Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Vision Zero

De Blasio Has Yet to Say Traffic Is More Dangerous Than Painted Breasts

By Ben Fried | Aug 21, 2015 | 41 Comments

Mayor de Blasio had a chance today to quell the uproar over his suggestion that the city may rip out the Times Square pedestrian plazas. Instead he equivocated and didn’t take the idea off the table: Here’s what Bill de Blasio told NY1 today about the Times Square pedestrian plazas pic.twitter.com/kKQpF4OJlC — Mike Grynbaum (@grynbaum) August […]

New Mural in Park Slope Puts Traffic Justice Front and Center

By Stephen Miller | Aug 10, 2015 | 6 Comments

By the end of the month, people loading food into their cars at the Key Food on Fifth Avenue and Sterling Place in Park Slope will have a great view of a new mural about safe driving. The project, funded in part by NYC DOT, puts Lady Justice front and center, fixing a stone-cold stare at a […]

James and Lancman Push for Driver Alert Tech on City Vehicles

By Stephen Miller | Jul 31, 2015 | 2 Comments

We need every tool avail to achieve #VisionZero. Calling on NYC to pilot collision avoidance tech in City vehicles. pic.twitter.com/KpLTYO5ekq — Letitia James (@TishJames) July 29, 2015 A new City Council bill would require crash avoidance technology on at least 100 city-owned vehicles that alerts drivers before a collision occurs, and potentially applies brakes to prevent […]

From Heroes to Lapdogs, TA Grades the “Class of Vision Zero”

By Brad Aaron | Jul 31, 2015 | 2 Comments

On Wednesday Transportation Alternatives released its “Class of Vision Zero” report, the first in a planned series of biannual “performance reviews” of officials and agencies who have the power to make New York City streets safer for walking, biking, and driving. Traffic injuries and fatalities were down through June 2015 compared to the first six […]

Tish James Calls on DOT to Make Bike Lanes Standard on Vision Zero Projects

By Ben Fried | Jul 28, 2015 | 5 Comments

Have you noticed that DOT street safety projects are leaving out bike lanes even when there’s plenty of room for them? So has Public Advocate Tish James. In a letter to Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg last week, James called on DOT to make bike lanes a default feature of street redesigns, especially on wide arterial streets where […]

Hey Brian Lehrer — Traffic Congestion Is Not a Vision Zero Tactic

By Brad Aaron | Jul 24, 2015 | 28 Comments

This morning on WNYC Brian Lehrer said he didn’t understand why Mayor de Blasio would want to penalize Uber for making traffic congestion worse, since the mayor is “causing congestion purposely” to make streets safer for walking and biking. Here’s an excerpt: They want to make driving in the city as unpalatable as possible so people […]

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