Press

Articles & Op-Eds

• Officials claim a new Stamford parking garage is good news for walkers and bikers. Urbanists disagree. (Stamford Advocate; Oct 30, 2021

• Not all Stamford candidates are the same on Safe Streets Scorecard (People Friendly Stamford; Oct 24, 2021)

• An advocacy group graded Stamford city reps on 'safe streets' votes. See who scored high and low. (Stamford Advocate; May 16, 2021)

• Stamford zoning board OKs Springdale's first affordable housing complex despite neighbors' opposition (Stamford Advocate; May 5, 2021) (Read our letter in support of the development.)

• Advocates for a more walkable Stamford applaud proposed guidelines before Zoning Board (Stamford Advocate; Feb 16, 2021)

• Connecticut must reform its exclusionary zoning laws (Connecticut Mirror; Feb 1, 2021)

• Celebrated Stamford transportation chief to leave for job in Norwalk (Stamford Advocate; Jan, 29, 2021)

• Opinion: Stamford needs to look toward a more walkable, bikeable future (Stamford Advocate; Sep 23, 2020)

• More bike lanes, greenways in Stamford’s future (Stamford Advocate; Jan 25, 2020)

• People Friendly Stamford Op-Ed: Board of Reps lost on the trail (Stamford Advocate; Sept 15, 2019)

• Stamford intersections get more pedestrian friendly thanks to state grant (Stamford Advocate; Aug 22, 2019)

• Bike lanes remain scarce in Stamford, as officials aim to add more (Stamford Advocate; June 22, 2019)

• Op-ed: Create bike lanes on Atlantic Street (Stamford Advocate; June 2017)

Traffic Violence in Stamford

2021

• Jan 2021: Stamford man’s ‘dreams were shattered’ after car hit him as he crossed the street, paralyzing him (original article)

• Feb 20, 2021: Drunk driver crashes car into stone wall

• Mar 3, 2021: Stamford man struck pedestrian with car after argument over a cigarette

• Apr 14, 2021: Pedestrian seriously hurt after being hit in downtown Stamford

• Jun 5, 2021: Two people in critical condition after sustaining injuries in Stamford car crash

• Jun 7, 2021: Stamford police: Pedestrian seriously hurt in hit-and-run

• Jun 11, 2021: Stamford Mayor David Martin 'okay' after car accident in Greenwich

• Jun 11, 2021: Stamford family says dog struck, killed by hit-and-run driver

• Jun 21, 2021: Person in Critical Condition After Getting Struck by Vehicle in Stamford Hit-and-Run

• Jun 26, 2021: Family of Stamford man hit by car asks suspects to come forward: 'The right thing to do'

• Jul 19, 2021: Truck driver dies in crash; Stamford police ID driver killed in Washington Boulevard crash

• Jul 20, 2021: Stamford man seriously hurt after thrown from motorcycle in crash

• Aug 11, 2021: Stamford man drunk, driving over 95 mph before crash

• Sep 28, 2021: Greenwich investigators probe cause of fatal crash that killed Stamford 17-year-old Jordan Martinez

• Oct 15, 2021: Drunk driver hits and seriously injures teenager

• Nov 21, 2021: Three-car collision in Stamford injures two

• Nov 23, 2021: 17-year-old motorcyclist killed in crash with unlicensed/unregistered truck driver

2020

• June: Driver crashes and kills himself, injures two.

• June: A driver struck three people standing outside a home.

• September: A driver struck and killed a jogger.

• September: A driver crashed and flipped over his car while speeding recklessly.

• October: A driver struck and seriously injured someone crossing the street.

• November: A driver crashed into a house in North Stamford.

• November: A driver struck and killed a bicyclist.

• December: A driver struck another car, killing one and injuring another.