Recent Streetsblog posts about Carnage

NYC Delivery Cyclists: A Dangerous Job With No Traffic Protection

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 25, 2019

Working cyclists have one of the most dangerous jobs in the country, and they are dying at rapid rates on New York City streets — but instead of stepping in to protect them, Mayor de Blasio is off running for president and New York’s Finest are focused on victim-blaming and ticketing bikers. Twenty-year-old Robyn Hightman, […]

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Op-Ed: What To Do With the ‘Devil Wagon’

By Kevin Dann | Jun 11, 2019

It's simple: Kill cars now, says one of our favorite bike tour guides.

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Drivers Kill Two More in Weekend Carnage — And Are, Surprise, Charged!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 10, 2019

Sunday's arrests follow a pattern of cops acting swiftly only when a death is coupled with some other alleged vehicular transgression.

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This Musclehead Tried to Mow Down a Cyclist

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 7, 2019

A ballistic motorist behind the wheel of a Dodge muscle car, who was fittingly wearing a bodybuilding.com-shirt, tried to drive over a cyclist. And it's all on camera!

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No Justice for Charles McClean, Killed by a Postal Service Driver

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 6, 2019

One month after the death, city and federal officials remain mute and continue to deflect attention away from both the death and how rogue USPS drivers can be reined in.

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Op-Ed: Treat Traffic Deaths Like the Measles

By Mary Beth Kelly | Jun 5, 2019

Mary Beth Kelly: As safe-streets advocate, I am constantly amazed at just how many New Yorkers remain blasé about the serial killer hiding in plain sight.

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