pedestrians
NYC's already-controversial 'Open Streets' program revising rules to use public space for profit: 'Fresh kind of hell'
The NYC Department of Transportation is scheming to sell off prime public space it initially commandeered for its utopian “open streets�- to the highest bidder.
NYC traffic deaths plummet in first quarter of 2025, officials report
Traffic-related deaths have plummeted in the Big Apple during the first quarter of the year, new city data released Wednesday shows.
USPS van strikes woman, 94, and pins her underneath vehicle on NYC street: police
A 94-year-old woman was struck by a United States Postal Service van and pinned underneath the vehicle when she attempted to cross a Queens street Sunday evening, according to authorities...
90-year-old NYC pedestrian dead after being struck by 2 cars �including yellow taxi: cops
A 90-year-old woman was fatally struck by two cars, including a yellow taxi, as she crossed an Upper East Side street Wednesday evening, cops and sources said. Frances Rickard was...
Senior citizens outraged over Columbia's decision to close quad access over Israel protest sue school: 'Made my life more difficult'
A cohort of gray-haired uptown residents are suing Columbia University over the closure of its “College Walk,�a stretch of quad space on its Morningside Heights campus cut off to...
New Jersey pedestrian deaths hit 36-year high as overall traffic fatalities also surge
At least 687 people lost their lives on the road last year.
Scene in London where a car crashed into a crowd of people
A London driver was busted for attempted murder after he jumped a sidewalk and crashed into a crowd of people early Christmas morning, sending four to the hospital, according to...
Beloved pastor struck, killed by illegal migrant who allegedly blew through red light
"I had to sit and watch my husband of 53 years die in front of me and then to know that the person who did this is walking around is...
Unmarked NYPD minivan hits and kills woman lying on NYC street
The plainclothes officers were driving the undercover Toyota minivan northbound on Pennsylvania Avenue in East New York when they struck the unidentified woman at 6:10 p.m., sources said.
Driver in stolen van fatally hits man in Bronx -- before trying to set vehicle on fire and fleeing
Alhadji Fofana was trying to cross Westchester Avenue near the East 163rd Street intersection in Longwood around 6:30 a.m. when a motorist in a 2008 Ford van rammed into him...
San Francisco's police dress up in chicken costumes to catch speeding drivers -- here's the 'impact'
This cop is working around the cluck.
Family mourns 75-year-old aspiring poet, hit-and-run NYC victim as dump truck driver charged
A Staten Island dump truck driver was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident in the Aug. 4 death of 75-year-old Yelena Gervolskaya, an aspiring Russian poet, police...
NJ college freshman killed by motorcyclist fleeing cops after her first day of classes
A University of Delaware freshman who had just finished her first day of classes was struck and killed by a speeding motorcyclist fleeing a traffic stop, police said.
Florida girl, 12, critically injured after mom accidentally runs her over on first day of school: reports
“She immediately stopped when she heard her child scream,�a Florida Highway Patrol trooper said.
Video shows terrifying moment pickup truck plows into 2 men on NYC sidewalk
"[The driver] cleared out both of us. I went up in the air, he went under," one of the victims told cops at the scene.
Bike commuting lowers risk of early death by 47%: 'important findings'
This is wheelie good news for cyclists.
Teen skateboarder clings to life after SUV strikes her on way to summer classes
Suri Meza, 19, was riding her skateboard in the crosswalk at the intersection of Neptune Avenue and Brighton 10th Street in Brighton Beach when a 43-year-old man driving a 2024...
Pedestrians deaths declined in 2023 in most states, offering hope for a 'new trend'
Pedestrian deaths are finally starting to drop across America to pre-pandemic levels. Pennsylvania, however, bucked the national trend.
Two pedestrians struck after vehicle jumps curb on NYC street: police
The vehicle drove onto the sidewalk on W. 34th Street and 6th Avenue around 9:15 p.m., police said.
NYC DOT truck driver appears inconsolable after killing, decapitating elderly pedestrian in Brooklyn: video
The driver was on his knees and at times hunched over in grief on a Brooklyn street at the scene of the accident.