Staten Islanders demand new bike share after Beryl pulls plug
Updated 1:53 PM;
Today 1:53 PM
Staten Islanders gather on the steps of Borough Hall to demand a new bike share program for Staten Island after Beryl announced that it would no longer be launching in the borough. (Courtesy of Transportation Alternatives)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. After U.K.-based bike share provider Beryl pulled the plug on the borough’s new program just weeks before it was slated to launch, dozens of Staten Islanders recently gathered at Borough Hall to demand that the city find a new provider to take its place.
‘A real matter of life or death’: How the pandemic has renewed focus on push to change S.I. car culture
Updated Mar 12, 2021;
Posted Mar 12, 2021
Jess Scicchigno, a New Dorp Beach resident with asthma and a condition called Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS), is one of the Island’s residents affected by high pollution levels. (Staten Island Advance/Joseph Ostapiuk)
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[This is part two of a two-part series analyzing Staten Island’s air pollution and the coronavirus outbreak.]
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A noxious concoction of harmful pollutants lines Staten Island’s main highway an artery of black carbon and nitric oxide that serves as a center point of dangerous pollutants that threaten borough residents’ lung health.
As Staten Island traffic deaths resurge, advocates call for safer streets
Updated Jan 15, 2021;
Posted Jan 15, 2021
With traffic fatalities on Staten Island rising over the past two years, transportation advocates are calling for safer streets throughout the borough.Tim Wynkoop | lehighvalleylive.com contributor
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Traffic fatalities on Staten Island streets have crept back up over the past two years, following three straight years of decline, prompting transportation advocates to call for safer street designs throughout the borough.
In 2020, there were 11 traffic fatalities on Staten Island, three more than the eight traffic fatalities the borough saw in 2019 and four more from the seven traffic fatalities in 2018, according to the Department of Transportation (DOT).