RENT OWN SELL
Newyork
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Newyork
Undoubtedly NYC is a beautiful place to shift specifically in winters as there is numerous type of apartments that you can rent.
NYC streets and intersections are risking the lives of pedestrians and cyclists due to faulty design, traffic violations, and inadequate infrastructure.
Randy Perez, a 13-year-old, was hit by an SUV at the intersection of 37th Avenue and 101st Street on his way to the library.
Mabel Jensen, a 5-year-old, got an inch-long scar on her face after being clipped by a speeding biker in Riverside Park.
On 31st December 2018, a pedestrian was killed after being struck by a speeding vehicle on busy 37th Avenue at 81st Street in Jackson Heights.
Here’s the most heart-wrenching incident— a reckless truck ran over Skylar Perkin, age 1, in Queens when she and her mother were crossing the street.
These recent incidents point towards how unsafe the streets and intersection has become in NYC.
You never know when a car or cycle can run over you while crossing these streets (god forbid).
These deadly corridors can be found in each borough of NYC. Brooklyn tops the chart of fatalities rate due to these streets or intersections.
The accident rate in NYC has been soaring for the past few years.
According to Vision Zero View data, the citywide totals of pedestrian accidents have led to 153 fatalities and 12,049 injury cases from 2009 to 2019. Bicycle accidents resulted in 19 fatalities and 3,992 injury cases throughout the same period. Most of these accidents have occurred between 6 AM and 9 AM in NYC.
The Department of Transportation admits that the death rates and injury cases have gone up this year. Their official data shows that the pedestrian death rate is 21 percent more than the last year. Besides, 66.6 percent more cyclists have lost their life in 2019.
The crashes are more likely to happen around elevated tracks, bridges, and in areas where sightlines can be blocked, according to the findings of a private firm.
The NYC Health Department reports that aged adults had the highest rate of pedestrian fatality, at 37 percent.
(Courtesy: BOM)
Most of these corridors are dangerous because of faulty design as well as the lack of basic traffic infrastructure. For example, there is no stop sign on Newkirk at Argyle, increasing the risk of a pedestrian-vehicle crash.
On top of that, it is not easy for the drivers to spot the sightlines on those intersections, forcing their cars into the crosswalk. In some areas like Williamsburg and the Lower Eastside, many vehicles go through the busy residential neighborhoods to reach the bridge.
Many major bridges across NYC are crammed with heavy vehicles, pedestrians, and bikes in their narrow corridors. Illegal parking, lack of bike lane network, excessive speed, and right of way violations are other driving factors behind the ever-increasing road accidents in NYC.
