Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Vision Zero

Tell the City Where You Want Street Safety Fixes — The Clock Is Ticking

By Ben Fried | Jul 22, 2014 | 2 Comments

If you haven’t visited the Vision Zero feedback map and flagged locations where you want the city to make streets safer, get it done soon. The website will be taking suggestions for street safety fixes through July 31, then city agencies will figure out what to do with those ideas. The city launched the map at […]

4 Reforms Michael Ameri Must Make to NYPD Crash Investigations

By Brad Aaron | Jul 17, 2014 | 3 Comments

The Daily News reported Wednesday that Deputy Inspector Michael Ameri, who made street safety a priority as commanding officer of Brooklyn’s 78th Precinct, was promoted to head up the NYPD Highway Patrol — putting him in charge of the Collision Investigation Squad. As Streetsblog has reported in detail, NYPD crash investigation protocols are ripe for […]

20 Speed Cams Issued Almost as Many Tickets in June as NYPD Has All Year

By Brad Aaron | Jul 16, 2014 | 8 Comments

Traffic enforcement cameras are far outpacing NYPD in ticketing drivers who speed, run red lights, and encroach on bus lanes — pointing to the need for more automated enforcement to make streets safer. A report from the city’s Independent Budget Office finds that FY 14 revenue from camera-generated tickets in those three categories was $41 million, […]

Marcia Kramer on Vision Zero: Why Isn’t City Hall Sticking It to Pedestrians?

By Stephen Miller | Jun 24, 2014 | 20 Comments

She’s back. Marcia Kramer is here to defend unsuspecting New Yorkers from Bill de Blasio and his nefarious goal to eliminate traffic deaths in the city. “The city says 250 New Yorkers are killed every year; 4,000 injured,” she began her report last night on WCBS. Okay, if the city says so. But as for the mayor’s […]

De Blasio Signs Traffic Safety Bills, Says 25 MPH Will Go Into Effect This Fall

By Stephen Miller | Jun 23, 2014 | 32 Comments

Earlier today, Mayor Bill de Blasio returned to the schoolyard where he launched his administration’s Vision Zero campaign in January, just feet from where 9-year-old Noshat Nahian was killed last December while walking to PS 152 with his sister. A little more than six months after announcing his intent to eliminate traffic fatalities within 10 years, […]

De Blasio Signs 11 Traffic Safety Bills

By Brad Aaron | Jun 23, 2014 | 1 Comment

Mayor Bill de Blasio signed 11 bills today intended to make it safer to walk, bike, and drive in New York City. De Blasio was joined by in Queens this morning by Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, NYPD Chief of Transportation Thomas Chan, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, council transportation chair Ydanis Rodriguez, and other council members. Bills signed […]

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