Crashes
An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasfano/4245678925/] / Flickr)A person was sent to the hospital Wednesday afternoon after being struck by a vehicle while walking near Shore Parkway and Knapp Street, News 12 Brooklyn reports [http://brooklyn.news12.com/news/pedestrian-struck-on-shore-parkway-1.10646407]. Police could
pedestrian
An example of a bulb-out curb extension. (Source: DOT)Borough President Eric Adams unveiled a new $1 million initiative yesterday to improve street safety for pedestrians, especially seniors, through the creation of sidewalk extensions known as bulb-outs. Dubbed the Connecting Residents on Safer Streets (CROSS), the program pledges $1 million
bus accident
> U/D Brooklyn: Coney Island & Ave M Fatal Pedestrian struck by a Bus @NYPDHighway [https://twitter.com/NYPDHighway?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] on scene for the investigation. pic.twitter.com/vnIRpFb4k7 [http://t.co/vnIRpFb4k7] — NYC Scanner (@NYScanner) February 20, 2015 [https://twitter.com/NYScanner/status/568858648488873984?ref_
Avenue U
Source: mikey k/flickrChaos ensued when a 9-year-old girl was struck by a car Thursday on Avenue U near McDonald Avenue. The girl – identified the New York Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/girl-9-critically-injured-car-brooklyn-street-cops-article-1.2042637] as Katrina Wang – was walking with her grandmother at around 5:34pm, when
pedestrian
[/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Screen-Shot-2014-05-02-at-2.02.10-PM.png] We all know that many of us daily travel on some of themost dangerous roadways [/blog/transportation/ocean-parkway-church-avenue-named-one-of-20-worst-intersections-for-pedestrians-enforcement-recommended-in-2014-or-2015] in the city – but how do we change it? What needs to happen on city roads that havetaken far too many lives [http://parkslopestoop.
accident
It was not a good weekend for NYC pedestrians. Between Saturday and Sunday, four separate accidents [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/07/28/2-pedestrians-killed-3-injured-in-separate-weekend-accidents-in-nyc/] resulted in two pedestrian deaths and three injuries, according to a CBS New York report. One of the accidents occurred on 4th Avenue and 17th Street
bicycle
A cyclist was struck by a car around 7:30pm on Tuesday evening at the corner of 5th Avenue and 18th Street. The FDNY tells us that the 25-year-old man was taken to Lutheran hospital and is, thankfully, in stable condition. Photo by Malcolm Kates
50th anniversary of verrazano bridge
Source: fawlty128 via FlickrHave you ever dreamed of running across the Verrazano Bridge only to be stifled once you realized that the bridge is only open to motor traffic? Well, a petition [http://www.change.org/petitions/support-bicycle-and-pedestrian-pathways-on-the-verrazano-narrows-bridge] was started on Change.org calling for special construction that would allow