Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

When Killing With a Car Is Murder: Q&A With Nassau ADA Maureen McCormick

By Brad Aaron | Dec 6, 2013 | 9 Comments

Last month, the Court of Appeals — New York’s highest court — upheld the murder convictions of impaired drivers who killed people in three crashes in Nassau County and Staten Island. Martin Heidgen was driving in the wrong direction on the Meadowbrook Parkway when he slammed a pickup truck head-on into a limousine, killing driver […]

Unlicensed Driver Who Critically Injured Senior Faces 30 Days and $500 Fine

By Brad Aaron | Nov 26, 2013 | 11 Comments

Maude Savage did everything right. She used the crosswalk. She looked both ways before entering the street. She waited for the pedestrian signal. Then she was hit by an allegedly unlicensed motorist in a commercial van who drove into her while making a left turn at a high rate of speed. The crash happened at […]

Vance: Tour Bus Driver Who Killed Pedestrian Convicted of Manslaughter

By Brad Aaron | Nov 21, 2013 | 4 Comments

A tour bus driver who killed a pedestrian in Hell’s Kitchen while driving drunk has been convicted of manslaughter and homicide. Steve Drappel, now 60, was making a left turn from 47th Street onto Ninth Avenue at around 10 p.m. on May 7, 2011, when he ran over 29-year-old Timothy White, according to published reports […]

Arthur Chi’en of WPIX Has Raised the Bar for NYC Traffic Violence Reportage

By Brad Aaron | Nov 21, 2013 | 12 Comments

If you haven’t seen it, you should have a look at Arthur Chi’en’s story on the growing movement to keep children safe from reckless New York City drivers, which aired last night on WPIX. Chi’en spoke with Amy Tam and Hsi-Pei Liao, whose little girl Allison Liao was killed by a driver in a crosswalk in Flushing. […]

After Street Safety March, Ken Thompson Talks Tough on Traffic Justice

By Stephen Miller | Nov 20, 2013 | 11 Comments

After street safety demonstrators packed last night’s 88th Precinct community council meeting to demand action after the death of 9-year-old Lucian Merryweather on a Fort Greene sidewalk, elected officials spoke to the audience of well over 100 people. Brooklyn District Attorney-elect Ken Thompson, sitting quietly near the back, only spoke after an audience member asked […]

Bringing “Broken Windows” to Street Safety: Bratton Talks Traffic at Forum

By Stephen Miller | Nov 19, 2013 | 24 Comments

At a Transportation Alternatives forum this morning on reforming the agency’s approach to traffic enforcement, former NYPD commissioner (and current contender for his old job) Bill Bratton said street safety deserves more attention from the police. The former chief was followed by a panel discussion featuring one of the creators of the “broken windows” theory of […]

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