Much of the city in fact remains a potential death trap for cyclists. NYC cycling advocate and Transportation Alternatives staffer Noah Budnick was severely injured while commuting by bicycle in Brooklyn near the Manhattan Bridge on the evening of Tuesday, March 29. Specifics of the incident are unclear as of this writing, though some accounts have said it involved a truck that left the scene. Noah remains hospitalized. At the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, we regard Noah as one of our own and are deeply saddened by his injury. We wish him a complete and speedy recovery.

Transportation Alternatives’ "CrashStat" GIS database shows that six cyclists were injured at the intersection of Sands and Gold streets between 1995 and 2001, near the spot where the incident involving Noah took place.

A statement by Transportation Alternatives notes that Noah’s "work has led to many miles of new bicycling lanes, hundreds of new bicycle racks, bicycle access to bridges and targeted bicycling education." www.transalt.org 

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