Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Family of Mathieu Lefevre Sues NYPD for Withholding Crash Information

By Brad Aaron | Jan 4, 2012 | 4 Comments

The family of Mathieu Lefevre has filed a lawsuit against the NYPD for refusing to release information related to the hit-and-run collision that killed the 30-year-old Brooklyn cyclist last October. According to the complaint, filed in New York State Supreme Court on December 30 [PDF], NYPD denied a freedom of information request from Lefevre’s parents seeking […]

Do the Math: NYPD’s Blame-the-Victim Routine Doesn’t Add Up

By Brad Aaron | Dec 14, 2011 | 4 Comments

Time after time, when a person loses his or her life while walking or biking in the city, the narrative unfolds according to script. Pedestrian or cyclist killed. Driver remained at the scene. No charges filed. Not only is it rare to hear of a driver held to even the minimum standard of care by […]

How to Hold NYPD Accountable for Abuse of Traffic Violence Victims

By Brad Aaron | Dec 7, 2011 | 21 Comments

It isn’t often that stories of traffic justice denied make the pages of New York Times, but the case of Mathieu Lefevre got the attention of Jim Dwyer, whose article in today’s paper highlights NYPD ineptitude and provides further details of the inhumane treatment suffered by the Lefevre family at the hands of the 90th […]

The Negligent Driver’s Best Defense: “I Didn’t See Him”

By Brad Aaron | Dec 7, 2011 | 15 Comments

A 57-year-old Bronx man was struck and killed by a school bus driver on Tuesday. According to reports, at around 6:00 a.m. Milo Montivilla was crossing with the light at Broadway and Mosholu Avenue in North Riverdale when the bus driver, turning right, ran him over. The Daily News interviewed a witness at the scene: […]

In Lefevre Case, NYPD Press Statements Don’t Match NYPD Crash Report

By Brad Aaron | Dec 1, 2011 | 13 Comments

Speaking at yesterday’s Transportation Alternatives rally at 1 Police Plaza, Erika Lefevre pointed to inconsistencies between initial accounts of the hit-and-run collision that killed her son Mathieu and the version offered by the crash report, which her family obtained only after weeks of NYPD stonewalling. The case of Mathieu Lefevre is only the latest in […]

Transportation Alternatives Launches Probe Into NYPD Crash Investigations

By Brad Aaron | Nov 30, 2011 | 9 Comments

Transportation Alternatives today delivered over 2,500 citizen letters to Ray Kelly demanding that NYPD crack down on dangerous driving, and announced a comprehensive probe into how the department handles traffic crash investigations. Flanked by dozens of supporters and victims of traffic violence at 1 Police Plaza, TA executive director Paul Steely White excoriated NYPD for […]

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