Tag: pedestrian safety

Heeding calls from City Council Members Mark Levine and Helen Rosenthal, the city has changed the speed limit on Riverside Drive from 103rd to

Roberto Mercado, whose SUV hit and killed Upper West Sider Jean Chambers on July 10, 2014 at 95th street and West End Avenue, was convicted last week of criminally negligent homicide.

A plan to redesign Amsterdam Avenue got a mostly positive review Tuesday night at a Community Board 7 meeting, as about 175 people packed the room, with dozens speaking out about the plan.

The city will present a plan Tuesday night to transform Amsterdam Avenue, adding a protected bike lane and reducing one lane of traffic, while

Councilman Mark Levine called Monday for the city to enforce laws limiting the amount of time that taxi drivers can spend on the road. Taxi driver Salifu Abubkar was

Two pedestrians, both of them over 80 years old, have been hit by vehicles and killed on the Upper West Side since Friday.

A 44-year-old man was hit and injured on Monday by a vehicle registered with the Taxi and Limousine Commission. The driver drove off after

A crash at 95th street and Riverside Drive late Monday night left a bicyclist bloodied. GerryK witnessed the scene shortly

A project to redesign Lincoln Square between 66th and 63rd street and extend the Columbus Avenue bike lane from 69th to 59th street will begin this week, according

Dozens of cab drivers who had parked near the Islamic Cultural Center at the corner of Riverside Drive and 72nd street to conduct Ramadan prayers were hit with pricey double-parking

Moshe Shlomo Grun, the father of two hit by a van on Broadway and 62nd street on Tuesday, died from his injuries, according to his synagogue and family members.

The city unveiled a street sign at 97th street and West End Avenue Wednesday to honor Cooper Stock, the 9-year-old hit and killed by a taxi driver while crossing that block in January 2014.

A black Mercedes slammed into a taxi on 68th street and Columbus and rolled up onto the sidewalk next to restaurant Il Violino early Tuesday evening.

A man was hit by a van on Broadway and 62nd street around 7 p.m. on Monday, and taken to St. Luke's Hospital in critical condition. The man was identified

A bicyclist was hit by a van on West End Avenue and 71st street on Tuesday shortly before 2 p.m. and transported to St. Luke's Hospital. The woman who sent

A woman was hit and killed by a tour bus driver on Amsterdam Avenue and 113th street Wednesday afternoon around 3 p.m. and another bystander was

Koffi Komlani, the cab driver who hit and killed 9-year-old Cooper Stock on 97th street and West End last January, was given a $500 fine and sent on his way at a hearing on Monday.

A woman was hit by a double-decker tour bus Thursday morning as she walked across 135th street at Riverside Drive in an area that the city wants to reconfigure to make it safer for pedestrians.

Two drivers and four pedestrians were injured after a taxi collision sent a cab hurtling into pedestrians on 63rd street and Broadway Wednesday afternoon.

The local community board is asking locals to comment on the redesign of West End Avenue, which was completed last year in an attempt to make that avenue safer.