Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about James Vacca

Vacca Calls for Thorough NYPD Inquiry Into Death of Cyclist David Oliveras

By Ben Fried | Apr 16, 2012 | 8 Comments

A young Bronx man was killed by the driver of a BMW SUV just after 7 p.m. last Wednesday evening. The driver was traveling northbound on Williamsbridge Road when he struck cyclist David Oliveras, who was pronounced dead at Jacobi Hospital. Press accounts of the crash have been wildly inconsistent, and now City Council Member […]

Are Council Members Ready to Pay for Their MTA Wish List?

By Noah Kazis | Mar 6, 2012 | 2 Comments

The New York City Council doesn’t like the MTA’s budget. And really, who would? Fares and tolls are scheduled to rise in 2013 and again in 2015, bus lines cut in 2010 aren’t scheduled to ever come back, and the MTA is assuming net zero increases for transit worker compensation. It’s a product of worldwide […]

In Speech, Vacca Promises Support for Select Bus Service, Pedestrian Safety

By Noah Kazis | Feb 21, 2012 | 35 Comments

In a speech this morning at NYU’s Rudin Center for Transportation, City Council Transportation Committee Chair James Vacca laid out his agenda for the coming year. His remarks focused on efforts to support Select Bus Service outside the Manhattan core and to improve pedestrian safety. Also on Vacca’s list were curbing placard abuse and enforcing […]

NYPD’s Lax Crash Investigations May Violate State Law

By Brad Aaron | Feb 15, 2012 | 21 Comments

Unacceptable. Absurd. “Next to useless.” Those were just a few terms employed by City Council members today describing the NYPD approach to traffic enforcement. During a four-hour hearing, so packed with spectators and media that some were pointed to an overflow room to listen to testimony, council members grilled department brass on traffic crime prevention […]

After Hearing, Vallone and Vacca Support Strengthening Careless Driving Law

By Noah Kazis | Feb 15, 2012 | 11 Comments

This morning’s City Council hearing on traffic crash investigations is already having an impact. Public Safety Committee Chair Peter Vallone, Jr. and Transportation Committee Chair James Vacca announced today that they will introduce a resolution in support of Albany legislation to make it clear that the police can enforce the state’s careless driving law. Right […]

Q Poll: Chris Quinn’s Parking Agenda Out of Touch With New Yorkers

By Brad Aaron | Feb 9, 2012 | 23 Comments

To hear Christine Quinn tell it, New Yorkers are crying out for relief from unjust parking policies. Over the last two years, it seems that when City Council members weren’t flogging legislation to add layers of bureaucracy to DOT’s street safety program, they were tripping over themselves to absolve motorists of one responsibility after another. […]

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