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The majority of the city’s designated bike lanes are unprotected: basically nothing more than around thee-feet wide stretches of asphalt marked by strips of paint and an occasional bike lane…

ByCody Lyon 3Comments

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Jul 2018

Opinion

CityViews: NYC Ought to be Fighting for More Than Just 140 Speed Cameras

‘We should pass a state law authorizing and requiring the city to install traffic cameras wherever a person has been killed, where people have been injured, or where violations have been issued.’

ByBen Kallos 12Comments

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Jun 2018

CLARIFY

After Outcry, DOT Drops Plan to Change Traffic Flow Near Greenpoint Park

The proposal is one of several included in the city’s North Williamsburg Traffic Study, which is aimed at improving traffic flow and safety.

ByLakhsmi Chatterjee 2Comments

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Feb 2018

In Depth Investigations Justice

Despite NYC’s Vision Zero Progress, Most Hit-and-Run Drivers Avoid Arrest

The NYPD has bulked up the unit that investigates serious collisions. But as hit-and-run incidents have increased in number, arrests have barely kept pace. Read our print and video investigation.

ByGaspard Le Dem 10Comments

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Aug 2017

Opinion

CampaignViews: NYPD Stonewalling Won’t Protect Cyclists

‘Little of what the NYPD does in the name of Vision Zero actually fits the definition of the term. Just the opposite. Punishing cyclists with mass ticketing each time a…

ByCharles Komanoff

ByDoug Gordon 8Comments

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Feb 2017

Opinion

NoBackspace: Vision Zero Works When Victim-Blaming Stops and Accountability Starts

When we hear about traffic crashes, there’s a tendency to question the intentions of the victim first and immediately put fault on them, instead of a reckless driver. That has…

ByLisa Brown 6Comments

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Oct 2016

Uncategorized

CityViews: Fear and Loathing on New York’s Bike Lanes

A thoughtlessly opened car door knocked the author off her bike, for a year. Deeper than the asphalt wounds was a terror of cars and new insight into what a…

ByDorothee Benz 14Comments

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Jul 2016

Uncategorized

CityViews: We Need the NYPD out of Vision Zero

An op-ed: “It is long past time for everyone to admit that the NYPD is incompatible with safe streets. They cannot be reformed in any meaningful way. Wherever possible, their…

ByKeegan Stephan 8Comments

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Dec 2015

Opinion

To Stop Pedestrian Deaths NYC Must Change How it Builds Streets

Vision Zero is edging us closer to a pedestrian-safe city. But New York won’t get anywhere near that goal until we reverse decades of street design intended to make the…

ByJohn Massengale 63Comments

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Dec 2015

Uncategorized

De Blasio’s Vision Zero Appears to Have Dented Traffic Deaths

Critics still grumble over lower speed limits and the use of cameras to catch offenders, but the city has seen a decrease in the number of deaths and serious injuries…

ByRenee Harari 16Comments

CityViews: Death Highlights Need for the Right Kind of Bike Lane

CityViews: NYC Ought to be Fighting for More Than Just 140 Speed Cameras

After Outcry, DOT Drops Plan to Change Traffic Flow Near Greenpoint Park

Despite NYC’s Vision Zero Progress, Most Hit-and-Run Drivers Avoid Arrest

CampaignViews: NYPD Stonewalling Won’t Protect Cyclists

NoBackspace: Vision Zero Works When Victim-Blaming Stops and Accountability Starts

CityViews: Fear and Loathing on New York’s Bike Lanes

CityViews: We Need the NYPD out of Vision Zero

To Stop Pedestrian Deaths NYC Must Change How it Builds Streets

De Blasio’s Vision Zero Appears to Have Dented Traffic Deaths

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