Op-Ed: Fix the Flaws in the State’s E-Bike Law
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Differing helmet requirements, labeling, and local edicts will confuse riders, manufacturers — and the (too often uninformed) police.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice
MUST-WATCH: ‘Delivery Guys are Not Trash’ — They’re Heroes
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If you watch nothing else today, please watch this four-minute video by producers Jon Hsu and Law Chen featuring New York's hard-working delivery cyclists.
New York Could Be First To Adopt ‘Crash Victims Bill of Rights’
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"There's just a huge need for it," said Amy Cohen of the advocacy group, Families for Safe Streets.
ANALYSIS: For Faster Bronx Buses, Get Rid of Cars
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Until the city commits to more busways, the MTA's bus-network redesign amounts to tinkering. Bring on the red paint!
Brooklyn DA: Hit-and-Run Drivers Need Harsher Penalties
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District Attorney Eric Gonzalez is again demanding that lawmakers in Albany increase the jail time for hit-and-run drivers who kill,
STREETSBLOG INVESTIGATION: Hit-and-Run Drivers Injure Thousands — Why are So Few Ever Charged?
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Factors include badly worded state law, flawed NYPD investigations, juries comprised of drivers, and, let's face it, a general sense that vehicular crimes are not treated with the same level of seriousness as other crimes.