Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Jimmy Van Bramer

NYPD Doesn’t Want to Track NYC’s 38,000+ Annual Hit-and-Run Crashes

By David Meyer | Dec 2, 2015 | 9 Comments

There have been 38,000 hit-and-run crashes in NYC so far this year, 4,000 of which injured people, the NYPD revealed at today’s City Council transportation committee meeting. Of 48 recorded “catastrophic” hit-and-run incidents, resulting death or serious injury, only 28 have led to prosecutions of any sort. Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer has introduced bills […]

NYC Toll Reform Makes Too Much Sense to Fade Away

By Ben Fried | Oct 28, 2015 | 5 Comments

Don’t count out Move New York just yet. When Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio hashed out their deal to fill the gap in the MTA capital program, it seemed like a window of opportunity was closing on the plan to cut congestion and fund transit by reforming the city’s dysfunctional toll system. The governor would […]

Van Bramer to Car Dealers: Stop Hogging Northern Boulevard Sidewalks

By Stephen Miller | Aug 4, 2015 | 53 Comments

Walking the car-clogged sidewalks of Northern Boulevard this morning with street safety advocates and press in tow, Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer called on two NYPD precincts to crack down on auto dealerships that treat pedestrian space as car showrooms. “They have a right to make money,” Van Bramer said of the dealerships. “But they do not have a […]

Queens CB 2 Votes Unanimously in Favor of Queens Blvd Protected Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | Jun 5, 2015 | 11 Comments

Big changes are coming to Queens Boulevard in Woodside this summer after a unanimous vote last night from Queens Community Board 2 for a DOT redesign. The plan will add protected bike lanes and expand pedestrian space on 1.3 miles of the “Boulevard of Death,” from Roosevelt Avenue to 74th Street [PDF]. Six people were killed on this stretch of […]

Participatory Budgeting: Your Chance to Vote for Livable Streets

By Stephen Miller | Mar 25, 2015 | No Comments

A record 24 City Council members have launched participatory budgeting efforts this year, giving local residents a say in how to spend a share of the council’s discretionary capital funds. Starting last fall, volunteers and staff spent months refining proposals and suggestions. Council members are now releasing sample ballots so the public can learn more about the projects before […]

Big Turnout for DOT’s First Queens Boulevard Safety Workshop

By Ben Fried | Jan 22, 2015 | 6 Comments

Change is coming to the most feared street in New York. More than 100 people turned out last night to tell NYC DOT how they want to improve safety on Queens Boulevard. Known as the Boulevard of Death for its appalling record of traffic fatalities and injuries, Queens Boulevard functions as a surface-level highway running […]

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