Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pedestrian safety

Council Member Selvena Brooks-Powers (D-Queens) talking to Speaker Adrienne Adams. Photo: Credit John McCarten/NYC Council Media Unit

New Law Requires ‘Daylighting’ At 100 Intersections Each Year — After ‘Study’

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 28, 2023 | No Comments

Council Member Selvena Brooks-Powers (D-Queens), who chairs the transportation committee, introduced the bill last year, when 16 kids were killed in traffic violence, a record high in the Vision Zero era.

The crash site on Ninth Street, where Sarah Schick (inset) was killed by a truck driver. Photo: Henry Beers Shenk (main photo has been slightly altered)

DOT Unveils ‘Concepts’ For Deadly Ninth Street, But Advocates Want Something Bolder

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 28, 2023 | No Comments

The Department of Transportation will finally add a protected bike lane to a dangerous Brooklyn strip that it had left out of previous redesigns despite its well-known danger — a decision that likely led to the death in January of 37-year-old Sarah Schick, who was killed on a Citi Bike.

Council Member Lincoln Restler's bill to create a citizen enforcement program seems to have the support of DOT, but the opposition of the NYPD. Photo: John McCarten / Council Media Unit

NYPD Opposes Watered-Down Citizen Enforcement Bill, But DOT is Now ‘Open’ to It

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 25, 2023 | No Comments

"Traffic agents are getting assaulted dozens of times a year, so we are certainly concerned with the potential for violence of everyday citizens using this program," a police official testified on a bill by Lincoln Restler (photo).

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Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pedestrian safety

New Law Requires ‘Daylighting’ At 100 Intersections Each Year — After ‘Study’

DOT Unveils ‘Concepts’ For Deadly Ninth Street, But Advocates Want Something Bolder

NYPD Opposes Watered-Down Citizen Enforcement Bill, But DOT is Now ‘Open’ to It

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