Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Vision Zero

Hsi-Pei Liao Tells Pete Donohue Why the Right-of-Way Law Matters

By Stephen Miller | Mar 5, 2015 | 17 Comments

In the skirmish over the Right-of-Way Law, which allows for misdemeanor charges when a driver strikes a pedestrian or cyclist with the right of way, the rationale for enacting the law sometimes gets lost. Last night on NY1, Inside City Hall host Errol Louis interviewed Daily News reporter Pete Donohue, who has taken up the […]

De Blasio Commits $250M to Overhaul Major Streets, But How Far Will It Go?

By Stephen Miller | Mar 5, 2015 | 17 Comments

Before a City Council transportation committee budget hearing this morning, the de Blasio administration announced its “Great Streets” initiative, which includes $250 million in capital funds to improve safety on Queens Boulevard, the Grand Concourse, Atlantic Avenue, and Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn. From 2009 to 2013, 34 pedestrians were killed and 215 seriously injured on these four […]

TSTC Dangerous Roads Report: NYC Must Fund Vision Zero Street Redesigns

By Brad Aaron | Mar 4, 2015 | No Comments

The latest pedestrian fatality report from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign finds that New York City’s widest and most heavily-traveled streets continue to be the most dangerous for walking. TSTC’s “Most Dangerous Roads for Walking” report ranks streets in terms of total pedestrian fatalities from 2011 to 2013, based on data from the National Highway Traffic […]

The Post Imagines a Nightmare City Where All Speeders Get Caught

By Brad Aaron | Mar 3, 2015 | 28 Comments

You have to feel sorry for the three — three! — New York Post reporters stuck with attacking Mayor de Blasio for NYPD enforcement of the speed limit. It’s a story package so fatuous it could only have come from the Post editorial braintrust. What else could explain the manufactured fury over last November’s uptick […]

TA: Inconsistency Between Precincts Undermines NYPD Traffic Enforcement

By Stephen Miller | Feb 27, 2015 | 3 Comments

In the year since Mayor Bill de Blasio promised stepped-up traffic enforcement under Vision Zero, NYPD has moved in the right direction, according to a new report from Transportation Alternatives [PDF]. At the same time, enforcement varies dramatically from precinct to precinct, weakening overall deterrence. TA looked at data from last year and 2013, comparing […]

Parents of Seth Kahn: Ineffective MTA Protocols Contributed to Son’s Death

By Brad Aaron | Feb 27, 2015 | 7 Comments

After Wednesday’s MTA board meeting transit chief Tom Prendergast said the agency may revise bus routes to reduce the number of turns bus drivers have to make, in order to minimize conflicts between buses and pedestrians, according to the Daily News. Prendergast said another possibility would be to move crosswalks away from intersections where buses […]

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