Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Legal Minds Converge to Tackle Traffic Justice; Will Team Vance Attend?

By Brad Aaron | Oct 15, 2009 | 1 Comment

In the past 30 days, no fewer than seven pedestrians have been killed by motorists in New York City. True to form, the only drivers to face charges were those found to be intoxicated. The rest were granted instantaneous pardons by NYPD, several without as much as a blemish on their driving record. Diego Martinez […]

When It Comes to Vehicular Violence, NYPD Sees No Evil

By Brad Aaron | Oct 8, 2009 | 29 Comments

See any victims here? Neither does NYPD. Photo: Daily News Wednesday morning in Douglaston, Queens, an out-of-control driver plowed into a small crowd of commuters waiting for a Q30 bus. Witnesses say the as-yet-unidentified motorist, 17, was attempting to pass another vehicle when he lost control on rain-slicked Douglaston Parkway and jumped the curb. Reports […]

Instant Justice on the Streets of Sacramento

By Brad Aaron | Sep 23, 2009 | 13 Comments

Here’s another installment in what could ideally become a series on how police departments are doing right by pedestrians and cyclists. We posted the Chicago bike video a couple of weeks back. We now present the Sacramento crosswalk sting. (Warning: Insufferable Geico commercial may precede video.) Back in April, TV station KCRA filmed a plainclothes […]

Jury Reaches Guilty Verdict in Rare Murder Trial of Sober Driver

By Brad Aaron | Sep 23, 2009 | 31 Comments

The garbage truck driver who struck and killed two British tourists in Manhattan last February was convicted on two counts of second-degree murder yesterday. Auvryn Scarlett was off his epilepsy medication the night he had a seizure behind the wheel on W. 35th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. The truck jumped the curb and […]

Cy Vance Wasn’t the Only Winner in the Race for Manhattan DA

By Brad Aaron | Sep 17, 2009 | 2 Comments

Street safety wasn’t mentioned in today’s Daily News piece about Cy Vance, but Manhattan’s next district attorney made clear that he intends to pursue, as the News put it, a "fresh agenda." And after Transportation Alternatives literally brought Vance and his opponents to the table to discuss the plague of traffic crime, livable streets advocates […]

Manhattan’s Next Top Prosecutor: This Is It

By Brad Aaron | Sep 14, 2009 | 3 Comments

L-r: Manhattan DA candidates Richard Aborn, Cy Vance and Leslie Crocker Snyder Two pedestrians were killed in Brooklyn over the weekend. Saturday evening, 66-year-old Fred Wilson took the family dog and went out for ice cream. He had only walked a short distance from his Gerritsen Avenue home when he was hit by an unidentified […]

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