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Category Archives: Safe Streets
Anatomy of a collision: a convergence of impatience
On Tuesday, the impatience of several drivers led to a collision between a dollar van and a cyclist. What led to this “accident”? Continue reading
Posted in Safe Streets
Tagged bikenyc, blocking the box, dollar vans, Flatbush Avenue, NYPD, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Sterling Place
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New safe-streets group brings “the moral imperative to act”
On Sunday, those who have lost the most as a result of traffic violence came together to fight for safer streets in New York City. Continue reading
Posted in Safe Streets
Tagged Allison Liao, Amy Cohen, Amy Liao, Bill de Blasio, City Hall, Cooper Stock, Dana Lerner, David Sheppard, Ella Bandes, Families for Safe Streets, Gary Eckstein, Greg Thompson Jr, Hsi-Pei Liao, Judith Kottick, livable streets, Mathieu Lefevre, Renee Thompson, Sammy Cohen Eckstein, Sonya Powell, speedgate, Vision Zero
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Families, officials speak at vigil for traffic-violence victims
On the Brooklyn-Queens border, advocates, families, and elected officials came together Sunday to mourn the 300-plus victims of traffic violence since January 2013. Continue reading
The Times and traffic “accidents”
The New York Times needs to stop using the term “accident” to describe traffic collisions. Continue reading
Celebrating Vision Zero, advocates inaugurate a new era for livable streets
Parents, children, and other members of the community gathered outside City Hall Park on New Year’s Day to hold an inauguration of their own: the beginning of Vision Zero. Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Safe Streets
Tagged Allison Liao, Amy Cohen, Amy Tam-Liao, Bill de Blasio, Brad Lander, Department of Transportation, Eric McClure, Gary Eckstein, home rule, Hsi-Pei Liao, InaugNYC, Mark Weprin, Polly Trottenberg, safe streets, Sammy Cohen Eckstein, speed cameras, Vision Zero
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Parking Economics 101, brought to you by Uber
Uber’s alleged “price-gouging” this weekend shows urban planners how they should think about free parking. Continue reading
Posted in Safe Streets, Thoughts
Tagged black cars, dependence on automobiles, Economics 101, eyesores, free parking, Gary Buiso, gasoline tax, New York Post, NIMBYism, price gouging, shortage of goods, snowstorms, supply and demand, surge pricing, Tanstaafl, The Savvy Bostonian, Uber, Upper West Side
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