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November 2009
Fri 6: The Weekly Carnage 0
Thu 5: Student Killed on Ninth Ave. Is Fourth City Pedestrian Fatality in Five Days 18
Thu 5: Parks Dept. Truck Seriously Injures Wheelchair User in 8th Ave Bike Lane 26
October 2009
Fri 30: Off-Duty Cop "Taken Into Custody for DWI" After Bronx Pedestrian Death 12
Fri 30: The Weekly Carnage 0
Fri 23: The Weekly Carnage 3
Fri 23: Eyes on the Street: Crash Aftermath on First Avenue [Updated] 13
Thu 22: Daily News: Is There a Person in Your Parking Spot? Kill Them. 28
Fri 16: The Weekly Carnage 0
Fri 9: The Weekly Carnage 1
Thu 8: When It Comes to Vehicular Violence, NYPD Sees No Evil 27
Tue 6: Midtown Road Rage Eruption: Is This the Best We Can Do? 48
Fri 2: The Weekly Carnage 2
September 2009
Fri 25: The Weekly Carnage 3
Wed 23: Jury Reaches Guilty Verdict in Rare Murder Trial of Sober Driver 31
Mon 21: How Do You Handle Dangerous-Driving Cabbies? 16
Fri 18: The Weekly Carnage 6
Mon 14: Manhattan's Next Top Prosecutor: This Is It 3
Fri 11: The Weekly Carnage 0
Thu 10: Eyes on the Street: Bike Crash in Inwood 17
Fri 4: The Weekly Carnage 3
Thu 3: Caption Contest: Time to Expand Car-Free Broadway [Updated] 10
August 2009
Mon 31: Cyclist Injured in Collision on Jay Street This Morning 19
Fri 28: The Weekly Carnage 6
Fri 28: Another View of Yesterday's Cab Crash 23
Thu 27: Eyes on the Street: How Did This Happen? 27
Fri 21: The Weekly Carnage 0
Thu 20: Jay Leno Plays Vehicular Manslaughter for Laughs 11
Wed 19: When Dodging Death Becomes a Fact of Life 36
Tue 18: Victims Arrested, Assailants Walk Free: Dark Days for Traffic Justice 6
Fri 14: The Weekly Carnage 21
Tue 11: Pablo Pasaras, Father of Three, Latest Victim of NYPD High-Speed Pursuit 1
Fri 7: The Weekly Carnage 2
July 2009
Fri 31: Want to Reduce Pedestrian Deaths? Stop Letting Their Killers Walk. 17
Fri 31: The Weekly Carnage 0
Thu 30: Driver, Seen Speeding, Injures Teenager on Fulton Street in Brooklyn 1
Fri 24: The Weekly Carnage 3
Fri 17: The Weekly Carnage 0
Thu 16: Elderly Pedestrian Killed Crossing Ocean Parkway 16
Tue 14: TA Report: Reckless Driving Casualties Rising as NYPD Enforcement Lags 12
Fri 10: The Weekly Carnage 0
Thu 9: NYPD Crash Info Normally Released in a "Timely Fashion"? News to Us. 2
Thu 2: The Weekly Carnage 10
Wed 1: NYPD Cruiser Carnage: Move Along, Nothing to See Here 15
June 2009
Tue 30: Report: NYPD Cruiser Hits Eight Pedestrians on LES [Updated] 10
Fri 26: The Weekly Carnage 4
Fri 19: The Weekly Carnage 3
Tue 16: WHO Report Highlights Global Health Risk of Traffic 2
Mon 15: Fallen Pedestrians Memorialized in Hell's Kitchen 1
Fri 12: Saturday: Hell's Kitchen to March for Pedestrian Safety 0
Fri 12: The Weekly Carnage 8
Wed 10: Brooklyn Carnage: Pedestrian Killed, Pedicabbie and Passengers Injured 14
Tue 2: Cyclist Struck Yesterday Morning at Third and Atlantic in Brooklyn 7
May 2009
Tue 19: Is Death an Appropriate Penalty for "Jaywalking"? 22
Mon 4: Midtown Movie Car Chase Ends with Car Jumping Curb, Injuring Two 20
April 2009
Thu 30: Eyes on the Street: Cyclist Hit, Injured in Midtown 22
