Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Many Questions Remain Unanswered in Aftermath of Chinatown Deaths

By Brad Aaron | Jan 26, 2009 | 25 Comments

Diego Martinez (l) and Hayley Ng. Photos via New York Daily News Friends and relatives of the two children killed in Chinatown last week are grappling with what happened and why, as the parents of Diego Martinez and Hayley Ng demand that the driver whose carelessness led to their childrens’ deaths face consequences for his […]

What Do We Do Now?

By Brad Aaron | Jan 23, 2009 | 18 Comments

Photo: Hermann/New York Daily News Yesterday’s horrific crash in Chinatown has us groping for answers. Why were there no bollards or other design elements to protect pedestrians on such a crowded street? Why did the driver have to double park to do his business? How could he be so careless as to leave his van […]

Midtown Police Refuse to Help Hit-and-Run Pedicab Victim

By Ben Fried | Jan 21, 2009 | 9 Comments

NYPD "Broken Windows" Strategy Does Not Apply to Traffic Crime Last month a grand jury indicted officer Patrick Pogan for leveling cyclist Christopher Long during a Critical Mass ride and lying about it afterward. For all the satisfaction one may derive from seeing justice grind forward in that case, the Pogan assault is something of […]

Queens DA Files Misdemeanor Charge Against Ibrihim Ahmed’s Killer

By Brad Aaron | Jan 16, 2009 | 17 Comments

Queens DA Richard A. Brown with Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum. Photo: Queens District Attorney’s Office Alexander Aponte, the driver who hit and killed nine-year-old Ibrihim Ahmed, will be charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle — driving without a license — according to a spokesperson with the Queens district attorney’s office. Aponte, 22, […]

NYC Prosecutors Lag Behind Nassau on Traffic Justice

By Brad Aaron | Jan 15, 2009 | 2 Comments

Seekers of traffic justice have their work cut out for them in 2009. Even as the City Council dismisses cries for help from victims and their families, January has already brought news of a nine-year-old run down by an unlicensed driver who may or may not be criminally charged, and a DWI pedestrian killer who […]

Council Committee Gives Short Shrift to Deterring Traffic Violence

By Brad Aaron | Jan 14, 2009 | 3 Comments

Public Safety Chair Peter Vallone, Jr. It sounds as if yesterday’s City Council Public Safety Committee hearing on Resolution 145, which calls on state lawmakers "to address the legal loopholes that allow dangerous and deadly drivers to drive under the influence of drugs or to drive with a suspended or revoked license," could have gone […]

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