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New Scholarship On Streets, Michael Lewyn
New Scholarship On Streets, Michael Lewyn
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An article discussing numerous recent articles in legal journals discussing the rise in automobile-related death and injury in the United States.
Pedestrians Under Attack, Michael Lewyn
Pedestrians Under Attack, Michael Lewyn
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A review of Right Of Way by Angie Schmitt
Are Wide Streets Negligent?, Michael Lewyn
Are Wide Streets Negligent?, Michael Lewyn
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American commercial streets are typically designed to encourage rapid automobile traffic, thus making streets unsafe for pedestrians. In the 2016 case of Turturro v. City of New York, the New York Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict against a city for failing to slow down such traffic. This article describes Turturro, but shows how limited its holding was: the Turturro court emphasized a city's failure to study traffic calming, so if a city studies its options adequately it can avoid liability even if its policies are unsuccessful.