Thu 23: Anatomy of a (Legal) Hit-and-Run 7
Tue 21: AAA Guy: Don't Bother Drivers With What, or Whom, They Run Over 7
Mon 20: Another Pedestrian Dies, Another Killer Driver Walks 13
Thu 2: Maureen McCormick: How Nassau Got Serious About Traffic Crime 11
March 2009
Tue 31: Maureen McCormick: On the Cutting Edge of Traffic Justice 11
Mon 30: No Charges for Taxi Driver Who Plowed Into UWS Restaurant, Injuring Seven 5
Mon 16: Talking Traffic Justice With Leslie Crocker Snyder 17
Mon 2: Two Staten Island Pedestrians Killed in Four Days; One Driver Charged 4
February 2009
Wed 11: Pedestrian Dead After Van Drags Him 17 Miles 23
Mon 9: Victim of Carroll Street Crash in Critical Condition 1
Thu 5: Grieving Chinatown Families to Morgenthau: We're Not Going Away 6
Wed 4: To NYPD, Anyone Outside a Car Is Asking for It 28
Mon 2: Pedestrian Struck on Carroll Street in Critical Condition 13
January 2009
Mon 26: Many Questions Remain Unanswered in Aftermath of Chinatown Deaths 25
Fri 23: What Do We Do Now? 18
Fri 16: Queens DA Files Misdemeanor Charge Against Ibrihim Ahmed's Killer 17
Thu 15: NYC Prosecutors Lag Behind Nassau on Traffic Justice 2
December 2008
Thu 11: Murder-By-Car Now an "Accident" 2
Wed 10: Manhattan Streets Especially Deadly for Seniors 9
Fri 5: Bus Driver Who Killed Queens Girl Had Checkered Driving Record 11
Thu 4: 14-Year-Old Girl Hit and Killed by School Bus in Queens 6
October 2008
Wed 29: TA Rolls Out CrashStat Improvements 8
Tue 28: TSTC Names the Most Dangerous Roads for Pedestrians 12
Mon 27: Safe Streets for Seniors? Try Telling Police and Prosecutors. 7
Fri 24: Two Pedestrians Killed Today in Separate Hit-and-Run Crashes 0
Fri 24: Astoria Musician Arturo Flores Killed by Van Driver 12
Wed 8: Pedestrian Hit on Ocean Parkway at Brighton Beach Ave 16
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
Mon 29: Daily News Finally Finds Injustice in Pedestrian Fatalities 15
Wed 10: Cyclist Reported Killed in Park Slope 49
August 2008
Tue 26: In Week of Carnage, Times Looks Askance at Broadway Traffic-Calming 20
Fri 15: Brooklyn Cyclist Struck and Killed by SUV 29
July 2008
Wed 23: Robert Novak Cited in Possible Hit-and-Run 13
Wed 16: Crips and Bloods Feeling the Pinch of Rising Gas Prices? 2
Mon 14: Crashes Claim Lives of Two New York Cyclists 9
Wed 9: L.A. Doc Takes Out Road Rage on Cyclists, Injuring Two 41
Wed 2: You Can Drive Over a Child, But Don't Drive Away After 12
June 2008
Mon 23: No Place Safe For Pedestrians Amid Rash of Sidewalk Crashes 7
May 2008
Wed 21: Shock and Outrage Over DWI Killer's Two-Year Sentence 16
Wed 14: Today's Carnage Brought to You By... 2
April 2008
Mon 28: Survey Finds New Yorkers Anxious About Congestion and Safety 13
Fri 25: Pedestrian Killed By Truck Near Brooklyn Bridge 20
Wed 23: Memorial Ride Tonight for Two Manhattan Cyclists 9
February 2008
Thu 28: Flatbush and Atlantic: Hellacious, Deadly, Likely to Get Worse 28
Thu 14: Truck Driver Charged for Killing Two Pedestrians 16
January 2008
Tue 29: City Numbers Show Highest Cyclist Death Toll in Eight Years 28
Mon 7: Ghost Bikes Memorial Ride Marks Another Year of Loss 1
