Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Street Safety

Trottenberg Resigns: Streetsblog’s Report Card on Her Long Tenure

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 23, 2020 | No Comments

Incomplete! That's the overall grade that Streetsblog gives Polly Trottenberg for her seven years as the leader of the Department of Transportation and her oversight of the mayor's signature Vision Zero program.

Bird e-scooters, pictured during a product demonstration in Queens. Photo: Bird/Dennis A. Clark

OPINION: Micromobility Companies Must Engage With Communities — Says One of Them

By Travis VanderZanden | Nov 23, 2020 | No Comments

As New York City prepares to launch e-scooter share, Bird CEO Travis VanderZanden previews the lessons his firm has learned in its short, rollicking ride.

The design of "bike boulevards" was not discussed in the mayor's speech. File photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

It’s Time for DOT to Create ‘Bike Boulevards’ — So What’s a Bike Boulevard?

By Laura Shepard | Nov 22, 2020 | No Comments

In short, it's a quick, cheap and easy way to create a network of low-stress cycling routes.

This is reality — and it's why so few kids actually bike to school. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

SEE IT: Streetfilms Shows How Much Better Kids’ Lives Are When they Can Safely Bike To School…

By Streetsblog | Nov 20, 2020 | No Comments

...which they can't, because most of New York City is a hellscape of double-parked trucks, reckless drivers and dangerously designed roads.

THE BRONX IS UP: DOT Has Fixed A Dangerous Stretch in the Most Dangerous Borough

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 20, 2020 | No Comments

The city has tamed the E.L. Grant Highway, which is named after a hero, but was definitely a villain.

Mayoral candidate and Brooklyn Beep Eric Adams hands out literature in the subway. File Photo

Thursday’s Headlines: Welcome to the Mayoral Race, Eric Adams Edition

By Eve Kessler | Nov 19, 2020 | No Comments

The Brooklyn Beep stakes his claim to the mayoralty on police "reform." But there's more to public safety.

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