Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Calming

Momentum Builds For Safety Improvements on Broadway in West Harlem

By David Meyer | Nov 5, 2015 | 42 Comments

West Harlem residents are rallying support for safety improvements on Broadway between 135th Street and 153rd Street ahead of a vote on a DOT redesign proposal at tonight’s Community Board 9 transportation committee meeting. The plan, which DOT presented publicly in July, calls for a road diet on Broadway, going from three lanes in each direction to two, with extra-wide […]

Residents Tell DOT Their Ideas for Safer Streets By Astoria Park

By David Meyer | Oct 30, 2015 | 1 Comment

Nearly 60 neighborhood residents came out for a public meeting on Wednesday night to brainstorm ways to calm traffic around Astoria Park in Queens. Council Member Costa Constantinides organized the meeting in response to the June 27 hit-and-run death of 21-year-old Betty DiBiaso at the intersection of Ditmars Boulevard and 19th Street, at the park’s northeast corner. State […]

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What If Traffic Engineers Were Held to Safety Standards Like Carmakers?

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 23, 2015 | No Comments

It’s been a rough few days for auto makers. News broke last week that Volkswagen will be fined because the carmaker manipulated the data from its diesel vehicles to make emissions look lower, deceiving U.S. environmental regulators. And on Thursday, General Motors reached a $900 million settlement with the Justice Department for covering up a defect in its ignition switches that claimed the lives of at […]

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20’s Plenty: The Movement for Safer Speeds in the UK

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Sep 22, 2015 | No Comments

Five years ago, Streetfilms was in the UK town of Warrington to talk with the great folks behind 20’s Plenty For Us, a largely volunteer group trying to get speed limits reduced to 20 mph. The first film drew broad interest in the 20’s Plenty movement, and on a recent trip I caught up with them again. Founder Rod King MBE […]

Mayor’s Report Card: Traffic Deaths Falling, But Policy a Mixed Bag

By Stephen Miller | Sep 18, 2015 | 2 Comments

Each year, the City Charter requires the mayor to issue a report showing whether city agencies are meeting their goals. This year’s report card is a mixed bag for street safety, DOT, and NYPD. While fatalities are down, the direction of the enforcement and street design policies behind Vision Zero is less clear. The document, called the Mayor’s […]

DOT Axes Midland Beach Slow Zone, and Staten Islanders Seem OK With That

By Stephen Miller | Aug 25, 2015 | 19 Comments

DOT has shelved a Neighborhood Slow Zone planned for Staten Island’s Midland Beach neighborhood over local opposition to a 20 mph speed limit on one of the streets within the project area. Borough President Jimmy Oddo, who supported the Slow Zone as a council member, is now applauding DOT for canceling it. The news came in a letter […]

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