Tag: Safe Streets
Yesterday, the de Blasio administration released an interactive map that lets New Yorkers publicly complain about the state of our streets. Everything from jaywalking to “cyclist behavior” to “long distance to cross” is reportable, and the map is already loaded with grievances. “Use this interactive map to share your experiences with city streets,” reads the […]
Between 2010 and 2012, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign collected data on the deadliest streets for pedestrians across the five boroughs. Broadway topped the list in Manhattan, with nine pedestrian deaths in three years, and Second Avenue was close behind, with seven. In Queens, Woodhaven Boulevard was by far the worst, with eight deaths. Brooklyn’s Flatbush Avenue was […]
For their latest action, the safe streets advocacy group Right of Way created stenciled tributes to seven senior citizens who were killed by drivers in the last half year. The group spray painted chalk outlines on the streets where the deaths occurred, as well as text that echoes the NYPD’s mantra for incidents in which […]
