Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Ray Kelly, Cy Vance, and the Post Are Why NYC Kids Need Crossing Guards

By Brad Aaron | Mar 4, 2013 | 7 Comments

In case you missed it, after years of bashing the city’s efforts to make walking and cycling less dangerous, the editors of the New York Post have decided they care about children’s safety. But in its Saturday editorial persecuting the crossing guard who was not present when 6-year-old Amar Diarrassouba was fatally struck by a truck driver, […]

Businessman Who Protested 1st Ave Safety Fixes: It’s the 9-Year-Old’s Fault

By Brad Aaron | Mar 1, 2013 | 39 Comments

NYPD and Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance are reportedly targeting a crossing guard for her supposed role in the death of 6-year-old Amar Diarrassouba, who was killed by a truck driver in East Harlem Thursday morning. Meanwhile, a local businessman and community board member who waged a campaign against pedestrian refuges and protected bike lanes […]

Did “Anti-Cyclist Bias” Let a Hit-and-Run Killer Off the Hook in Boston?

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 26, 2013 | No Comments

A hit-and-run truck driver has escaped prosecution for killing a cyclist in Massachusetts after a grand jury failed to indict on vehicular homicide charges. Alexander Motsenigos, 41, was killed last August while riding his bike along a suburban road in Wellesley, Massachusetts, where he lived with his wife and six-year-old son. The driver never stopped. […]

Curb-Jumping Drivers Kill Women in Manhattan and Brooklyn; No Charges

By Brad Aaron | Feb 25, 2013 | 20 Comments

Two pedestrians have been killed by curb-jumping drivers since Friday in Manhattan and Brooklyn. On Friday evening at approximately 5:40, Martha Atwater was struck by the driver of a Honda truck after she stepped out of Atlantic Bagels Cafe at the corner of Clinton Street and Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn Heights. The unidentified motorist was […]

Cy Vance: Driver Who Jumped the Curb and Hit Senior Not Reckless

By Brad Aaron | Feb 14, 2013 | 12 Comments

A motorist who hit another vehicle, jumped the curb, struck a 90-year-old man and crashed into Saks Fifth Avenue was not driving recklessly, according to the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance. Mansoor Day was taking his regular walk Wednesday morning when Richard Moussi, driving a Ford SUV with North Carolina plates, hit another vehicle, […]

To Avoid Trial, DA Dan Donovan Grants Hit-and-Run Killer a Max of 1-3 Years

By Brad Aaron | Feb 11, 2013 | 2 Comments

A hit-and-run driver may get as much as three years in jail, or no jail time at all, for striking and killing a Staten Island woman and injuring her grandson in Staten Island, under the terms of a plea deal with District Attorney Daniel Donovan. Clara Almazo, 52, was walking home from church with her […]

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