Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bill de Blasio

4 Reasons a $2.5 Billion Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar Doesn’t Add Up

By Ben Fried | Feb 4, 2016 | 125 Comments

Later today, Mayor de Blasio is going to deliver his State of the City speech, and one centerpiece is expected to be a new streetcar running from Sunset Park to Astoria along the Brooklyn-Queens waterfront. It’s an idea that’s surfaced repeatedly in one form or another as developers have transformed sections of the waterfront into new residential neighborhoods. As alluring […]

On Queens Boulevard, de Blasio Lays Out 2016 Street Safety Agenda

By David Meyer | Jan 19, 2016 | 5 Comments

Mayor Bill de Blasio outlined his 2016 street safety agenda to the City Hall press corps this morning, after DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg led a short walk by a redesigned section of Queens Boulevard. Police Commissioner Bill Bratton was a no-show for the second year running. Noting that traffic deaths declined to a historic low in 2015, the […]

De Blasio Gives DOT Permission to Put Safety Above Community Board Whims

By Brad Aaron | Dec 16, 2015 | 87 Comments

When DOT allows community boards to veto street safety projects, streets aren’t as safe for walking and biking as they could be. This year, for instance, when facing opposition or anticipating blowback from community boards, DOT watered down a road diet and other safety measures planned for Riverside Drive; proposed disjointed bike lanes for Kingston and Brooklyn […]

Mayor’s Stand on Community Boards and Housing Should Apply to Streets Too

By Brad Aaron | Dec 10, 2015 | 5 Comments

With community boards across the city voting against City Hall’s affordable housing initiative, Mayor de Blasio is taking a stand. The role of community boards, de Blasio points out, is to offer opinions on city policy, not to dictate what the city does. Here’s the mayor as quoted by DNAinfo: “They don’t have a perfect vantage point […]

On Day of Remembrance, Mayor Pledges to Take Vision Zero “a Lot Farther”

By Ben Fried | Nov 16, 2015 | 50 Comments

Hundreds of people walked from City Hall to the United Nations yesterday to remember victims of traffic violence and call for action to prevent more loss of life on the streets. Addressing the crowd before the march, Mayor de Blasio said his administration’s effort to eliminate traffic deaths “has just started” and pledged to “take […]

De Blasio to Stand With Traffic Violence Victims Sunday, and So Can You

By Brad Aaron | Nov 13, 2015 | 1 Comment

Sunday is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. In New York City, Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets will mark the occasion with a memorial walk from City Hall to the United Nations. NYC has seen an unusual string of pedestrian fatalities concentrated in the last two weeks, but the carnage is steady year-round. City drivers […]

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