Tag: pedestrian safety

Community Board 7 approved a major redesign to West End Avenue on Tuesday night, voting 39-1 to redraw the avenue from from 72nd to 107th street so that there is only one travel lane in each direction.

An unidentified Hispanic man has hit by a black Lincoln Town Car on Wednesday night around 9:30 p.m. as he crossed

A law that went into effect on Saturday allows prosecutors to charge drivers who hit pedestrians or bicyclists who have the right of way with misdemeanors under the criminal code.

The plan to redesign West End Avenue could include new pedestrian islands at 72nd and 79th streets after a Community Board 7 committee voted on Tuesday to add

Irving Schachter, a 75-year-old man, was hit by a bicyclist in Central Park earlier this month and died. Schachter was running on the East park loop around 72nd street at

The city plans a complete redesign West End Avenue from 70th street to 107th to make the streets safer after a series of pedestrian deaths in the area, but locals are already questioning the proposed design.

The city is now offering a way for people to report taxi drivers who are driving erratically or using their cell phones.

The speed limit on Broadway above Columbus Circle was reduced to 25 miles per hour today, part of the city's Vision Zero plan to reduce traffic injuries.

A 13-year-old boy was hit by a taxicab on 108th street and Manhattan Avenue on Sunday, and went to the hospital in critical condition.

A crowd of at least 100 people gathered at the corner of 95th street and West End Avenue, spilling into the street where local resident Jean Chambers was hit by an SUV

The city has begun to make changes at the intersection of 95th street and West End Avenue, where Upper West Sider Jean Chambers was hit and killed by an SUV driver last week.

The intersection of 91st and Amsterdam has been blocked for weeks if not months by a Con Edison construction site consisting of a sawhorse and some cones

We've heard two reports of pedestrians being injured by bicyclists in Central Park in recent weeks.

A 61-year-old woman was hit by a motorist and killed today while crossing the street at 95th street and West End Avenue

A woman was hit by a red Dodge minivan at the intersection of Amsterdam Avenue and 91st street on Thursday morning around 9:20 a.m.

The NYPD says it will start a three-week citywide effort on Monday June 16, to crack down on bad driving. They'll be handing out

The street safety policy known as Vision Zero is manifesting throughout the city -- from speed cameras to redesigned streets to bike lanes. But some changes have locals scratching their heads.

The city is considering changes to the "Bowtie" intersection where Columbus Avenue and Broadway come together below 65th street. At a presentation on Wednesday night

By Timothy Sandoval Community Board 7 voted on Monday night to modify curbs and crosswalks at 72nd street and Riverside Drive to make the intersection safer, but acceded to demands

Police officers in the 24th precinct (above 86th street) have increased the number of tickets they give to bicyclists in the past month