Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bill de Blasio

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 […]

De Blasio Wants Albany to Make Careless Driving a Crime [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Feb 19, 2014 | 8 Comments

As part of his Vision Zero agenda, Mayor Bill de Blasio wants Albany to elevate careless driving to a criminal offense, increasing penalties while making it easier for police to hold reckless motorists accountable. Enacted in 2010, Hayley and Diego’s Law was intended as a default infraction for crashes that injure pedestrians and cyclists. But under Ray […]

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 […]

First Look at Bill de Blasio’s Vision Zero Report and Street Safety Agenda

By Ben Fried | Feb 18, 2014 | 5 Comments

Mayor Bill de Blasio and several of his agency commissioners released the administration’s Vision Zero report at a school on West End Avenue this afternoon. Streetsblog’s Stephen Miller will have more from the mayor’s event later today. In the meantime, here’s a quick rundown of the major takeaways from the report [PDF], which outlines both an […]

SOTC: De Blasio Name Checks Vision Zero, But Not the Transit-Equity Link

By Brad Aaron | Feb 10, 2014 | 1 Comment

Mayor Bill de Blasio gave a mention to Vision Zero in his first State of the City address. Near the top of his speech, de Blasio said: “Through Vision Zero, we have begun putting into place ambitious new policies to end the tragic and unacceptable rash of pedestrian deaths on our city streets.” That was […]

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