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October 2009
Fri 30: Our Parks Are Secure. What About Our Streets? 2
Thu 29: Broken Streets Theory: How to Alter the Psychology of Reckless Driving 11
Thu 29: Council Raises Unattended Idling Fines. Will NYPD Enforce? 9
Wed 28: Top to Bottom, NY Legal System Fails the Vulnerable on Our Streets 2
Tue 27: Vance Renews Traffic Safety Pledge at Meeting of Legal Minds 5
Mon 26: Jay Walder and NYC Buses, Part 2: What Can the MTA Do for Bus Riders? 11
Wed 21: Jay Walder's Well-Placed Priorities: Doing More With New York City Buses 9
Mon 19: Daily News on Distracted Cab Drivers: What's the Big Deal? 6
Thu 15: Streetfilms: Drivers Behaving Rudely 40
Tue 6: Eyes on the Street: Busted in the Bus Lane 13
September 2009
Thu 24: NYPD Priorities in Action: Keep Traffic Moving, Pedestrians Be Damned 16
Wed 23: Instant Justice on the Streets of Sacramento 13
Mon 21: How Do You Handle Dangerous-Driving Cabbies? 16
Mon 21: "Unsuspecting Drivers" Caught Zooming Past Staten Island School 10
Thu 17: Cy Vance Wasn't the Only Winner in the Race for Manhattan DA 2
Mon 14: Manhattan's Next Top Prosecutor: This Is It 3
Thu 10: Chicago Police Say It Loud: Bikes Belong 8
Wed 9: SF Police Chief Talks Traffic Safety With Streetsblog. NYPD? Silent. 1
Tue 8: Double-Parkers Gravitate Into Sands Street Bike Path 8
August 2009
Thu 27: Eyes on the Street: How Did This Happen? 27
Wed 26: DA Candidate Snyder Releases Traffic Safety Plan 5
Tue 25: Report: Cops Can Measure Traffic Violations, If They Try 11
Tue 25: Electeds, Local Media Wage War on Staten Island Cyclists 26
Tue 25: DA Candidate Cy Vance Outlines Traffic Safety Platform 1
Wed 19: When Dodging Death Becomes a Fact of Life 36
Wed 5: Stringer: Bus Lane Blocking Rampant, NYPD Nowhere to Be Found 12
Tue 4: DA Candidate Aborn: Traffic Deaths Not Just "Accidents" 10
Tue 4: 1.2 Million Traffic Summonses Is Nothing to Be Proud Of 5
July 2009
Mon 27: Waiting for Raymond: In Letter to Albany, Kelly Silent on Safety Cams 3
Tue 21: You Can Get Away With Anything in Traffic Court, With a Little Patience 12
Mon 20: Does Ray Kelly Know the Speed Limit Now? 9
Fri 17: Dear Streetsblog Readers: How Do You Handle a Sidewalk Riding Ticket? 48
Thu 16: Ray Kelly on Traffic Crime: "I Don't Know What You're Talking About" 11
Wed 15: Streetfilms: Manhattan DA Candidates Debate Traffic Justice 1
Tue 14: TA Report: Reckless Driving Casualties Rising as NYPD Enforcement Lags 12
Mon 13: Transpo Bills Gummed Up By State Senate Dysfunction 3
Wed 8: Traffic Justice Q&A With Bronx Prosecutor Joseph A. McCormack 7
June 2009
Fri 26: NYPD Taps James Tuller to Succeed Scagnelli as Transpo Chief 0
Thu 25: Assembly Passes One-House Safe Driving Bill 4
Wed 24: State Senate Bill Would Wipe Bad Driving Records Clean 12
Thu 11: City Council Bill Aims to Quiet Motorcycle Noise 35
Wed 3: DA Candidates Pledge Tougher Stance on Vehicular Crime 20
Tue 2: Wednesday: Public Meeting With NYPD About Upper Manhattan Lawless Driving 5
May 2009
Wed 27: Who Will Be NYPD's Next Transportation Chief? 6
Wed 27: Assembly Transpo Chair LOLZ @ Txting-While-Driving Ban 9
Tue 26: Will NYPD's Next Transpo Chief Make Safety Priority #1? 7
Fri 22: New Bill Would Strengthen Penalties for Dangerous Driving 12
Wed 20: On TV Tonight... 15
Tue 19: Is Death an Appropriate Penalty for "Jaywalking"? 22
Mon 11: Eyes on the Street: Madison Square Ped Space Invaded 22
