Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bill de Blasio

De Blasio Proposes More Funding for Street Redesigns

By Brad Aaron | Jan 24, 2017 | 3 Comments

Mayor de Blasio’s proposed budget includes an additional $400 million for street projects to be spread over six years. We're still sorting through the details, but the changes appear to be substantial.

Thousands marched for women’s rights in NYC on Saturday. Photo: mathiaswasik/Flickr

Civic Groups Renew Call for Streets That Support Public Expression

By Brad Aaron | Jan 24, 2017 | 2 Comments

After a larger than expected turnout for the Women's March over the weekend, Transportation Alternatives and other civic organizations reiterated their call for Mayor de Blasio to make major streets and public spaces more amenable to public demonstrations.

DOT added eighteen miles of protected lanes to this map in 2016, but NYC will never have cohesive citywide network of safe bike routes without protected bike lanes on major streets like Brooklyn's Fourth Avenue. Map: Jon Orcutt

If de Blasio Is Serious About Vision Zero, 4th Ave Will Get a Protected Bike Lane

By David Meyer | Dec 16, 2016 | 18 Comments

In 2017, will City Hall be more committed to ambitious street redesigns that save lives? An early litmus test will be Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn -- which is ripe for a protected bike lane but is currently in line for much more modest changes from NYC DOT.

De Blasio: Street Safety Advocates Not “Looking at the Facts”

By Brad Aaron | Nov 9, 2016 | 4 Comments

On Monday Mayor Bill de Blasio managed to dismiss very real concerns about Vision Zero progress and the work street safety advocates are doing to stem the bloodshed and grief caused by traffic violence, all in one sentence. When Politico reporter Laura Nahmias asked about New Yorkers who are holding him to his own administration’s Vision Zero goals, de Blasio […]

De Blasio Says He’s Fully Funding Vision Zero Priority Projects. He Isn’t.

By Brad Aaron | Nov 4, 2016 | 15 Comments

On his weekly Brian Lehrer show appearance this morning, Mayor de Blasio said the city is fully funding Vision Zero street redesigns. The numbers tell a different story. During the Q&A segment, Families for Safe Streets member Mary Beth Kelly told de Blasio 204 people walking and biking have been killed by drivers on Vision Zero priority […]

Advocates Call on Mayor to Fund Safe Streets After the Loss of Two Children

By David Meyer | Nov 4, 2016 | 1 Comment

In the wake of two fatal crashes that claimed the lives of children in Queens last week, members of Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets gathered on the steps of City Hall yesterday evening to call on Mayor de Blasio to increase funding for life-saving street redesigns. Traffic deaths in NYC are rising this year after declining […]

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