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| DATE | 2017-01-15 |
| FROM | serge derrick
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] Just unbelievable
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"ban the cars" ?!?! YES!!! Hear! Hear! or better yet, Here! Here!
On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 01:08 AM, mrbrklyn wrote:
> Maybe just ban the fucking cars
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> Critics blast de Blasio’s Vision Zero plan for failing to protect NYC
> pedestrians as traffic deaths spike
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> City residents are questioning the effectiveness of Mayor de
> Blasio's Vision Zero safety measures amid reports of at least 11
> traffic deaths in 2017.
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> (Anthony DelMundo/New York Daily News)
> BY Rich Schapiro Dan Rivoli Thomas Tracy NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
> Saturday, January 14, 2017, 7:54 PM
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> Hermanda Booker had so much to look forward to when she left for work
> on the morning of Jan. 3.
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> The 29-year-old Brooklyn woman had recently landed her dream job as a
> special education teacher. Her 30th birthday was in three weeks, and
> the birth of a nephew was expected around the same time.
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> Booker had already overcome enormous health issues after being born
> with a rare blood disorder.
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> “She had all these plans and she was super excited that she was living
> out her lifelong dream to become a teacher,” Booker’s sister Rhondelle
> told the Daily News.
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> Man, 65, dies after being struck by car in Queens
> But Booker’s bright life was cut short when she was struck by an SUV
> and then run over by a school bus during a rainstorm at a Midwood
> intersection just a few blocks from her home.
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> She was one of 11 people killed in a spate of road fatalities in the
> first two weeks of the year that have cast a harsh light on Mayor de
> Blasio’s Vision Zero traffic safety plan.
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> on spec images
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> Critics say Mayor de Blasio's Vision Zero plan isn't doing enough
> to
> protect city pedestrians as traffic deaths spike in 2017.
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> (Theodore Parisienne/Theodore Parisienne)
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> The traffic deaths recorded in 2017 represent a 57% spike compared to
> the same period last year when vehicular crashes claimed seven lives.
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> Many of these victims — including Booker, 73-year-old Darton Besler of
> Brooklyn, 52-year-old Thomas Bradley of Queens, and 43-year-old Marlon
> Palacios — were killed while simply crossing the street. Four died in
> hit-and-run crashes when cowardly motorists either sped off or — on
> two occasions — sprinted away on foot.
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> De Blasio, do more on Vision Zero
> Brooklyn resident Vladislav Plazinskiy said he welcomed de Blasio’s
> Vision Zero plan when it was rolled out three years ago. Then, last
> Monday, his 70-year-old father Iosif was killed.
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> A car clipped the elder Plazinskiy as he rode his bike down Avenue X
> in Sheepshead Bay, leaving the retired carpenter with fatal injuries
> just a mile from his home.
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> “Something like this happens and you wonder, what’s going on?”
> Plazinskiy said. “People are dying on the streets. (The city) needs to
> remind people this is real, dangerous stuff.”
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> From Her My MySpace Page - Sent by Thomas Tracy and RIchard Shapiro
> https://myspace.com/hermanda/photos
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> Hermanda Booker, 29, was struck by an SUV and then hit by a school
> bus in Brooklyn.
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> “Definitely more things need to be done,” he added.
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> Safety in numbers: TrafficStat shows the way to Vision Zero
> Last week, Mayor de Blasio defended his Vision Zero plan to eliminate
> traffic deaths by 2024. “We have now seen traffic fatalities in our
> city decline for three straight years, strongly countering national
> trends,” he said Wednesday.
>
> The city recorded its fewest ever traffic-related deaths last year.
> But it wasn’t all good news — while fewer motorists died in 2016,
> there was an uptick in the numbers of pedestrians and cyclists killed
> on the roads.
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> Critics say many Vision Zero initiatives — which have included
> reducing speed limits on city streets and the reconfiguring of
> dangerous intersections — have made motorists safer while pedestrians
> and bicyclists have remained at risk.
>
> “It’s gotten safer to be on the inside of a car than outside of one,”
> said Doug Gordon, a member of StreetsPAC, a political action committee
> dedicated to maintaining safe streets.
>
> More pedestrians & cyclists are being killed despite Vision Zero
> Rhondelle Booker (pictured) holds a photo of her sister Hermanda
> Booker who died after being hit by an SUV while crossing a Brooklyn
> street.
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> Rhondelle Booker (pictured) holds a photo of her sister Hermanda
> Booker who died after being hit by an SUV while crossing a Brooklyn
> street.
>
> (Robert Sabo/New York Daily News)
> Gordon said the city needs more infrastructure for pedestrians and
> bicyclists, including better protected bike lanes.
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> The upswing in vehicular deaths this year has spurred police to step
> up traffic enforcement, particularly in Brooklyn, where seven of the
> 11 fatal accidents occurred.
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> Chief Thomas Chan, the head of the NYPD Transportation Bureau, said
> he’s already come up with a plan to deploy more officers.
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> “Any injury or any type of fatality is something we want to avoid,”
> Chan said. The NYPD has launched two operations targeting speeders and
> motorists who fail to yield, Chan added.
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> De Blasio’s Vision Zero plan flops as traffic death stats are up
> Despite the increase in fatalities so far this year, City Hall insists
> Vision Zero is on the right track.
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> NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x
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> Hermanda Booker was nearing her 30th birthday and had recently
> landed her teaching dream job.
>
> (Robert Sabo/New York Daily News)
> “This is a very narrow time period from which to draw conclusions
> about Vision Zero’s trajectory,” City Hall spokesman Austin Finan told
> The News. “Our work is far from done and we will continue raising the
> bar to protect all street users until this life-saving initiative’s
> ultimate goal is realized.”
>
> Rhondelle Booker feels otherwise. She and her family members have more
> questions than answers about the crash that claimed the life of her
> overachieving sibling.
>
> Rhondelle believes that the city, rather than overinvesting in red
> light and speed enforcement cameras, should install surveillance
> cameras near dangerous intersections like the one where her sister was
> killed. “I feel that the city is more interested in generating money
> than protecting pedestrians,” she said.
>
> De Blasio's Vision Zero under fire as hit-and-run stats released
> In the bag Hermanda Booker was carrying that day were several special
> pencils and other gifts for her students at Highland Park Community
> School in Brooklyn.
>
> “She had a heart of gold,” her sister said. “I still don’t even
> believe that she’s gone. Our family did everything together, went
> everywhere together. I don’t know how we’re going to put our lives
> back together.”
>
> With Jennifer Fermino
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