Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Janette Sadik-Khan

Vacca Watch: Transpo Chair Stays Strong on Speeding Enforcement

By Noah Kazis | Aug 2, 2011 | 5 Comments

City Council Transportation Chair James Vacca showed his safety supporter side at a press conference in the Bronx this morning. Standing with DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan at the corner of the Grand Concourse and 165th Street to announce the installation of countdown pedestrian signals, Vacca had strong words for speeding motorists and endorsements for both […]

NYC Marks “Decade of Road Safety” With Launch of City’s First Slow Zone

By Brad Aaron | May 12, 2011 | 27 Comments

New York City is plagued by speeding drivers. According to Transportation Alternatives, 39 percent of motorists drive in excess of the city’s 30 mph speed limit, regardless of the presence of pedestrians or even school children. Its ubiquity notwithstanding, speeding is far from a victimless crime. Speeding-related crashes killed 71 people in the city in […]

NYC’s First 20 MPH “Slow Zone” Coming to Claremont Section of the Bronx

By Noah Kazis | May 12, 2011 | 21 Comments

The speed limit will be reduced from 30 miles per hour to 20 miles per hour in the Claremont neighborhood of the Bronx, Mayor Bloomberg and DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced today, fulfilling a promise laid out last year in the city’s pedestrian safety action plan to pilot a 20 mph zone in one New […]

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New Bikeway Design Guide Could Bring Safer Cycling to More American Cities

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 9, 2011 | No Comments

Better bicycling infrastructure could be coming to a city near you thanks to an initiative of the National Association of City Transportation Officials. NACTO’s Cities for Cycling committee today released its anticipated Bikeway Design Guide, a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in bicycle infrastructure that is intended to advance state and national policy. Created […]

Obama’s Transpo Secretary Is a Big Fan of Janette Sadik-Khan

By Noah Kazis | Mar 9, 2011 | 7 Comments

New York City politicians may have had their feathers ruffled by Janette Sadik-Khan, but on the national stage, New York City’s transportation commissioner is getting nothing but love from the Obama administration for her innovative leadership. Streetsblog Capitol Hill’s Tanya Snyder reports that at the National Bike Summit last night, US DOT Secretary Ray LaHood […]

Tell Electeds and the Media: I’m a New Yorker, and I Want Safer Streets

By Brad Aaron | Mar 7, 2011 | 10 Comments

Does Anthony Weiner really intend to someday rip out all the bike lanes in New York City? Or was his remark to Mayor Bloomberg “on a balmy night last June” merely a topical quip blown out of proportion in last week’s Times profile of Janette Sadik-Khan? We’ve queried Weiner’s office to find out, but the […]

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