus of local electeds is demanding that rules be changed to require the city, presumably the Department of Sanitation, to remove snow from sidewalks and pedestrian curb zones, a responsibility that now belongs to property owners.
Wednesday’s Headlines: Pedestrian Fatalities Mount Edition
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It's already an ugly year for road deaths. Plus other news.
UPDATE: Pedestrian Killed by Driver on Busy Brooklyn Street — And Driver is Charged
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A Brooklyn woman was struck and killed by a driver early Tuesday morning in a crash at an intersection where snow had still not been properly cleared. (Update: the driver was charged.)
OPINION: Saving Children’s Lives Should Not Be Open to Debate
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Apolline Mong-Guillemin led a short life — just three months. But her life, which ended because it's too easy for reckless drivers to kill pedestrians in this city, must have a greater purpose.