Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Trucks

Streetfilms: Yesterday’s Traffic Relief Rally at City Hall

By Alec | Nov 15, 2006 | 1 Comment

Citywide Coalition for Traffic Relief Press Conference A few quick scenes from yesterday’s event Running time: 2:02 "As this city is booming, it’s not moving," lamented City Councilmember Gale Brewer outside City Hall yesterday. But with support from 125 civic groups in five boroughs, the Citywide Coalition for Traffic Relief assembled behind her and outlined […]

Traffic Relief Rally at City Hall This Morning

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 14, 2006 | No Comments

Councilmember Gale Brewer joined Transportation Alternatives and representatives of community groups from all over the city at this morning’s Citywide Coalition for Traffic Relief rally on the steps of City Hall. The Coalition currently includes 129 community organizations. These organizations have signed on to a petition calling on the Bloomberg Administration to devlop "a comprehensive traffic […]

Trucker Kills Cyclist on Ninth Avenue and 29th Street

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 10, 2006 | 11 Comments

A cyclist riding a red mountain bike was killed on Ninth Avenue and 29th Street at about 10 am this morning. The cyclist, a courier working for Urban Express, was traveling southbound in the right lane of 9th Ave. A 10-wheel truck carrying construction materials was driving in the lane to his left. At 29th Street, with the […]

Liz Padilla Memorial & Bike Improvements

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 8, 2006 | No Comments

On June 9, 2005, one year ago tomorrow, 28-year-old pro bono lawyer and Park Slope resident, Elizabeth Kasulis Padilla was hit by a truck and killed on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Prospect Place while riding a bicycle to her new job at the Brooklyn Bar Association. Since that day, members of Park Slope […]