Amid Senior Pedestrian Death Crisis, City Rolls Out Small Safety Initiative
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With more than 40,000 intersections across the city, it will take centuries to hit them at all.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about DOT
NYC DOT Announces ‘Better Barriers’ in Shift to Protect Bike Lanes Faster
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Say goodbye to Jersey.
New York City’s Slowest-in-the-Nation Buses are a Poster Child for Failure
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And the poster offers the most damning visual symbol for our bus system: turtles!
‘ALWAYS SCARED’: Dangerous Streets Outside City Schools Threaten Children
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A six-month Streetsblog investigation found that streets near schools are uniquely dangerous, with rates of crashes and injuries that exceed city averages — particularly near schools where most students are poor or children of color.
THE BRAKE: Should Cities Train Their Own Transportation Advocates?
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On this week's podcast, we explore why it's so hard to get a new crosswalk — for both the citizen and the transportation professional at the other end of the request.
Support For Camera Enforcement Increases When Put in Racial Justice Context, Study Finds
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Researchers hope the results can increase support nationwide for swapping out cops for cameras, effective tools at keeping reckless drivers off the road and reducing fatal and injury-causing crashes.