Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bill Bratton

If Police Don’t Take Traffic Violence Seriously, Vision Zero Will Fail

By Steve Vaccaro | Sep 9, 2014 | 52 Comments

Eight months in, Mayor de Blasio and his administration should be proud of how much has been achieved under the Vision Zero program. As an attorney and advocate for crash victims, my expectations were exceeded by the early progress in almost every area of this multi-agency initiative. There have even been noticeable changes at the […]

The Gulf Between NYPD’s Street Safety Message and Police Behavior

By Brad Aaron | Aug 14, 2014 | 22 Comments

Altered #OperationSafeCycle pamphlet to accurately reflect reality. (cc: @KeeganNYC @bikesnobnyc @NYPDnews) #bikeNYC pic.twitter.com/T2jPendNvb — Andrew Yackira (@thel200ster) August 14, 2014 It’s day two of NYPD’s bike enforcement blitz, and for all its professed good intentions, image-wise the department isn’t doing itself any favors. There is a gulf between NYPD messaging, improved as it is, and […]

Will Bratton Open Up Data on Traffic Crashes That Involve NYPD?

By Brad Aaron | Apr 16, 2014 | No Comments

The senior who was seriously injured by the driver of a marked patrol car on the Upper West Side last weekend is the latest known victim of a crash involving a police driver, and the incident serves as a reminder that the NYPD keeps such data under wraps. In recent years, operators of cruisers and […]

No Vision Zero Specifics in Proposed NYPD Budget

By Brad Aaron | Mar 26, 2014 | 24 Comments

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton says NYPD is committed to Vision Zero, but the initiative to eliminate traffic deaths is not mentioned in the department’s proposed budget, and it’s not clear how the resources Bratton plans to dedicate to its implementation will be adequate to significantly reduce motorist violence. “Safer streets must also mean safer roadways for pedestrians, bicyclists, […]

Will Bratton Direct All NYPD Precincts to Get Behind Vision Zero?

By Brad Aaron | Mar 18, 2014 | 8 Comments

NYPD summons data from last month show that ticketing for deadly traffic violations increased overall compared to February 2013, but in the weeks after the official launch of Vision Zero, enforcement remained wildly inconsistent from precinct to precinct. WNYC mapped data on citations for speeding, failure to yield to pedestrians, and red-light running. The dark blue areas […]

Vision Zero: Where Do We Go From Here?

By John Petro | Feb 20, 2014 | 5 Comments

John Petro is a policy analyst for New York City affairs and the co-author of “Vision Zero: How Safer Streets in New York City Can Save More Than 100 Lives a Year.” Mayor Bill de Blasio released his administration’s Vision Zero Action Plan earlier this week, following up on a high-profile campaign promise just six […]

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