Mon 11: Streetfilms: Idle-Free NYC 1
Wed 6: Revolving Door Keeps Spinning for City's Drunk Drivers 4
Fri 1: Despite Bowery Death Toll, NYPD Decides Cyclists are the Real Menace 13
April 2009
Tue 28: Eyes on the Street: Drivers Flout New Prospect Park Law 25
Tue 21: AAA Guy: Don't Bother Drivers With What, or Whom, They Run Over 7
Fri 17: Squadron: Red Light Cams Needed at Dangerous Intersections 5
Tue 14: Poll Watch: Red Light Cams Lauded by Crain's Readers 1
Thu 2: Red Light Cam Expansion Gets All Clear From Gantt 5
March 2009
Fri 27: Dangerous Drivers Declare Themselves Above the Law 14
Thu 26: Council Bill Would Raise Fine for Unattended Idling Vehicles 8
Tue 24: Cycling News Photographer Catches Drivers in the Act 15
Wed 18: NYPD Can't Answer Questions About Traffic Crime 7
February 2009
Fri 27: No More Years: 89-Year-Old Robert Morgenthau to Step Down 5
Wed 25: Wiki Wednesday: The Crosswalk Violator Crackdown 3
Wed 25: BRT and New York City, Part 2: What We've Got So Far 10
Mon 23: Simcha Felder Defends Parking Violators From Enforcement "Vultures" 14
Thu 12: Speeding Kills, and 39 Percent of New York Drivers Are Doing It 64
Wed 11: An Open Letter to NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly 27
Mon 9: Silver Gives Gantt Two More Years Atop Transpo Committee 10
January 2009
Thu 29: Streetfilms: Anti-Idling Laws Clear City Council 19
Tue 27: Rally Wednesday for Tougher Idling Regs Near Schools 11
Fri 23: Stringer, Squadron, and Silver Call for Safer Chinatown Streets 25
Wed 21: Midtown Police Refuse to Help Hit-and-Run Pedicab Victim 9
Wed 14: Council Committee Gives Short Shrift to Deterring Traffic Violence 3
Mon 12: City Council Members: Down With Parking Enforcement 28
December 2008
Mon 22: Gov's Budget Would Beef Up Red Light Camera Program 15
November 2008
Tue 11: Shocker: Speed Limits Are Useless Without Enforcement 8
Mon 10: Eyes on the Street: NYPD Continues to Mistake Bus Lane for Parking 12
Wed 5: Obamites: "Yes We Can!" NYPD: "Traffic First" 23
October 2008
Wed 29: TA Rolls Out CrashStat Improvements 8
Mon 27: Safe Streets for Seniors? Try Telling Police and Prosecutors. 7
Thu 23: Enforcement Lags as Tour Bus Companies Flout Pollution Regs 12
Tue 14: Eyes on the Street: Going Soft on Bus Lane Violators 9
Mon 6: Pedestrian Fatalities Spark Few Media Questions, Zero Cries for "Justice" 16
Thu 2: Post: Pedestrian Injuries All in Good Fun 5
September 2008
Fri 12: Fatal Crash Was Preceded By Complaints About Nearby Intersection 7
Thu 11: Does the Box Blocking Crackdown Ignore Crosswalk Violations? 14
Mon 8: Boston's First Bike Lanes a Hit With Drivers 16
August 2008
Tue 26: In Week of Carnage, Times Looks Askance at Broadway Traffic-Calming 20
Mon 4: Eyes on the Street: 34th Street Runs Red With Paint 17
Fri 1: "There's Nothing Legal About the Cars in Prospect Park" 28
July 2008
Mon 14: Et Tu, Mister Softee? 48
Thu 10: This Just In: NYPD Biggest Abusers of Placard Perk 4
Wed 9: Eyes on the Street: Bushwick Sidewalk Driver Gets a Pass 7
Mon 7: Eyes on the Street: Red Means "Stop" ... in the Bus Lane 12
Wed 2: Will Brodsky and Assembly Dems Back Up Their Enforcement Bluster? 2
Wed 2: You Can Drive Over a Child, But Don't Drive Away After 12
Wed 2: Does New York BRT Need Cops and Cameras, or Just Concrete? 17
June 2008
Fri 27: How David Gantt Sent Bus Cameras to Defeat in Albany 25
Tue 24: NYPD Unions File Complaint Over Placard Cuts 11
