Tag: pedestrian safety

The troublesome intersection at West 96th street and Broadway has been redesigned to try to reduce crashes, two of which took the lives of Upper West Siders earlier

Two crashes on the West side Tuesday resulted in people being taken to the hospital.

A police car struck an elderly homeless man on 78th street and Broadway around 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, according

Taxis were involved in 11 of the 20 crashes that resulted in injuries over the past month in the 20th police precinct, which covers the Upper West Side south of 86th street. That was one of the stats released on

The Department of Transportation has begun construction work to redesign the intersection of 96th street and Broadway

Efforts to keep pedestrians safer on the Upper West Side have been slow to bear fruit, as recent statistics show that the 24th precinct

The intersections at Riverside Drive and West 72nd street and West 79th street are notorious trouble spots. The city's Department of Transportation is planning

Activists frustrated with the city's methods to reduce pedestrian injuries are making their views known on local street corners.

Need any inspiration to push for safer streets? On Monday, March 10, which would have been Ariel Russo's 5th birthday, her parents unveiled a street sign

A man was hit by a car on 96th street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue around 7:20 p.m. on Friday night, a witness tells us. We have included

The NYPD appears to be over its jaywalking blitz near the site of three deadly car crashes, and is refocusing efforts on corralling drivers who speed and fail to yield to

The city has placed a special camera at the intersection of 97th street and West End Avenue, where 9-year-old Cooper Stock was hit by a cab and killed last month. The camera will count

Several disturbing stories, and a powerful letter from a local mother are in our weekly roundup of Upper West Side news published in other outlets.

A new map from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign shows where pedestrians were hit and killed by vehicles from 2010 to 2012. The map

By Emily Baer Upper West Siders demanded action on Thursday night to make the blocks around West 96th street and Broadway safer following the deaths

The NYPD is casting blame on pedestrians for recent crashes in the 20th precinct, and indicating that the police department will be focusing its safety efforts on educating pedestrians, according to

After three pedestrians were hit and killed in the West 90's within a week of each other, the city has begun to put in place some initial changes to make the area safer. In particular, the

Three pedestrians have died this year near West 96th street, and several leaders have talked about changing the streets to

State assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell introduced a bill last week that would set a new New York City speed limit of 20 miles per hour, versus

An 84-year-old man was thrown to the ground and left with a bloodied face after an encounter with police Sunday. The police presence