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42nd Street and 6th Avenues in Manhattan.

Adi Talwar

Friday evening traffic at the intersection of 42nd Street and 6th Avenues in Manhattan. Turns across crosswalks are where the dangers of a car-pedestrian encounter are high. A city law set out to address that. but enforcement has been lackluster.

Fariha Fawziah

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42nd Street and 6th Avenues in Manhattan.

Can the City Change Course on How a Key ‘Vision Zero’ Law is Enforced?

By Mykel Barrett, Hadiya Diallo, Jeanmarie Evelly, Sokhna Fall, Fariha Fawziah and Robert Pena | June 12, 2019

Forcing cops to attend hearings? Letting victims be part of the process? Reforming the law itself? We asked experts and advocates to weigh in on how to fix flaws in the city’s ‘failure to yield’ law exposed by a City Limits investigation.

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Greg Keller on Worth Street near Chatham Square in downtown Manhattan

‘Vision Zero’ Failing to Stick? Many Drivers Escape Penalties for ‘Failing to Yield’

By Mykel Barrett, Hadiya Diallo, Jeanmarie Evelly, Sokhna Fall, Fariha Fawziah and Robert Pena | June 12, 2019

A majority of summonses issued under the city’s ‘failure to yield’ law end up getting dismissed after hearings, a City Limits investigation found, and victims rarely learn the outcome of those cases.

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Student MetroCards put City Teens in a Summer Squeeze

By Sokhna Fall and Fariha Fawziah | August 13, 2018

Most teenagers cannot attend summer classes, jobs or internships unless they’re supplied with a MetroCard or are able to pay for one themselves.

Health and Environment

Transit Advocates Push Mayor on Bus Reforms

By Greis Torres, Nuha Dolby, Sokhna Fall, Jasper Krause, Yasmine Chokrane, Darius Jankauskas, Fariha Fawziah, Janiya Taylor and Jeanmarie Evelly | August 1, 2018

The subways are the MTA’s concern. But MTA buses roll on city streets, and transit groups say Mayor de Blasio could be doing more to clear the way.

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