Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Will NYC Act to Get Deadly Cab Drivers Off the Streets? [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Feb 10, 2014 | 24 Comments

An analysis by the Post confirms that cab drivers who injure and kill pedestrians in NYC rarely face sanctions from the Taxi and Limousine Commission. The Post examined 16 serious crashes since 2009 and found that only two drivers had their hack licenses revoked. The cabbies who killed Timothy Keith and Cooper Stock and the […]

One Month In, DA Thompson Charges Sober Driver With Manslaughter

By Brad Aaron | Jan 29, 2014 | 10 Comments

Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson has filed homicide and reckless driving charges against a sober driver who caused a violent crash in Crown Heights, killing another driver. On January 6, Jermaine Filmore ran a red on Eastern Parkway and hit two other vehicles, according to WABC. One of those cars hit a fourth car and […]

DA Brown: $500 Fine for Unlicensed Driver Who Failed to Yield, Killing Senior

By Brad Aaron | Jan 27, 2014 | 12 Comments

Update: Pursuant to a plea arrangement with Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, in March Abel Tinoco pled guilty to aggravated unlicensed operation and was fined $500, according to court records. As NYPD ramps up enforcement against pedestrians who cross mid-block and against the signal, a funeral was held last week for a senior struck in a crosswalk […]

At Vigil for Ella Bandes, a Plea to Put an End to Traffic Violence

By Stephen Miller | Jan 27, 2014 | 1 Comment

Yesterday, nearly 200 people gathered on the sidewalk at a busy intersection on the Brooklyn-Queens border to remember 23-year-old Ella Bandes and hundreds of other people who have lost their lives to NYC traffic since the start of last year. Victims’ families, advocates, medical professionals and elected officials called for slower speed limits and more […]

Barron Lerner: It’s Time to Treat Reckless Driving Like Drunk Driving

By Brad Aaron | Jan 24, 2014 | 21 Comments

The most basic flaw in the New York State traffic justice system is that in most cases it fails to hold motorists accountable for deadly recklessness. Unless a motorist is under the influence of alcohol or drugs, killing someone with a car is usually not considered a crime. In a column for the Times, Barron […]

Maude Savage and Akkas Ali, Struck by Motorists in 2013, Die From Injuries

By Brad Aaron | Jan 22, 2014 | 17 Comments

Maude Savage, the 72-year-old who was hit by a motorist in a Brooklyn crosswalk last November, died from her injuries. Though video showed Savage was crossing with the light, charges were not upgraded against the commercial driver who took a corner at speed, striking her a few feet from a grocery store she had just walked […]

Show More Stories