Brian Lear on

on WNYC. The Adams administration has focused its attention on making the

subway safer and in large measure it has worked. Here's the mayor speaking to reporters

on Wednesday this week, but spoiler

alert, this segment is not going to be about subway safety.

A year today, transit crime is down 7.8 percent and if you take out the first two years of the pandemic when no one was

on the system our system is now the safest in over 14 years but here a number number that I was really impressed by.

We currently robberies year to date are the lowest point in recorded history.

So here's what we're going to talk about, a contrast between what the mayor just said

about the subways and what's happening on the roads. New reporting from our colleagues at

Gothamist shows that more New Yorkers were killed by drivers during the first

six months of 2024 than those who were fatally shot killed by guns

over the same period joining us now to break down the latest data and what we

might do about it are WNYNC in Gotham is transportation reporter Stephen

Nesson and editor on the New York City Accountability Desk, Clayton Guza.

Clayton, Stephen, welcome back to the show.

Hey Brian.

Hello?

Clayton, you report that New Yorkers are now far more likely to be killed in a car crash than a

shooting.

Can you break down the numbers?

Right, it's data that I like to look at from time to time, just because I think it's a useful comparison

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