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Street Hazard ReductionEast Side Coalition Unveils Its Vision for Safer, Transit-Friendly StreetsMedia Outlet: StreetsBlogDate: January 28, 2011 Image:  Earlier this week, Laurence Renard was killed as she crossed First Avenue when a dump truck driver turned into her path from 90th Street, hitting her from behind. Image Caption: A template to prioritize walking, biking, and transit at the intersection of Third Avenue and 117th Street. Image: Transportation Alternatives
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Transportation Alternatives and those whose lives have changed forever because of recent horrific car crashes in Brooklyn are reaching out to Borough President Marty Markowitz asking him to support li More than 600 East Side residents shaped blueprint’s recommendations
With its wide avenues that encourage speeding, and a high number of residents who get around by walking and biking, Manhattan's East Side leads the city for pedestrians and cyclists injured by motor Eric Adams Talks Speeding and Street Safety on a Neighborhood WalkaboutMedia Outlet: StreetsBlogDate: November 19, 2010 In September, State Senator Eric Adams introduced a bill that would add a component about interacting with pedestrians and cyclists to the licensing course for first-time New York State drivers.
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Are New York's Bike Lanes Working?Subtitle: Creating Order Out of Chaos Media Outlet: New York TimesDate: December 22, 2010 Bike lanes insert order on streets that were once governed by chaos. Before bike lanes came to Brooklyn's Prospect Park West, 75 percent of cars were speeding.
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Mother of Hit-and-Run Victim Laments NYPD Dead EndMedia Outlet: gothamistDate: November 26, 2010 Image:  Neil Chamberlain, a 28-year-old web designer, was crossing Calyer Street in Greenpoint one night in April when a driver sped off McGuinness Boulevard and fatally ran him down, then drove off. Image Caption: Neil Chamberlain
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After NYPD Kills Bill, Council Pushes for Traffic Safety Data From DOTMedia Outlet: StreetsBlogDate: November 5, 2010 Image:  The City Council Transportation Committee held a hearing yesterday on four bills that would release new information about traffic crashes and how the Department of Transportation decides whether to in Image Caption: Chair Jimmy Vacca at yesterday's City Council transportation committee hearing. Photo: Noah Kazis
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Should City Destroy Bike Lanes or Relocate Cyclists to Ohio?Media Outlet: gothamistDate: November 24, 2010 Image:  Today the Times takes a look at the bike lane wars--the battle-scarred road behind us, the gridlocked path ahead, etc. Image Caption: From the Prospect Park West bike lane protest. (Zoe Schlanger/Gothamist)
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Vacca Endorses Life-Saving 20 MPH Speed LimitMedia Outlet: StreetsBlogDate: November 22, 2010 Speed kills, even when traffic is moving at New York's citywide limit of 30 miles per hour. Image Caption: Pedestrian survival rates are far higher in 20 mph collisions than at higher speeds.
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Dead Men WalkingSubtitle: Most City traffic Fatalities on Foot Media Outlet: New York PostDate: November 22, 2010 Image:  Pedestrians accounted for 52 percent of the traffic fatalities in the city over the past four years -- and many who were killed were obeying the law. Image Caption: In 2008, a tractor trailer hit and killed a senior citizen pedestrian at the intersection of 46th and Astoria Blvd. in Astoria.
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