Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Staten Island

MTA Blame Game: The View from Staten Island

By Ben Fried | Apr 6, 2009 | 11 Comments

Here’s State Senator Andrew Lanza, a Staten Island Republican, explaining why he supports tolls on the East River bridges. For Staten Island drivers looking at a $3 hike in cash tolls to cross the Verrazano (or a $1.32 hike for locals with E-ZPass), the sight of other motorists getting a free pass into Manhattan must […]

Two Staten Island Pedestrians Killed in Four Days; One Driver Charged

By Brad Aaron | Mar 2, 2009 | 4 Comments

Photo: New York Daily News Two pedestrians were killed by drivers in Staten Island in separate incidents last week. Despite indications that both deaths were caused by careless driving — one motorist struck an elderly man while making a left turn, the other jumped a curb and slammed into a man waiting for a bus […]

A Transit Miracle on 34th Street

By Brad Aaron | Apr 17, 2008 | 66 Comments

NYC DOT is proposing to turn Manhattan’s 34th Street into a river-to-river "transitway." In what she half-jokingly called "probably the first-ever co-presentation" between their two agencies, Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan stood with New York City Transit President Howard Roberts earlier this week to unveil the city’s current Bus Rapid Transit program in its […]

S.I. Ped Killings Cause Some to Ask, What’s an “Accident?”

By Brad Aaron | Dec 21, 2007 | 16 Comments

Rev. Lyle Guttu, a fixture at Staten Island’s Wagner College since 1972, was struck by an SUV in the West Brighton neighborhood of Staten Island last Saturday. He died Sunday evening. The Staten Island Advance reports: Guttu was crossing Bement, heading east from Chase Manhattan Bank at around 2:40 p.m. Saturday, when he was struck […]

Staten Islanders Keeping an Open Mind on Congestion Pricing

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 6, 2007 | 25 Comments

"Walking is Transportation" blogger Dan Icolari has extensive coverage of last night’s seventh and final Traffic Mitigation Commission hearing on Staten Island. He reports "a notable unanimity" among Staten Island’s elected representatives. "Even South Shore Republican Councilman Vincent Ignizio — a reliable foe of government whose salary is paid by government — said that despite […]

Renewed Calls for Ped Safety Summit as Death Toll Mounts

By Brad Aaron | Oct 8, 2007 | 6 Comments

After a weekend that saw three pedestrian fatalities and just as many serious injuries — with no known criminal charges filed against any of the motorists involved as of this writing — a Manhattan-based advocacy group has renewed calls for action on pedestrian safety. Spurred by the death of third-grader Prince Harris, Jr. (pictured), the […]

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