Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Vision Zero

Safety of NYC Streets Again Depends on State Senator Marty Golden

By Brad Aaron | Apr 29, 2014 | 10 Comments

The Assembly yesterday passed legislation that would expand NYC’s speed camera program by 120 cameras, bringing the total to 140. The bill, which also allows speed cameras in Nassau and Suffolk counties, was referred to the Senate rules committee this morning, bypassing the transportation committee. Rules is the last stop before a bill moves to the floor […]

At First Vision Zero Workshop, Brooklynites Help Shape Boro Ped Safety Plan

By Stephen Miller | Apr 25, 2014 | 2 Comments

Last night in Brooklyn Heights, at the first of nine Vision Zero pedestrian safety workshops, dozens of Brooklynites came to tell NYPD and DOT staff about dangerous streets in need of safety fixes in their borough. These events, where groups of residents discuss traffic safety issues, are different than the Vision Zero town halls, which […]

Slew of Traffic Safety Bills on Council Transpo Committee Agenda

By Brad Aaron | Apr 24, 2014 | 14 Comments

The City Council transportation committee has a full docket of traffic safety bills on the agenda for its April 30 meeting. We’ll have more on some of these bills in future posts, but for now here’s a summary. There are a number of bills pertaining to taxi safety. Intro 276 would institute a one-year pilot […]

Grand Concourse Will Be the Next Arterial With 25 MPH Limit

By Stephen Miller | Apr 17, 2014 | 11 Comments

Local elected officials and advocates joined NYC DOT and NYPD this morning to unveil the city’s second “arterial slow zone” on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx, where speed limits will be dropped to 25 mph and traffic signals will be retimed to discourage speeding. The lower speed limit will apply to 5.2 miles of […]

Can Vision Zero Survive NYC’s Tabloid Editorial Boards?

By Ben Fried | Apr 14, 2014 | 4 Comments

New mayor. New DOT commissioner. Same old myopic Daily News editorial board. The opinion writers who spent four years undermining the implementation of safer street designs want “clear and transparent data” from Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero initiative. Good idea, right? But when the data is right under their noses, they’re still not satisfied. In […]

On Safety, New TLC Commissioner Meera Joshi Has Her Work Cut Out For Her

By Brad Aaron | Apr 11, 2014 | 1 Comment

Two cab drivers fatally struck 22-year-old Kelly Gordon last night as she crossed York Avenue with her sister and a friend. Gordon was at least the fifth person killed by a city cab driver in the last 12 months, and the second this year, after 9-year-old Cooper Stock and his father were hit on the […]

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