Category Archives: Traffic Justice
Black History Month in Transportation
Gertrude Hadley JeannetteGarrett Morgan
Gertrude Hadley Jeannette was the first female taxi driver to receive a […]
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The State of the Sidewalk
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Sidewalks are vital arteries for the millions of New Yorkers who use transit and walk. Manhattan Community Board 4 is seeking your input to better address the current state of the walking infrastructure, including sidewalks, curbs, and crossings in our City – under normal and snowy conditions. Thank you for filling out this […]
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Tagged Pedestrian safety, sidewalk
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Keeping the Peace with a leaner NYPD
With the clamor to “defund” the NYPD and the City agreeing to “cut ” only few expenses, the 2021 budget’s unpopular compromise shows that a new alternative must be found to deliver the best value to ALL our citizens.
The first priority should be to agree on NYPD’s mission going forward: is it to keep the order […]
Join Us : World Day of Remembrance for Traffic Victims
[ November 17, 2019; 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] Please join Families for Safe Streets and Transportation Alternatives in commemorating World Day of Remembrance for Traffic Crash Victims on Sunday, November 17, 2019 at 12 noon.
As always, we’ll honor and memorialize all those who’ve been injured and killed on our streets (and sidewalks too!) but this year we’ll also be demanding a plan from our national […]
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Tagged crashes, Pedestrian safety, safety
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Vehicular Violence Accountability Act is introduced
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., New York State Senator Timothy M. Kennedy, and New York State Senator Brad Hoylman, last week announced the introduction of a bill establishing a new article in the State’s Penal Law entitled “Vehicular Violence,” which establishes four new offenses including the class A misdemeanor “Death by Vehicle,” and class B […]
More legislative good news
Two more legislations passed last week that will improve our safety on the streets:
the carting industry reform will limit the number of commercial haulers in each of the service districts, thus reducing the overall miles travelled by commercial garbage trucks by 50%. This industry had continued to demonstrate its disregard for human life and for […]
Posted in CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Complete Streets, Congestion, Traffic Justice
Tagged safety, Street Design, trucks
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Speed camera program expanded- not a minute too soon
in June the State passed legislation allowing up to 750 speed cameras, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays year round , anywhere in a 1/4 mile radius from a school.
This is a massive expansion of the 40- camera enforcement system in place which has already proven its effectiveness: speeding at location with cameras […]
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Join Us Monday-1 p.m. to protest traffic violence
On June 6, a driver deliberately tried to run over a cyclist who was crossing the west side highway lawfully in the crosswalk. Watch the Video
Press Conference – Right of Way camera enforcementMonday, June 10th, 1 p.m.City Hall
Join Corey Johnson and Antonio Reynoso to ask that the driver be held accountable and for the […]
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Tagged crashes, NYPD, Pedestrian safety, safety
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Will bicyclists and pedestrians ever be on the same wavelength?
Following the September 2018 publication of the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT)‘s study “Cycling at a Crossroad”, a cyclist and a pedestrian joined forces in developing a simulator to identify the best possible signal timing, one that would provide the maximum safety to both pedestrians and cyclists while guaranteeing the longest green wave […]
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Tagged bicycles, crashes, Pedestrian safety, Street Design
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Speed Cameras are back – Hail Mary will save lives
[ September 4, 2018; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ]
Yesterday Governor Cuomo signed an executive “emergency order” to allow the city of New York to reactivate the 140 existing speed cameras which had been shut down in July, and work with the DMV to implement this change. Tomorrow the City Council will vote on a bill to reinstate the cameras and Mayor di Blasio […]
