Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bill Bratton

De Blasio on Vision Zero: “We Have to Act Right Now to Protect Lives”

By Stephen Miller | Feb 18, 2014 | 16 Comments

At PS 75 on the Upper West Side today, just blocks from where 9-year-old Cooper Stock was struck and killed by a turning taxi driver last month, Mayor de Blasio released the blueprint [PDF] for how his administration will achieve Vision Zero, its goal of eliminating traffic deaths within a decade. “We have to act right now […]

Next Week: DOT to Preview Ped Safety Improvements for 96th and Broadway

By Brad Aaron | Jan 23, 2014 | 13 Comments

The public will hear from DOT next week at a Community Board 7 meeting on proposed improvements at Broadway and 96th Street, after three pedestrians were fatally struck by drivers at or near the intersection this month. “Safety is our top priority and we are actively identifying and evaluating a range of options for the area,” […]

84-Year-Old Jaywalker Could Get Jail While Deadly Drivers Get Off Scot-Free

By Brad Aaron | Jan 21, 2014 | 42 Comments

Kang Wong, the 84-year-old pedestrian left bloodied during last weekend’s NYPD jaywalking crackdown, was arrested and charged by police. If convicted, Wong could get a jail term for an incident that stemmed from crossing the street without a walk signal. At the same time, the drivers who killed three pedestrians in the 24th precinct in […]

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 […]

Bratton’s Bad Data on Pedestrian Injuries Won’t Get Us to Vision Zero

By Brad Aaron | Jan 16, 2014 | 43 Comments

Yesterday NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said that in 73 percent of crashes in which a pedestrian was struck by a motorist in 2013, the pedestrian was at fault. Bratton presented that figure as an indictment of pedestrian behavior, and the stat was later parroted by the press. But more than anything it speaks to the victim-blaming bias […]

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Watch Bill de Blasio’s “Vision Zero” Announcement

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jan 16, 2014 | No Comments

In 2013, NYC recorded a record-low 333 homicides, yet at least 286 people lost their lives to traffic violence. At a press conference yesterday, Mayor Bill de Blasio said it’s “shocking to see how much those two numbers correspond.” In announcing his first steps to implement Vision Zero, the goal of eliminating traffic deaths, he said, “The first […]

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