Tag: pedestrian safety

We pedestrians come first. We come before cyclists, before drivers, before clean air, before noise, before gridlock, and before congestion pricing.

During its November meeting, Community Board 7’s Transportation Committee noted a “significant spike” in traffic fatalities in CB7 with nine so far this year compared to two in 2020 and four in 2019. 

Charges were upgraded Monday against Brian Boyd, the electric scooter driver who allegedly ran a red light on Amsterdam Avenue on June 4th, striking actress Lisa Banes

A 73-year-old Upper West Sider named Ilse Falcone was killed when an SUV backed into her while she was on 66th Street and Amsterdam Avenue

The 71-year-old man who was hit by an electric bicycle rider on 78th Street and Amsterdam Avenue on Saturday

At around 1 p.m. on Saturday, a 71-year-old man was struck by an electric bike operated by a 39-year-old man, traveling north

To the delight of local residents and community groups, West 103rd Street has received a barricade upgrade as part of NYC Open Streets.

An 82-year-old woman is in critical condition after being struck by a Revel motor scooter at West 60th Street And Broadway on Tuesday morning

One of the most important urban movements of the past decade has been the livable streets movement -- focused on making city streets safer for pedestrians and bicyclists and less car-focused.

A pedestrian walking across Broadway at 70th Street was hit by a taxi driver early on Saturday, and was taken to the hospital with a head injury, according to police.

I never gave curb cuts a thought until I fell off my bike several years ago, broke my leg and wound up in a wheelchair for a few months, pretty miserable and housebound.

Ellyn Schiff Berman, the 85-year-old woman hit by a Brinks truck while crossing the street on December 7, died on Monday, her son Paul wrote. Berman was walking in the crosswalk

A driver hit a woman on 72nd Street and Central Park West on Monday night around 6:30 p.m., and afterwards the victim was lying in the middle of the intersection, according

The driver in a July crash that killed doorman Alfred Pocari and injured another pedestrian was charged by Manhattan DA Cy Vance on Thursday with manslaughter and two counts of assault.

A cyclist crashed into a pedestrian in Riverside Park on Saturday afternoon, according to Ken Coughlin, a member of Community Board 7 who showed up right afterward.

Someone has been posting messages on light poles and bus shelters throughout the neighborhood for the past few months bemoaning the sound of automated speakers that say "Caution, bus is turning."

Jessenia Fajardo, the driver of the SUV that crashed into Alfred Pocari and a 65-year-old woman

Alfred Pocari, who was hit by an SUV while crossing West End Avenue at 98th Street on his way to his shift as a doorman on Friday, died on Wednesday morning

A surveillance video obtained by the Daily News shows a 2011 Acura running a red light at 98th Street and West End Avenue on Friday before slamming into two pedestrians.

Two pedestrians were injured after being struck by a motor vehicle on West End Avenue between 98th and 99th Streets around 3:45 p.m. on Friday