December 2007
Fri 21: January 3rd: The Wrongdoer is Brought to Justice 12
Fri 21: S.I. Ped Killings Cause Some to Ask, What's an "Accident?" 16
Fri 14: Daily News to Deceased Cyclists: "Your Fault." 7
Wed 12: Driving: Teenage America's Deadliest Preventable Epidemic 19
Fri 7: The Weekly Carnage 9
Wed 5: Cyclist Doored, Killed by Truck in Midtown 78
Tue 4: One Intersection, Two Injured Pedestrians, One Summons 0
Tue 4: Crashstat 2.0 Reveals NYC’S Most Dangerous Intersections 9
Mon 3: This is the Pedestrian Refuge Area That CB8 Refused to Protect 41
November 2007
Fri 30: The Weekly Carnage 2
Thu 29: For Victim's Family, a $10 Fee and an Agonizing Wait 0
Fri 16: Morgenthau & NYPD Are "Dismissive" of Ped Fatality Questions 20
Fri 16: The Weekly Carnage 3
Fri 9: The Weekly Carnage 1
Fri 2: The Weekly Carnage 2
Thu 1: Ped Struck as Cab Runs Into Storefront at 53rd and Madison 18
October 2007
Fri 26: The Weekly Carnage 35
Mon 22: Memorial Held for Craig Murphey 13
Fri 19: Details and Questions Emerge in Brooklyn Cyclist Deaths 27
Fri 19: The Weekly Carnage 2
Thu 18: Two Cyclists Killed in Brooklyn This Morning 16
Fri 12: The Weekly Carnage 4
Mon 8: Renewed Calls for Ped Safety Summit as Death Toll Mounts 5
Fri 5: The Weekly Carnage 4
Thu 4: Memorials Held for Thomson and Miller 0
Tue 2: Vehicular Homicide Charge in Thomson Death 12
Mon 1: Two Traffic Fatalities: One a Homicide, the Other an "Accident" 34
Mon 1: "Vision Zero": Not One More Traffic Death 7
September 2007
Fri 28: The Weekly Carnage 0
Fri 21: The Weekly Carnage 2
Fri 14: The Weekly Carnage 0
Fri 7: The Weekly Carnage 2
Tue 4: Last Weekend of Summer Marked by Child's Death 0
August 2007
Fri 31: City Promises $5M in Ped Safety Improvements at Mural Opening 13
Fri 31: The Weekly Carnage 54
Tue 28: Queens Leaders Fight Safety Fixes for Fatal School Crossing 25
Fri 24: The Weekly Carnage 2
Wed 22: Central Park 66th Street Transverse Is Unsafe 11
Wed 22: Breaking Carnage: Driver on Sidewalk at Court and Degraw 17
Fri 17: The Weekly Carnage 3
Fri 10: The Weekly Carnage 11
Wed 8: When a Car Does the Killing, It's Always an "Accident." 11
Tue 7: What if Terrorists Killed as Many as Die in U.S. Car Crashes? 8
Fri 3: The Weekly Carnage 2
July 2007
Fri 27: The Weekly Carnage 1
Mon 23: Safety First? True Once, but U.S. Now Lags in Road Deaths 13
Fri 20: The Weekly Carnage 3
Fri 13: The Weekly Carnage 2
Fri 6: The Weekly Carnage 6
June 2007
Fri 29: The Weekly Carnage 1
Fri 22: The Weekly Carnage 0
Tue 19: File Under: Only in America 1
Fri 15: The Weekly Carnage 0
Fri 8: The Weekly Carnage 2
Fri 1: The Weekly Carnage 0
May 2007
Fri 25: The Weekly Carnage 0
Fri 18: The Weekly Carnage 2
Fri 11: The Weekly Carnage 2
Fri 4: The Weekly Carnage 8
April 2007
Fri 27: The Weekly Carnage 1
Fri 20: The Weekly Carnage 0
Fri 13: The Weekly Carnage 4
Fri 6: The Weekly Carnage 0
March 2007
Fri 30: The Weekly Carnage 5
Fri 23: The Weekly Carnage 3
Thu 22: Studies Refute DOT's Claim That One-Way Avenues Are Safer 5
Fri 16: The Weekly Carnage 1
Fri 9: The Weekly Carnage 2
Mon 5: 3 More Killed This Weekend as 100 Rally for Pedestrian Safety 26