Mon 23: "Don't Block the Box" Bill Clears Albany 22
Thu 19: Shining a Light on Albany's Bus Camera Vote 11
Wed 18: Assembly Transpo Committee Kills Bus Lane Enforcement Bill 69
Tue 17: City Council Says "Yes" to Car-Free Bus Lanes. Now It's Up to Albany. 14
Thu 12: Eyes on the Street: Dekalb Bike Lane Used for NYPD Parking 24
Tue 3: David Gantt, Longtime Foe of Red-Light Cams, Changes Tune 11
Tue 3: Albany to Consider Bus Lane Enforcement Legislation 16
May 2008
Tue 27: Has Time Run Out on the Parking Placard "Crackdown"? 6
Wed 21: Shock and Outrage Over DWI Killer's Two-Year Sentence 16
Fri 16: Drivers Enjoy Special New Standing Zone 24
Thu 15: It's Man Vs. Car in NYC and Tim Robbins is "The Rectifier" 16
Wed 14: Today's Carnage Brought to You By... 2
Thu 8: New York Cycling, as Seen From L.A. 29
Wed 7: Rivera: Pricing Still the Way to Go 1
April 2008
Wed 30: Council Considers Eliminating Truck Parking Fines (Update #2) 25
Thu 17: A Transit Miracle on 34th Street 49
Tue 15: In the Heights: City Aims to Make 181st a Complete Street 16
Wed 9: Internal Affairs Crackdown Nets Placard Abusers 4
March 2008
Thu 27: Mendez Bill Would Overturn NYPD Parade Rules 9
Tue 25: Citizens Hammer NYPD Commissioner Kelly on Street Safety 13
Mon 17: DOT Study Measures Lower Manhattan Placard Abuse 4
Fri 14: Eyes on the Street: Taking the Lane 11
Wed 12: Hit by a Car While Biking? Don't Waste the NYPD's Time 36
Tue 11: Fidler on the Sidewalk 23
Wed 5: The Vicious Cycle of Anti-Cyclist Bias 15
Tue 4: Is the NYPD Reducing Traffic Violations? Hard to Say... 28
Sat 1: Bike Shorts 5: Short Films About the Bike 0
February 2008
Thu 28: Streetfilms: Excuses 6
Fri 8: State Senator's Car is Towed During Congestion Pricing Meeting 10
Wed 6: Queens State Senator Sabini Pleads to DWAI 7
Fri 1: A "Vision Zero" for New York? 3
January 2008
Tue 29: City Numbers Show Highest Cyclist Death Toll in Eight Years 28
Wed 23: On the Front Lines With "Parking Wars" 10
Fri 18: Gridlock Sam: Mayor's Placard Reduction Plan is Step One of Ten 15
Fri 18: Resolved: More Driving for Teachers, Less for Everyone Else 15
Thu 17: NYPD Tow Pound is Still a Major Source of Greenway Danger 15
Wed 16: Illegal Parking Now "Legal" for Marty Markowitz 15
Thu 10: Whoa: NYPD Ticketing Bus Lane Violators 28
Tue 8: At P.S. 161 in Harlem the Sidewalk is the Parking Lot 8
Fri 4: Half Moon Over the Brooklyn Bridge 12
Fri 4: Greenway Killer is Sentenced 3½ to 10½ Years 9
Thu 3: City Hall to Reduce Parking Placards 20% and Centralize Control 44
Thu 3: Kitty Justice: The Thai Solution for Police Parking Placard Abuse 3
December 2007
Fri 21: Merry Christmas Chinatown 8
Fri 21: January 3rd: The Wrongdoer is Brought to Justice 12
Fri 14: Daily News to Deceased Cyclists: "Your Fault." 7
Thu 13: NY1 Snap Poll: How to Make NYC Safer For Cyclists? 6
Wed 5: Cyclist Doored, Killed by Truck in Midtown 78
Wed 5: Chinatown Placard Abusers Get the Hook 23
Tue 4: Toronto Cops Pull Over a Pedal-Powered '86 Buick 10
Tue 4: Crashstat 2.0 Reveals NYC’S Most Dangerous Intersections 9
November 2007
Thu 29: For Victim's Family, a $10 Fee and an Agonizing Wait 0
Wed 28: $115 $230 Summons for NASCAR Driver #19 Elliott Sadler 12
Wed 28: New Bleecker Bike Lane Already Blocked by Parked Cars 35
Tue 27: NYPD Emerges as New Focus for NYC's Livable Streets Movement 38
Tue 20: Court Throws Out Case of Man Arrested for Standing on Street 2
