Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Saturday: Hell’s Kitchen to March for Pedestrian Safety

By Brad Aaron | Jun 12, 2009 | No Comments

CHEKPEDS, the Hell’s Kitchen Neighborhood Association and Transportation Alternatives will hold a march tomorrow in honor of pedestrians killed on Ninth Avenue. The march will begin at 2:00 p.m. on the west side of Ninth at 45th Street and will proceed to 36th Street. Along the way, commemorative plaques will be installed for six pedestrians […]

DA Candidates Pledge Tougher Stance on Vehicular Crime

By Brad Aaron | Jun 3, 2009 | 20 Comments

(l-r): Richard Aborn, Cyrus Vance, Jr., Richard Socarides, Jonathan Oberman. Photo: Brad Aaron Drivers who kill and maim pedestrians and cyclists should be subject to thorough investigation and, when warranted, vigorous prosecution, candidates for Manhattan District Attorney said today. Cyrus Vance, Jr. and Richard Aborn addressed a small crowd of advocates, citizens and reporters at […]

Tomorrow Morning, an NYC First: DA Candidates Debate Traffic Justice

By Ben Fried | Jun 2, 2009 | 1 Comment

After this fall’s local elections, there’s going to be a change at the top of the Manhattan District Attorney’s office for the first time in a generation. The retirement of long-time DA Robert Morgenthau signals a welcome opportunity to get tougher on traffic crime and approach deadly driving as a serious threat to public safety. […]

If Texting-While-Driving Ban Fails, Blame Albany’s “Democracy of One”

By Ben Fried | Jun 1, 2009 | 10 Comments

Sheldon Silver. Photo: Daily News. Last week Streetsblog followed up on the stalled progress of a statewide texting-while-driving ban, a bill that appears to be going nowhere even though almost everyone on the Assembly transportation committee supports it, according to Brooklyn representative Felix Ortiz. When we contacted Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s office, a spokesperson told […]

NYPD Won’t Acknowledge Eyewitness Accounts in Death of Greenpoint Mom

By Graham T. Beck | May 29, 2009 | No Comments

Manhattan Avenue minutes after the deadly crash. (Image: Greenpoint Gazette) The NYPD continues to dispute eyewitness accounts of the events that preceded the vehicle-on-pedestrian collision that took the life of Violetta Kryzak, a 38-year-old mother and Greenpoint resident. Despite the statements of three separate eyewitnesses stationed several blocks from one another who claim that at […]

Will NYPD’s Next Transpo Chief Make Safety Priority #1?

By Brad Aaron | May 26, 2009 | 7 Comments

We’d been hearing rumors for weeks, and today NYPD confirmed that Chief of Transportation Michael Scagnelli is retiring. His last day is tomorrow. Chief Michael Scagnelli. Photo: New York Post Scagnelli’s departure is not really a surprise, considering that it’s required by law. But the news is still significant in that his successor will step […]

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