Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bill Bratton

Bratton Won’t Stop Talking About Removing Times Square Plazas

By Stephen Miller | Aug 27, 2015 | 38 Comments

It wasn’t just an offhand remark. Police Commissioner Bill Bratton has reiterated his desire to eliminate the public plazas at Times Square and go back to the days when people were spilling off the sidewalk into the path of traffic. This time, he’s insisting that taking away space for people won’t just cure Times Square of topless women and costumed […]

One Year Later, Bratton’s NYPD Rarely Enforcing Key Vision Zero Law

By Brad Aaron | Aug 24, 2015 | 13 Comments

Last weekend marked the one-year anniversary of the Right of Way Law, also known as code Section 19-190, which made it a misdemeanor for motorists in New York City to harm people who are walking and biking with the right of way. The law is a legislative centerpiece of Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero initiative. It […]

With Traffic Deaths Trending Downward, Lancman Attacks Right of Way Law

By Brad Aaron | Mar 12, 2015 | 17 Comments

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton told the City Council today that NYC traffic fatalities have continued to drop in 2015, but not every council member is pleased with the city’s recent steps to deter dangerous driving. In testimony to the public safety committee, Bratton said traffic deaths were down 43 percent as of mid-February, though he […]

Alleged Unlicensed Driver Kills Brooklyn Pedestrian While Fleeing Police

By Brad Aaron | Mar 11, 2015 | 2 Comments

@Naparstek @ascottfalk Thanks, we’re on it. — Bill de Blasio (@BilldeBlasio) June 23, 2010 An unlicensed driver fleeing police crashed into another vehicle and killed 21-year-old Dave Jones on a Brooklyn sidewalk Monday, raising questions about whether the officers adhered to NYPD policy on vehicular pursuits. Police pulled over 18-year-old Raymond Ramos near Schenectady Avenue […]

Vision Zero Year One: An Early Assessment

By Jon Orcutt | Nov 12, 2014 | 5 Comments

New York’s transportation reform and traffic safety movement notched huge wins when mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio adopted Vision Zero as part of his platform in 2013, and again this year when the new mayor put the policy into action within days of taking office. Vision Zero created a policy rubric for the de Blasio […]

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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