Fri 16: Morgenthau & NYPD Are "Dismissive" of Ped Fatality Questions 20
Fri 9: Pedestrians Fight Back in Athens, Greece 4
Thu 8: Riding While Black or Just Riding? 5
Thu 1: Ped Struck as Cab Runs Into Storefront at 53rd and Madison 18
October 2007
Mon 29: Correcting Thursday's MTA Bike Seizure Correction 5
Thu 25: Pricing Hearings Begin With Away Double-Header 6
Thu 25: MTA: Not Stealing Bikes. Just Following the Rules. 23
Thu 25: Bike Snob NYC Shows You How It's Done 15
Mon 22: Alex Marshall on Brian Lehrer Show, Like, Now 2
Fri 19: RPA Refutes Anti-Pricing “Alternatives” Study 9
Thu 18: Cabbie Mistakes East River Park Bike Path for Highway 19
Mon 15: Idle Hands 27
Wed 10: Is Transportation Reform Possible When the Cops Don't Care? 28
Tue 9: Truck Drivers Confusing New Cycle Track for Unloading Zone 80
Mon 8: Renewed Calls for Ped Safety Summit as Death Toll Mounts 5
Thu 4: Memorials Held for Thomson and Miller 0
Mon 1: "Vision Zero": Not One More Traffic Death 7
September 2007
Fri 28: Queens State Senator Sabini Arrested for DWI 2
Fri 28: Eyes on the Street: 34th Precinct Leads by Example 11
Thu 27: 34th Precinct Promises Action on Broadway and Dongan 0
Thu 27: StreetFilms: LOOKing to Make Cycling Safer in NYC 4
Tue 25: Lappin Law Would Fine Bike Delivery Employers 17
Thu 20: Inwoodites Want Changes at Deadly Broadway Intersection 5
Wed 19: Officers Stopping Cyclists in Central Park 28
Tue 18: City to Unveil 'Look' Bike Safety Campaign 4
Tue 4: Last Weekend of Summer Marked by Child's Death 0
August 2007
Wed 29: A Crash Course on Driver Safety for Parks Dept. Employees 15
Tue 21: Officer Convicted in Beating Was Handing Off Parking Placard 2
Mon 20: Incredible SFPD Training Video: "Bikes Belong in Traffic" 10
Mon 20: Cyclists Throwing Selves Under Cars in Brooklyn 28
Wed 15: In London They Summons Their Own 5
Tue 7: Hello, Dolly! 45
July 2007
Mon 23: Safety First? True Once, but U.S. Now Lags in Road Deaths 13
Wed 18: Critical Transportation Reforms Sink With Pricing 7
Fri 13: How Do Bike Seizures Fit Into Bloomberg's "Green Plan" 15
Thu 5: Slow Going for New Bus Lanes 11
June 2007
Tue 26: 94th Precinct to Cyclists: Obey Traffic Rules 62
Thu 21: Gov't Employee Parking at the High Bridge Rec Center 3
Mon 11: Call for Ped Safety Measures on Third and Fourth Avenues 1
Wed 6: Eyes on the Street: A Special Lane for Parking Cars 11
Fri 1: Hit by a Car? Nothing Can be Done Unless You're Hurt. 15
May 2007
Wed 30: Motor Vehicles Leading Cause of NYC Child Injury Deaths 0
Fri 25: NY1's "Inside City Hall" on Congestion Pricing 1
Thu 24: Blind Spots in SUVs Still Killing Kids 0
Mon 21: The Fastest Way to Get to New Jersey 7
Fri 18: CB6 Committee Unanimously Approves 9th St. Project 12
Thu 17: 9th Street Road Diet Meeting Tonight 2
Fri 11: Double-Parking in a Bike Lane? There Isn't Even a Check Box. 4
Tue 8: Ninth Street Update: Robert's Rules of Order 24
April 2007
Fri 27: Bus Bulbs Useless Without Enforcement 10
Thu 26: Is Walking PlaNYC's Missing Mode? 3
Mon 23: How Green Is Our Mayor 44
Thu 19: Fort Greene Gets Action from Spitzer on Placards 0
Tue 17: Pedi Politics 6
Mon 16: The Parking Dysfunction Meter: Fines Are Five Times Revenue 16
Fri 13: DOT Called Out for Lacking Clear Ped Safety Plan 1
Tue 10: Eyes on the Street: Inspector Yee Tows His Own 9
Fri 6: Primeggia's One-Way Safety Claims Are Based on 1970s Studies 3
Mon 2: Friday Ride Yields Mass Police, Media Coverage 1
March 2007
