Twenty years ago today, as throngs of New Yorkers were sunning themselves in Washington Square Park on the first warm day of spring, a 1987 Oldsmobile zoomed down Washington Place, gunned through the stop sign at Greene Street, plowed across the sidewa... »
A diagram of the permanent Willoughby Street plaza. Click here for a larger image with legible text. Image: DDC Downtown Brooklyn’s Willoughby Street plaza, located just off Adams Street, was the forerunner of New York City’s current efforts to reclaim... »
The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle violence across the five boroughs and beyond. For more on the origins and purpose of this column, please read About the Weekly Carnage. Clara Almazo was killed saving her grandson from an oncomin... »
Candidate Cy Vance, far left, with rival Richard Aborn, at a 2009 Chelsea pedestrian memorial march. Photo: Brad Aaron The 2009 race for Manhattan district attorney presented a rare opportunity for proponents of safer streets. After decades of indiffer... »
The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle violence across the five boroughs and beyond. For more on the origins and purpose of this column, please read About the Weekly Carnage. Reginald Velez, an off-duty Mount Vernon cop, was killed in... »
Image: Sam Schwartz Engineering Sam Schwartz’s proposal to collect a half-a-buck per bicycle entry on bridges to the Manhattan Central Business District is putting New York cyclists in a bind. Cyclists, like drivers, don’t relish paying for something t... »
Community boards in Manhattan and Brooklyn will host three bike-share planning workshops this week, and will take up traffic calming and pedestrian safety in Soho. Staten Island SBS and NYMTC long-range bike-ped planning are also on the agenda. The wee... »
The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle violence across the five boroughs and beyond. For more on the origins and purpose of this column, please read About the Weekly Carnage. An SUV driver crashed through a storefront in St. Albans. S... »
Defined Space for Prospect Park Peds and Cyclists? Markowitz: If Drivers Get Extra Time (News, NYT) Praise From All Quarters for Joe Lhota’s First 100 Days (Capital NY) MTA Bridge Crossings Down Since 2007, Though Toll Revenues Are Up (News) MTA to Sel... »
The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle violence across the five boroughs and beyond. For more on the origins and purpose of this column, please read About the Weekly Carnage. Willie Gonzalez was killed by an MTA bus driver in Harlem. ... »
In East Williamsburg and Greenpoint, Residents Call for Bike-Share Expansion (Bklyn Paper) East River Ferry Ridership Drops by Half in Winter, But Keeps Strong Support (WSJ) Jasmine Herron Killer Found Guilty of Driving With Suspended License (Post) Ne... »
Botched NYPD Investigation a Gift for Unlicensed Driver Who Killed Clara Heyworth (Gothamist) Hit-and-Run Killer of Staten Island Cyclist Ronald Tillman Still at Large (Advance) Off-Duty Police Sergeant Hits Parked Car in the Bronx, Refuses to Take Bre... »
The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle violence across the five boroughs and beyond. For more on the origins and purpose of this column, please read About the Weekly Carnage. Wagner College nursing student Ron Tillman was killed while... »
Following the death of Dashane Santana, the transportation committee of Community Board 3 will hold a special meeting this Wednesday to address conditions on Delancey Street, where drivers are aggressive and crossing times are short. Responding to medi... »
The big activity on the livable streets calendar this week — and perhaps for weeks to come — is bike-share station selection. The first local workshop, hosted by Manhattan Community Board 4 and West Side elected officials, will begin to determine where... »
