Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Vision Zero

2014 Was an Improvement for NYC Street Safety, Not a Breakthrough

By Stephen Miller | Jan 5, 2015 | 19 Comments

Last week, City Hall came out with the preliminary total for NYC traffic deaths in 2014. Pedestrian fatalities reached an all-time low and overall traffic deaths may have too, indicating that the de Blasio administration’s street safety policies made an impact in the first year of its Vision Zero initiative. With at least 248 lives lost, however, […]

In Memoriam

By Brad Aaron | Dec 26, 2014 | 14 Comments

For as long as anyone can remember, New York City has treated most drivers who kill other people as unwitting players in someone else’s tragedy. With a new mayoral administration and the advent of Vision Zero, 2014 was to be the year the city began in earnest to hold reckless motorists, including those whose negligence would ordinarily […]

TLC Still Has No Plan to Require NYC Road Tests for Taxi and Livery Drivers

By Stephen Miller | Dec 18, 2014 | 5 Comments

The Taxi and Limousine Commission will close a loophole that allows livery drivers to operate with less training than yellow cab drivers, but the agency still has no plans to require road tests on actual New York City streets for any of the drivers it licenses. The TLC has the power to license and train […]

Vance Deal: $400 Fine for Unlicensed Driver Who Killed Senior in Crosswalk

By Brad Aaron | Dec 18, 2014 | 112 Comments

An unlicensed driver who fatally struck a senior as she crossed the street with the right of way will pay a $400 fine, pursuant to a plea arrangement with Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance. Keiko Ohnishi was walking with a cane across Madison Avenue at E. 98th Street on September 4 at around 9:47 a.m. […]

New MTA Victim-Blaming Campaign Is the Opposite of Vision Zero

By Brad Aaron | Dec 10, 2014 | 53 Comments

The MTA has released an amazingly tone-deaf series of public service announcements blaming pedestrians and cyclists for being run over by bus drivers. “The new PSAs, which will air on local broadcast television stations in both English and Spanish, bring the print campaign to life by demonstrating the dangers of walking or cycling while distracted […]

Families for Safe Streets to Call on DAs to Prosecute Reckless Drivers

By Brad Aaron | Dec 4, 2014 | 5 Comments

Update: Sunday’s event has been postponed, according to a TA press release, “in solidarity with those protesting the grand jury decision not to indict in the Eric Garner case.” The cab driver who killed 9-year-old Cooper Stock is scheduled to appear in court Friday. Koffi Komlani was issued two traffic tickets, but unlike most drivers […]

Show More Stories