Pedestrian Advocacy

Crowded shoppers want more elbow room and willing to forego parking to get it, new Soho study finds

December 12, 2006
Matthew Roth 1 646-873-6031
View the full study in PDF format
What: Press Conference in a “reclaimed” parking space on Prince Street

When: Thursday, December, 14th 11:00 am

Where: Prince Street, near corner of Green Street

Curbing Cars: Shopping, Parking, and Pedestrian Space in Soho, New York, a new study of over one-thousand pedestrians and drivers by Schaller Consulting, found that:

Quality Walking Beats Easy Parking View this press release in PDF format

City Must Install the Five Safety Measures that Protect Children and Elderly Pedestrians from Turning Vehicles

February 14, 2007
Paul Steely White 212-629-8080

These three crashes were caused by turning trucks and could have been prevented by simple street design measures that are in use at other locations throughout New York City. These measures include:

  1. Provide pedestrians exclusive crossing time so that turning motorists have the red light while pedestrians have the walk signal. (example: Union Square NW- 17th and Broadway View this press release in PDF format

    50% OF PEDESTRIAN INJURIES AND FATALITIES HAPPEN AT 10% OF NYC INTERSECTIONS

    March 4, 2007
    Brooke DuBose 1 646-873-6020

    What: Rally for Pedestrian Safety

    When: Sunday, March 4th, 3pm

    Where: City Hall

    New Yorkers obeying the law, crossing in crosswalks with the light and aware and attentive to their surroundings have been run down and killed by motor vehicles with horrifying regularity in 2007.

    View this press release in PDF format
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