Fri 30: Why Can't I Go the Wrong Way on a One Way Street? 0
Thu 29: Opposition Brewing to DOT's Proposal for 9th Street Bike Lanes 15
Wed 28: Eyes on the Street: Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn 12
Wed 28: Ungrateful Liberal Scum, "We Do Not Summons Our Own." 35
Mon 26: Going Nowhere Fast 22
Wed 21: When Traffic Enforcement Doesn't Include Moving Violations 11
Mon 19: Things Heating Up Over at UncivilServants.org 14
Fri 16: New Sheriff in Chinatown 4
Thu 15: UncivilServants.org: Cleaning Up Illegal Permit Parking 13
Tue 13: Parking Permit Abusers Being Cleared from Chinatown? 3
Tue 6: StreetFilms: "Something Has to Be Done" 0
Mon 5: 3 More Killed This Weekend as 100 Rally for Pedestrian Safety 26
Fri 2: The Iris Weinshall Legacy: Queens Boulevard 6
February 2007
Mon 26: 3 Peds Hit on 9th Ave. 2 Dead. Mayor Mike: Where Are You? 5
Fri 23: Streetfilms: Intersection Intervention 1
Wed 21: Illegal Permit Parking Crackdown Underway? 13
Wed 14: Four-Year-Old Killed by Hummer Shouldn't Have Died in Vain 32
Tue 13: Sustainable Transportation for NYC: How to Make it Happen 2
Mon 12: Crack Down on Drivers, Not iPods 11
Mon 12: A Guilty Motorist Turns Himself In 0
Wed 7: Disgruntled Drivers Responsible for UK Letter Bombs? 13
January 2007
Thu 18: The State of the City 3
Wed 17: Homemade Traffic Calming in Mexico's Yucatan 13
Mon 15: Celerant CEO Ian Goldman Celebrated in the Wall Street Journal 19
Mon 15: Does Vehicular Chaos Push Families Out of NYC? 10
December 2006
Wed 20: New Places to Double Park on Upper West Side 14
Tue 19: Chicago Cracks Down on Drivers Who Threaten Pedestrians 10
Mon 11: Beijing Bike Bully Forced to Apologize on TV 3
Mon 11: Reader Contributions 9
Mon 11: Life at Streetsblog Headquarters 3
Fri 8: 6-Year-Old Boy Fatally Hit by Truck in Brooklyn 7
Thu 7: Tillary Street: Bike Lane or Parking Space? 20
November 2006
Wed 29: SUV Attack Update 2 10
Tue 28: SUV Attack Update 8
Tue 21: Eyes on the Street: Occupied Territory 15
Thu 16: NYPD Has Spent $1.32M to Suppress a Monthly Bike Ride 18
Wed 8: Borderline Behavior 4
Tue 7: Two Doubleparked Traffic Agents, Sunnyside Up 7
Tue 7: Reverse Engineering Pedestrian Safety in Boerum Hill 16
Mon 6: Cyclists and Pedestrians: Fighting Over the Scraps 23
Thu 2: Rumor Mill: Agencies Will Have to Budget for Parking Permits 8
October 2006
Thu 26: Downtown Brooklyn Traffic Calming Project: Ten Years On 5
Thu 19: Speaker Quinn "Pleased" With NYPD's New Biking Restrictions 10
Mon 9: Great New Website: Get Outta MyBikeLane 9
September 2006
Thu 28: Above the Law: Parking Permit Abuse Study Released 5
Mon 18: Pirro: Why Not Make Reckless Driving into Your Issue? 4
Mon 18: Beaten 9/11 Firefighter is Road Rage Victim 2
Thu 14: Digging in: How Many Crashes Are Due to "Bicycle Factors?" 5
Mon 11: An American Carwolf in London 1
Fri 8: Street Films: Hell's Kitchen Miracle Ticket 6
Thu 7: NYPD Parking Abuse Scandal Widens 65
August 2006
Mon 28: Parking Tickets and Requests for Special Treatment 2
Fri 25: Brooklyn Bridge's SUV Ban Hidden in Plain Sight 12
Tue 22: California SUV Ban Hidden in Plain Sight 11
Thu 10: Another Critical Mass Report from July 1
July 2006
Fri 28: Into Our Town the NYPD Came... 14
Thu 13: Film Scout Parking Permits Rescinded 3
Wed 12: Motoring News Roundup, July 12, 2006 0
Tue 11: Unwarranted Traffic Chaos in Red Hook 5
June 2006
Thu 29: Today's Headlines 0
Fri 16: The $46 Million Parking Perk 9