Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Vision Zero

Speed Kills, But NYPD Won’t Open the Data

By Charles Komanoff | Oct 15, 2014 | 34 Comments

On the surface, the crashes that killed Jill Tarlov and Michael Williams last month could hardly have been more different. Williams, a 25-year-old rookie cop, was riding in an NYPD van on the Bruckner Expressway shortly after dawn en route to police the Peoples Climate March, when the driver of the van crashed into a […]

City Gets the Word Out: 25 MPH Speed Limit Takes Effect November 7

By Ben Fried | Oct 15, 2014 | 11 Comments

After a powerful advocacy campaign that convinced Albany and the City Council to lower NYC’s default speed limit to 25 mph, the new law is set to take effect November 7. City officials and street safety advocates launched a public awareness campaign today at the intersection of Vanderbilt Avenue and Park Place in Prospect Heights […]

Vision Zero and the Challenge of Culture Change at NYPD

By John Petro | Oct 14, 2014 | 10 Comments

This is the second post in a two-part piece about how Vision Zero will have to change attitudes toward streets and driving in order to succeed. Read part one here. New York City is known for its hustle, its people perpetually in a hurry, trying to make good time. It is almost a point of […]

Vision Zero and the Challenge of Culture Change

By John Petro | Oct 13, 2014 | 19 Comments

This is the first post in a two-part piece about how Vision Zero will have to change attitudes toward streets and driving in order to succeed. City Council Member Mark Weprin’s Vision Zero moment came after watching video footage of the collision that killed 3-year-old Allison Liao in Flushing, Queens, last October. The driver of […]

Council Members Press NYPD to Enforce the Law in Death of Sui Leung

By Brad Aaron and Stephen Miller | Oct 10, 2014 | 28 Comments

Under a new Vision Zero law, a driver who critically injures or kills a pedestrian or cyclist who has the right of way is guilty of a misdemeanor. But nearly two months after it took effect, there is no evidence NYPD is applying the law, known as Section 19-190, as Mayor de Blasio and the City […]

Surviving a Walk in NYC Should Not Depend on Luck

By Brad Aaron | Oct 9, 2014 | 35 Comments

The Taxi and Limousine Commission says it doesn’t know anything about a cabbie who drove onto a Midtown sidewalk, hit a pedestrian, and crashed into a building earlier this week. Other than to deflect blame from the driver, NYPD has refused to release information about the crash. It happened Monday morning. From the Post: “He […]

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