Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Vision Zero

NYPD Is Ticketing More Drivers for Speeding on Neighborhood Streets

By Brad Aaron | Jun 18, 2014 | No Comments

NYPD is issuing more speeding summonses this year than in 2013, and data show a substantial jump in the number of drivers ticketed for speeding on neighborhood streets. While the numbers represent an increase from the baseline, it will take a lot more summonses for enforcement to be commensurate with the scale of NYC’s reckless driving […]

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Talking Headways Podcast: A Butterfly Flaps Its Wings In the Metro

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 13, 2014 | No Comments

The metro is coming to Loudon County, Virginia. Eventually. The Silver Line expansion that opens this summer will only go as far as Reston, but by 2018 it’ll be in Loudon, one of the nation’s fastest-growing — and wealthiest — counties. As the county’s population continues to grow — especially among communities of color — will […]

Mother of Cooper Stock: NYPD Must Hold Reckless Cab Drivers Accountable

By Brad Aaron | Jun 13, 2014 | 1 Comment

Update: According to a spokesperson for Mayor de Blasio, today’s scheduled bill signing was postponed. After a Wednesday hearing where he was joined by council members and department heads, Mayor de Blasio is scheduled to sign a package of bills today aimed at improving traffic safety. Though its signing will come later due to a […]

Traffic Violence Victims’ Families Call on Klein, Senate to Back 25 MPH Bill

By Stephen Miller | Jun 10, 2014 | 2 Comments

Families of traffic violence victims gathered with advocates and elected officials this morning to ask State Senate leadership to lower New York City’s default speed limit from 30 to 25 mph. The families are hoping key Senate leaders will introduce and pass a companion to the 25 mph Assembly bill sponsored by Speaker Sheldon Silver before this year’s […]

For Cooper’s Law to Work, NYPD Must Change Its Approach to Traffic Crashes

By Brad Aaron | May 30, 2014 | 4 Comments

One of the most substantive traffic safety bills passed by the City Council Thursday was Intro 171 — “Cooper’s Law” — which allows the Taxi and Limousine Commission to suspend or revoke hack licenses of cab drivers who cause critical injury or death as a result of breaking traffic laws. The effectiveness of the law, however, […]

City Council Passes Several Bills to Reduce Reckless Driving

By Brad Aaron | May 29, 2014 | 58 Comments

The City Council today passed a slate of bills and resolutions aimed at improving street safety. The 11 bills — outlined in detail here — include Intro 238, which would make it a misdemeanor for a driver to “make contact” with a pedestrian or cyclist who has the right of way, punishable by up to […]

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