Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Vision Zero

TA: De Blasio Must Undo Construction Budget Cuts to Fix Dangerous Streets

By Stephen Miller | Mar 19, 2015 | 7 Comments

Arterial streets — the city’s big, busy, highway-like roadways — cover just 15 percent of the New York City street network but account for nearly 60 percent of all pedestrian fatalities. The city will have to overhaul these streets to achieve Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero goals. And to make those changes, the city must reverse cuts to its roadway reconstruction budget, according to a new report […]

Ben Kallos Won’t Talk About Why He Wants to Gut the Right of Way Law

By Brad Aaron | Mar 18, 2015 | 16 Comments

On October 8, 2014, the driver of a Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation bus hit cyclist Anna Maria Moström while making a left turn. Moström was mortally injured. Two days later, a Coca-Cola truck driver hit an unidentified 86-year-old man in a crosswalk while turning from E. 96th Street onto Third Avenue. The senior died from his injuries. Both drivers […]

Another Day, Another Daily News Potshot at Vision Zero

By Brad Aaron | Mar 16, 2015 | 38 Comments

Today’s Daily News swipe at Vision Zero is the tabloid’s lamest yet. An editorial published this morning clocked in at all of four sentences. Citing a study that counted the number of pedestrians listening to headphones and using cell phones while crossing at four Manhattan intersections, the Daily News editorial board concluded: If Mayor de […]

With Traffic Deaths Trending Downward, Lancman Attacks Right of Way Law

By Brad Aaron | Mar 12, 2015 | 17 Comments

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton told the City Council today that NYC traffic fatalities have continued to drop in 2015, but not every council member is pleased with the city’s recent steps to deter dangerous driving. In testimony to the public safety committee, Bratton said traffic deaths were down 43 percent as of mid-February, though he […]

MTA Refuses to Test Simple Bus Design Fix That Could Save Lives

By Stephen Miller | Mar 12, 2015 | 9 Comments

Council Member Antonio Reynoso has introduced a resolution calling on the MTA to install rear wheel side guards, which keep pedestrians and cyclists from being crushed beneath the wheels of a bus. The equipment is already used on buses in cities across the country, but the MTA says it’s not interested in installing sideguards on […]

Demonstrators Call for Swift Action From City Hall to Fix Queens Boulevard

By Ben Fried | Mar 9, 2015 | 1 Comment

When it comes to redesigning Queens Boulevard for safe walking and biking, there’s no time to spare. It’s a matter of life and death. Dozens of local residents marched with members of Families For Safe Streets and Transportation Alternatives in the icy cold yesterday to urge swift action from City Hall on its Queens Boulevard […]

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