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NYC Health Commissioner: Urban Design is a Public Health Issue
(New York, NY — Jim O’Grady, WNYC) New York City’s Health Commissioner Thomas Farley, was the keynoter at the Transportation Alternatives Speeding Summit today, pledging a major new public health...
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Do More Cyclists Mean Safer Streets?
(Andrea Bernstein, Transportation Nation) The latest data comes from Minneapolis ‘ League of Bicyclists. (hat tip: Streetsblog) which shows steadily fewer bike accidents as more cyclists hit the...
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More New Yorkers Die in Traffic Than are Killed by Guns–And That’s Best in...
NYC intersection with pedestrian island and bike lane. (Photo by: NYC DOT) (New York, NY – WNYC) A New Yorker is killed every 35 hours in a traffic crash, according to a new report.That’s more than...
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Report Finds 10 Most Dangerous Roads in NYC Area for Pedestrians, “Arterial”...
Nassau County Pedestrian Fatalities, 2009-2011 Fourteen pedestrians died along Hempstead Turnpike in Nassau County, NY from 2009 through 2011. That’s almost one fatality for each mile of road, a morbid...
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Traffic Fatalities Up in NYC, Speeding Top Culprit, DOT Says
(Click text below title to see additional charts) Traffic fatalities rose 12 percent in 2012 in New York City, driven by a 46 percent jump in the number of motor vehicle occupants who were killed in...
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