#protected-bike-lanes

#protected-bike-lanes

Traffic fatalities in NYC dropped 18% in the first nine months of 2025 compared to the same period last year, putting the city on pace for one of its safest years on record, transportation officials said Thursday. According to data released by the Department of Transportation (DOT), the city recorded 159 traffic deaths through September, down from 194 at this point in 2024. That figure marks the third-lowest number of fatalities in the first three quarters of any year since recordkeeping began in 1910, per officials.

Christopher White, the current head of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, got his start in advocacy 20 years ago when an inattentive driver turned left in front of him on Arguello, sending him careening into the windshield. Since then, Arguello has remained on San Francisco's high-injury network. A teenager was badly injured there in 2022. Cyclist Ethan Boyes was killed on Arguello by a drunk driver in 2023.

There wasn't a bike lane, so I was having to bicycle in traffic, and that's why I got hit,

The Department of Transportation is committed to implementing traffic calming and protected bike lanes under the elevated tracks in Astoria, enhancing cyclist and pedestrian safety.