Fri 2: The Weekly Carnage 3
February 2007
Mon 26: 3 Peds Hit on 9th Ave. 2 Dead. Mayor Mike: Where Are You? 5
Fri 23: The Weekly Carnage 2
Fri 16: Weekly Carnage - Hiatus Edition 3
Thu 15: Plan Urged Safety Measures for Intersection Where Boy Died 16
Fri 9: The Weekly Carnage 9
Fri 2: The Weekly Carnage 3
January 2007
Fri 26: The Weekly Carnage 2
Fri 19: The Weekly Carnage 1
Fri 12: The Weekly Carnage 2
Fri 5: The Weekly Carnage 4
December 2006
Fri 29: The Weekly Carnage 1
Fri 22: The Weekly Carnage 5
Wed 20: Meeting Tonight on Westside Greenway Bike Safety 9
Tue 19: Chicago Cracks Down on Drivers Who Threaten Pedestrians 10
Sat 16: Product Placement 35
Fri 15: The Weekly Carnage 8
Thu 14: Central Park Cyclist in Serious Condition 25
Wed 13: Pedestrian Safety in Brooklyn Heights 0
Wed 13: Eyes on the Street: Horrific Ped Fatality in Bklyn Hts This AM 3
Sun 10: Streetfilms: Memorial for Eric Ng 10
Fri 8: 6-Year-Old Boy Fatally Hit by Truck in Brooklyn 7
Fri 8: The Weekly Carnage 1
Tue 5: Eric Ng Memorial Bike Ride This Saturday 0
Sat 2: Drunk Driver Kills Cyclist on Hudson River Greenway 32
Fri 1: The Weekly Carnage 3
November 2006
Wed 29: SUV Attack Update 2 10
Tue 28: SUV Attack Update 8
Wed 22: This Morning's Commute: The Ian Goldman Affair 55
Fri 17: The Weekly Carnage 2
Tue 14: "Freak Accident" That Seems to be Happening Regularly 2
Fri 10: The Cost of Doing Business in Midtown 3
Fri 10: The Weekly Carnage 3
Thu 9: "Officials Deny" That Flatbush and Glenwood is Dangerous 4
Fri 3: The Weekly Carnage 2
October 2006
Fri 27: The Weekly Carnage 0
Fri 20: The Weekly Carnage - Belated Edition 7
Fri 13: The Weekly Carnage 3
Fri 6: The Weekly Carnage 0
Tue 3: Real-Time Carnage 0
September 2006
Fri 29: The Weekly Carnage 1
Fri 22: The Weekly Carnage 7
Tue 19: The Cost of Living 0
Mon 18: Pirro: Why Not Make Reckless Driving into Your Issue? 4
Mon 18: Beaten 9/11 Firefighter is Road Rage Victim 2
Fri 15: The Weekly Carnage 0
Thu 14: The Three Big Bicyclist Fatality Clusters 7
Thu 14: U.K. Study Finds Wearing a Bike Helmet May be More Dangerous 8
Thu 14: Digging in: How Many Crashes Are Due to "Bicycle Factors?" 5
Thu 14: Eyes on the Street: Hudson River Greenway Crash 6
Wed 13: Bad Driver or Bizarre 9/11 Re-Enactment? 7
Fri 8: The Weekly Carnage 4
Fri 1: The Weekly Carnage 0
August 2006
Fri 25: The Weekly Carnage 4
Fri 18: The New York Times Comes Correct... Almost 3
Fri 18: The Weekly Carnage 3
Mon 14: New York Times Under-Reports Cyclist Fatalities 5
Fri 11: The Weekly Carnage 4
Thu 10: Another Very Bad Week to Ride a Bike in NYC 24
Thu 10: Trucker Kills Cyclist on Ninth Avenue and 29th Street 11
July 2006
Fri 28: The Weekly Carnage 5
Tue 25: Revisiting Houston Street, One Month Later 0
Tue 18: Park Slope Parent Ped Rage 5
Mon 17: Traffic Engineering by Body Count 2
June 2006
Tue 27: Memorial Ride 0
Tue 27: Derek Lake, 23. 6
Tue 27: Improper Steel Plate May Have Caused Fatal Crash 0
Tue 27: Memorial Ride for Carl Nacht and Derek Lake 0
Mon 26: Houston Street: Bike Boulevard of Death? 1
May 2006
Thu 18: Or You Might Call it Attempted Homicide 8