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Pedestrian Safety

  1. street fight
    What’s Happening to Open Streets?From Park Slope to Prospect Heights, even the city’s crunchiest (and wealthiest) neighborhoods are struggling to fund the program.
  2. street view
    Making Headway on the Perfect New York StreetTwo years after our last close look, real signs of progress.
  3. getting around
    ‘It Wouldn’t Bring Back My Son, But Other Lives Would Be Saved’For the third year in a row, the mothers behind Sammy’s Law are proposing that the state allow NYC to control its own speed limits.
  4. getting around
    Police Crashes Cost New Yorkers a Lot of MoneyAnd the growing number of NYPD SUVs on the road isn’t helping.
  5. getting around
    The SUV-ification of Police FleetsExperts sound the alarm as departments across the country embrace bigger, faster vehicles.
  6. superheroes
    Peatónito the Pedestrian Superhero Is Finishing Up Grad School at UCLAMexico City’s masked defender of walkers is now tackling the dangerous streets of Los Angeles.
  7. the city
    What New York Should Learn From the Park Slope Crash That Killed Two ChildrenMost of these not-really-accidental events are preventable by steps more powerful than telling people to “be careful.”
  8. A New Jersey Lawmaker Wants to Fine People for Texting While Crossing the StreetIt would be treated as jaywalking. 
  9. crimes and misdemeanors
    Blond Surfer-Looking Dude Sucker Punches Pedestrian, Runs Away As Fast As He CanNot cool, dude.
  10. sad things
    Brooklyn Man Killed by Snowplow While Crossing StreetThis weather can be very dangerous.
  11. pedestrian safety
    ABC’s Brian Ross Hit a Jaywalker With His CarThe guy’s got a nose for news.