traffic safety

The DOT will not pursue a lawmaker's proposal to turn the street into a pedestrian walkway.

Ahmad Abu-Zayedeh will also pay Allison Liao's family 75 percent of his net worth under a settlement.

Students from P.S. 343 rallied Monday to call for a traffic light on 47th Avenue at 42nd Street.

The Oct. 28 meeting follows recent calls from elected officials to curb speeding drivers in the area.

Advocates are pushing to get a traffic light installed on 21st Street at 33rd Road in Astoria.

Construction to install three curb extensions at the corner will start sometime in the next few months.

The Connected Vehicle project aims to alert drivers to potential hazards and make city streets safer.

Drivers can expect increased enforcement in the area.

Cabdrivers should have to take a road test on New York City streets, Dana Lerner said.

Six people were killed in the 10025 zip code last year, compared to just one in 2013.

Deadly crashes dropped or remained level in 80 percent of the city's ZIP codes in 2014, DNAinfo found.

In our first episode, a local activist reflects on street safety a  year after Vision Zero was announced.

The city plans to close Waverly Place to traffic between Seventh Avenue South and Charles Street.

The DOT wants to make the "bow tie" intersection safer with changes proposed for Spring 2015. 

The speed limit will drop by 5 mph, with added signage at major intersections to improve park safety.