Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Miami DWI Death Galvanizes Cyclists in South Florida

By Brad Aaron | Jan 28, 2010 | 13 Comments

Cyclists rally in memory of Christophe Le Canne. Photo: rydel/Picasa via Miami Bike Scene The horrific death of a 44-year-old resident of South Miami has enraged cyclists across South Florida, igniting a debate over street safety in a region historically dominated by devil-may-care drivers. On January 17, Christophe Le Canne was out for a Sunday […]

Killer DWI Cop’s Defense: Victim Shouldn’t Have Been Drinking and Walking

By Brad Aaron | Jan 20, 2010 | 7 Comments

Andrew Kelly. Photo: Daily News The lawyer representing Andrew Kelly, the off-duty NYPD officer who last September killed pedestrian Vionique Valnord, then refused to submit to alcohol tests, has indicated that his line of defense will go something like this: The victim precipitated her own death by drinking at a wedding before my client ran […]

One Month After Fatal Bike Crash, NYPD Hasn’t Answered Key Questions

By Ben Fried | Jan 14, 2010 | 7 Comments

NYPD’s F.O.I.L. Unit denied a request for information about the crash that killed cyclist Solange Raulston in December, citing an ongoing investigation after published reports indicated that the driver had already been cleared. On December 13, Solange Raulston was struck and killed by a truck driver as she was biking on Nassau Avenue in Greenpoint. […]

Bill to Protect Pedestrians and Cyclists Will Resurface in Albany

By Noah Kazis | Jan 13, 2010 | 6 Comments

Assembly Member Brian Kavanagh, speaking, with Daniel Squadron and Scott Stringer at last year’s rally for Hayley and Diego’s Law. To Squadron’s right are Wendy Cheung, Hayley Ng’s aunt, and Jon Adler, representative for the families of Ng and Diego Martinez. With the state legislative session underway, Albany will soon turn its attention to business […]

DA Offers Plea to Road Rager Gonzalez

By Ben Fried | Jan 13, 2010 | 7 Comments

The DA’s office has not contacted the witness who took this photograph of Gus Gonzalez last May. At a hearing in criminal court on Monday, Manhattan prosecutors offered a plea deal to Gus Gonzalez, the driver who assaulted cyclist Ray Bengen in the Ninth Avenue bike lane last May. Gonzalez had been charged with third […]

Vance “Reviewing” Safir Hit-and-Run, Pedestrian and Cyclist Deaths

By Brad Aaron | Jan 11, 2010 | 14 Comments

The office of Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance is looking into last Friday’s Upper East Side hit-and-run involving former NYPD Commissioner Howard Safir and pedestrian Joanne Valarezo, as well as two recent incidents in which a pedestrian and cyclist were killed. Howard Safir and Joanne Valarezo have very different versions of what happened on Third […]

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