Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bill de Blasio

Mayor de Blasio Needs to Step Up to Keep L Train Passengers Moving

By David Meyer | Jul 25, 2016 | 17 Comments

This morning the MTA announced that starting in 2019, it will close the L train between Eighth Avenue and Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg for 18 months to repair damage caused by Superstorm Sandy — surprising no one who’s been paying attention. For several months now, it’s been obvious that the MTA and the de Blasio administration will […]

DOT Overrides CB 10, Advances E. Tremont Safety Project After Cyclist Death

By Brad Aaron | Jul 19, 2016 | 8 Comments

DOT will implement a road diet on the stretch of East Tremont Avenue where a motorist killed cyclist Giovanni Nin in June. Last year DOT had dropped the project in response to a hostile reception from Bronx Community Board 10. In early 2015, DOT proposed a number of improvements for East Tremont between Williamsbridge Road and Bruckner Boulevard [PDF]. The plan would reduce […]

TA: City Hall’s Spending Decisions Are Limiting Life-Saving Street Designs

By Brad Aaron | Jul 14, 2016 | 3 Comments

Transportation Alternatives says the de Blasio administration’s failure to fully fund Vision Zero street improvements is limiting the number of split-phase traffic signals DOT can install to prevent collisions at dangerous intersections. In June, 30-year-old cyclist Olga Cook was killed by an allegedly drunk driver who made a right turn across the Hudson River Greenway at Chambers Street, one […]

Albany Failed to Act on Safe Streets, So de Blasio’s Gotta Do It on His Own

By Ben Fried | Jun 23, 2016 | 3 Comments

With the Albany session over and legislative leaders failing to advance a bill to add 60 speed cameras in NYC, 2016 is going to be the first full calendar year since 2012 in which the city does not expand its automated speed enforcement program. Advocates put together an impressive coalition for speed cameras, and they’ll be back fighting […]

City Hall Has Allowed a Blackout on Vision Zero Crash Data Since February

By Brad Aaron | Jun 1, 2016 | 12 Comments

Is NYC reducing traffic injuries and deaths as called for by Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero initiative? The public has no way to know, because the city hasn’t published crash data since the end of February and won’t start again until sometime this summer. City Hall’s Vision Zero View map was a breakthrough when it debuted in 2014, providing frequent […]

De Blasio Talks Vision Zero on WNYC

By David Meyer | May 27, 2016 | 23 Comments

WNYC’s Brian Lehrer started off his Friday “Ask the Mayor” segment with Bill de Blasio by taking questions about Vision Zero. No earthshaking news came up, but it’s always interesting to hear how the mayor conveys messages about street safety and urban mobility to the public. The first call came from a woman upset over the city’s focus […]

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