Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about James Vacca

De Blasio, Vacca, Trottenberg Rebuff Opponents of East Tremont Safety Plan

By David Meyer | Aug 11, 2016 | 22 Comments

A leader of the Throggs Neck Merchants Association tried to thwart DOT’s safety plan for East Tremont Avenue at a town hall in the Bronx last night and was firmly rebuffed by Mayor de Blasio, Council Member Jimmy Vacca, and Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg. After the exchange, Raisa Jimenez, whose son Giovianni Nin was killed by a hit-and-run driver on East Tremont earlier […]

Tonight: Tell Mayor de Blasio the Bronx Supports a Safer Tremont Avenue

By David Meyer | Aug 10, 2016 | 1 Comment

Mayor de Blasio will hold a town hall in Throggs Neck tonight, and Transportation Alternatives organizers are expecting a significant turnout from a small but vocal group of area residents and businesses who oppose a DOT road diet for East Tremont Avenue. East Tremont Avenue is where a hit-and-run driver killed 26-year-old Giovanni Nin as he was biking […]

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 […]

Vacca Blames Bronx CB for Deadly Street Design, But He’s Culpable Too

By Brad Aaron | Jul 12, 2016 | 3 Comments

DOT failed to make safety improvements to the deadly stretch of East Tremont Avenue where a driver struck and killed cyclist Giovanni Nin last month, and City Council Member James Vacca says Bronx Community Board 10 is to blame. In the spring of 2015 DOT put forward a road diet plan for East Tremont between Williamsbridge Road and […]

Vacca Endorses Move NY Toll Reform as a Fair MTA Funding Fix

By Stephen Miller | Mar 16, 2015 | 4 Comments

The Move NY toll reform plan, which would create a consistent toll cordon around the Manhattan central business district while dropping toll rates on outer-borough crossings, has received the endorsement of Council Member James Vacca of the Bronx. “We have to improve mass transit to the central city and we have to discourage car use below 60th Street,” […]

Council Transpo Committee Passes NYPD Hit-and-Run Transparency Bill

By Brad Aaron and Stephen Miller | Dec 18, 2013 | 4 Comments

The City Council transportation committee passed a bill today that would require NYPD to issue quarterly reports on hit-and-run crashes and investigations. Originally, Intro 1055 would have had NYPD report to the council every two years on hit-and-runs resulting in serious injury or death. The language of the bill was tightened after sponsor Leroy Comrie and other committee members […]

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