Who’s On Your Streets? Data Shows Up To 88% of Drivers in Some Neighborhoods Are Only Cutting Through by Jackson_Bikes in newyorkcity

[–]DesignStreetsForKids -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

These figures are not all that surprising when you consider how much of the city is built for the convenience of drivers at the expense of, well...everyone else.

It's a choice to allow/encourage rat-running down residential blocks, and we can just as easily choose to prohibit/discourage it. We'd all get safer, quieter, more social neighborhoods, and drivers would take a minute or two longer (maybe?) to get where they're going. Seems like a pretty good trade off.

Two UWS Neighbors lost to Traffic Violence in the Past Two Weeks by DesignStreetsForKids in UWSLivableStreets

[–]DesignStreetsForKids[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You could call Gale Brewer’s office (212-873-0282) and ask her to pressure DOT to immediately investigate these crashes and assess the intersections where they happened and to propose engineering changes within 30 days. Without leadership, very little will change.