Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Vision Zero

Trottenberg: To Reach Vision Zero Goals, DOT Will Need More Resources

By Stephen Miller | Feb 18, 2015 | 35 Comments

After unveiling its pedestrian safety action plan for Queens yesterday, DOT released plans for Manhattan and the Bronx today. (Staten Island will come tomorrow, followed by Brooklyn.) The reports each follow the same pattern, identifying problem areas in depth but describing solutions in general terms. It’s clears from the sheer mileage of streets in need of […]

DOT Queens Safety Plan Zeroes in on Problems, Light on Specific Fixes

By Brad Aaron | Feb 18, 2015 | 2 Comments

DOT is releasing a Vision Zero pedestrian safety plan for each borough. The first one was unveiled Monday in Jamaica, and a Manhattan event is underway this morning. The Queens report is a detailed analysis of where motorists are doing the most harm, and it provides a general strategy to prioritize street redesigns and traffic […]

Pedestrians With the Right of Way Should Always Have Protection of the Law

By Ben Fried | Feb 16, 2015 | 39 Comments

Jiahuan Xu, 15, had the walk signal when she started across Grand Street in Williamsburg Friday morning. Before she reached the far side of the street, she was struck by a bus driver turning from Union Avenue and “pinned under the left front wheel,” according to the Daily News. After emergency responders rescued Xu, she was […]

Michael DenDekker: Slowing NYC Drivers Is a Pointless Waste

By Brad Aaron | Feb 11, 2015 | 19 Comments

Assembly Member Michael DenDekker, the Queens rep who once proposed legislation to register cyclists and monitor them with bike lane cameras, says efforts to slow city drivers under Vision Zero are pointless. DenDekker wants an audit of Vision Zero spending, which he reportedly believes is wasted unless it’s going toward traffic signals to eliminate motorist-pedestrian conflicts […]

TLC Bolsters Cab Driver Safety Regs, Minus NYC Road Test Requirement

By Brad Aaron | Jan 30, 2015 | 3 Comments

The Taxi and Limousine Commission voted to revise some of its rules Thursday, strengthening safety requirements for drivers of for-hire vehicles as well as yellow and green cabs. But the TLC still does not require aspiring cabbies to pass a New York City road test before obtaining a hack license. There are 70,000 for-hire drivers […]

In Brooklyn, Another Alleged Unlicensed Driver Faces Wrist Tap for Killing

By Brad Aaron | Jan 29, 2015 | 8 Comments

An allegedly unlicensed driver who killed a pedestrian in a Brooklyn crosswalk last month was not charged with criminal negligence by NYPD or District Attorney Ken Thompson. Meanwhile, legislation to increase the penalty for causing a death while driving without a valid license continues to languish in Albany. Raul Leone-Vasquez was crossing Bay Parkway at […]

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