Pedestrian Safety in The News
Pedestrian Fatalities and Injuries in the News
January 26, 2024
State lawmaker hit by driver in Queens calling for safer streets
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/lawmaker-struck-in-crosswalk-queens/
December 12, 2023
‘A positive force:’ Bronx high school mourns music teacher fatally struck by car
https://nypost.com/2023/12/23/metro/bronx-hs-mourns-music-teacher-mia-ibrahim-fatally-struck-by-car/
December 11. 2023
NYPD hunting for 2 drivers in fatal Queens hit-and-run
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nypd-hunting-for-2-drivers-in-fatal-queens-hit-and-run/
November 30, 2023
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/nyregion/hit-run-boy-killed-queens.html
3-Year-Old Boy Killed in Hit and Run in Queens
October 27, 2023
https://nypost.com/2023/10/27/metro/nypd-tow-truck-driver-charged-in-crash-that-killed-boy-7/
NYPD tow-truck driver charged in crash that killed 7-year-old boy walking to school with his mom
October 20, 2023
Beloved crossing guard, 63, struck and killed by truck in Queens
https://abc7ny.com/queens-crossing-guard-fatally-struck-by-truck-nyc/13944624/
July 10, 2023
Crosswalks and pedestrian safety: What you need to know from recent research. by Clark Merrefield. 
https://journalistsresource.org/politics-and-government/pedestrian-safety-crosswalks-research/
June 19, 2023
Yu Chen tragically killed in Douglaston pedestrian accident
https://www.thelegaladvocate.com/news/breaking/yu-chen-killed-douglaston-pedestrian-accident
Signs of Hope and Progress
December 14, 2023
NYC DOT Completes Critical Pedestrian Safety Upgrades Along Conduit Avenue in Queens, Site of Multiple Pedestrian Fatalities
https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pr2023/conduit-ave-critical-pedestrian-safety-upgrades.shtml
December 12, 2023
Schumer, Gillibrand: $18 Million to fund traffic safety projects across upstate New York.
December 1, 2023
NYC to improve safety conditions at 2,000 intersections per year
https://www.6sqft.com/nyc-safe-intersections-daylighting-initiative/
November 29, 2023
CALTRANS HONORED FOR ENHANCING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND PREVENTING WRONG-WAY DRIVING AND RUN-OFF-ROAD CRASHES (California)
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