A coalition of safe streets advocates released a new analysis of Department of Transportation (DOT) data on Tuesday, highlighting the city's most dangerous intersections. The group is pushing the City Council to vote on a bill that would eliminate parking near intersections across the five boroughs, with the goal of making them safer.
The collective — comprised of advocates with Transportation Alternatives, Families for Safe Streets, and Open Plans — found that there are 118 intersections across the city where New Yorkers have either been killed or seriously injured since City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams was elevated to her post in early 2022. Nearly three million New Yorkers live within a half-mile of one of those intersections.
Elizabeth Adams, Transportation Alternatives' deputy di

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