Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Vision Zero

Manhattan Community Boards Want to Fix 57 Dangerous Places for Peds

By Stephen Miller | Jan 31, 2014 | 11 Comments

Yesterday, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer compiled a list of 57 pedestrian danger hotspots identified by community board district managers and sent it to city agency heads serving on Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero task force. Many of the locations in Brewer’s list have a long track record as dangerous locations, including many where people […]

78th Precinct Targets Drivers Who Fail to Yield to Pedestrians

By Stephen Miller | Jan 27, 2014 | 28 Comments

Last week, Police Commissioner Bratton said the 78th Precinct and its commanding officer, Deputy Inspector Michael Ameri, made him “proud of PD” by clearing snow from the Bergen Street bike lane. Here’s something even better: The 78th has amped up enforcement against drivers committing one of the city’s deadliest traffic violations — failing to yield to pedestrians […]

At Vigil for Ella Bandes, a Plea to Put an End to Traffic Violence

By Stephen Miller | Jan 27, 2014 | 1 Comment

Yesterday, nearly 200 people gathered on the sidewalk at a busy intersection on the Brooklyn-Queens border to remember 23-year-old Ella Bandes and hundreds of other people who have lost their lives to NYC traffic since the start of last year. Victims’ families, advocates, medical professionals and elected officials called for slower speed limits and more […]

Vigil in Brooklyn Sunday for Victims of Traffic Violence

By Brad Aaron | Jan 24, 2014 | 2 Comments

A vigil will be held in Brooklyn Sunday in honor of Ella Bandes and other victims of vehicular violence. On January 31 of last year, Bandes, 23, was fatally struck by an MTA bus driver at the intersection of Wyckoff Avenue, Myrtle Avenue, and Palmetto Street. Since then, her family has tried to get the […]

Bratton’s Pedestrian Ticket Blitz Won’t Save Lives

By Ben Fried | Jan 20, 2014 | 67 Comments

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton’s claim last week that 66 percent of pedestrian injuries “are directly related to the actions of pedestrians” was unsourced and at odds with existing research, but already it seems to be shaping NYPD’s enforcement efforts. On a horrifically violent weekend during which three pedestrians and one cyclist were killed by motorists on NYC […]

At Upper West Side Vigil, Families Mourn 9-Year-Old Lost to Traffic Violence

By Stephen Miller | Jan 16, 2014 | 20 Comments

Hours after Mayor de Blasio unveiled his administration’s approach to sharply reducing traffic deaths yesterday, hundreds of New Yorkers gathered at an Upper West Side intersection to mourn 9-year-old Cooper Stock, who was killed last Friday by a turning taxi driver while crossing West End Avenue with his father. Koffi Komlani, the driver who killed Stock, has […]

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