The Atlantic's CITYLAB Picks Up On NY Times Op-Ed Piece
The Outrageous, Unjust Rule That Lets New York Drivers Who Hit Pedestrians Off the Hook
The Atlantic Monthly has a website called CityLab that "informs and inspires the people who are creating the cities of the future - and those who want to live there." On October 1, 2014, one day after Dana Lerner's op-ed piece appeared in the New York Times, Eric Jaffe followed up on her argument that "if the city is serious about street safety, it must replace a terrible old precedent with a strong new one." He underscores the issue that "the 'rule of two' isn't just arbitrary; it's biased against the victim."
We couldn't agree with him more. Thank you Eric, for adding your voice to our cause. This issue could be getting some real legs.