Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Mark Weprin

Tony Avella Finds It “Offensive” to Say the Truth About NYC’s Toll System

By Stephen Miller | Feb 26, 2015 | 24 Comments

In his quest to preserve free driving privileges over the Queensboro Bridge, State Senator Tony Avella seems to be having a hard time rounding up the old gang. Yesterday, Avella tried to pick a fight with Council Member Mark Weprin, a fellow legislator from northeast Queens who opposed the 2008 congestion pricing plan but backs the Move NY […]

The Case for Driving as Fast as You Want in a School Zone

By Brad Aaron | Oct 7, 2014 | 47 Comments

If you’re wondering who complains about a wrist-tap fine for speeding through a school zone during school hours — the type of person who has Council Member Mark Weprin sweating bullets over the city’s new 25 mph speed limit — check out this Times Ledger op-ed from one Bob Friedrich, an Eastern Queens eminence who believes […]

City Will Need More Than Signs to Get Drivers to Follow 25 MPH Speed Limit

By Brad Aaron | Oct 1, 2014 | 53 Comments

DOT will conduct a weeks-long publicity campaign and post thousands of signs to alert motorists to the city’s new 25 mph speed limit, Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg told City Council members today. The council will soon pass legislation to enact the lower speed limit, which was enabled by Albany earlier this year. In testimony before […]

Traffic Violence Victims’ Families Tell Their Stories at City Hall

By Stephen Miller | Apr 30, 2014 | 11 Comments

Before the big City Council hearing on street safety legislation this afternoon, elected officials joined families of traffic violence victims outside City Hall to push for speed camera and speed limit bills in Albany, along with more traffic enforcement and better street designs from the de Blasio administration. Three weeks ago, 22-year-old Kelly Gordon was struck and killed […]

Council Member Mark Weprin: Driving on a NYC Sidewalk Should Not Be Legal

By Brad Aaron | Sep 18, 2013 | 21 Comments

Ride a bike on a sidewalk in New York City and you are subject not only to a traffic ticket, but a criminal summons. Amazingly, there is no commensurate penalty for the curb-jumping motorist, despite the potential to inflict far greater harm, and countless deaths and injuries that occur every year. Unless intoxication is a factor, prosecutions […]

Participatory Budgeting Offers Chance to Vote for Livable Streets Projects

By Stephen Miller | Mar 18, 2013 | 3 Comments

Eight city council members have put a portion of their discretionary capital funds up for a vote as part of an exercise in participatory budgeting, which allows residents to decide how the money will be spent in their own neighborhoods. Votes in each district are approaching soon, and there’s an opportunity to support livable streets […]

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