Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Martin Malave Dilan

Dilan, Espinal Oppose Plan to Eliminate Deadly Turn From MTA Bus Routes

By Stephen Miller | Jun 26, 2015 | 25 Comments

After turning bus drivers twice struck and killed pedestrians at a complex intersection on the border of Bushwick and Ridgewood, the MTA proposed a change that eliminates a deadly turn from two bus routes. The plan has been under consideration for months and is set to go into effect Sunday. But Council Member Rafael Espinal and State Senator Martin Malave Dilan are trying […]

Senate Passes Bill to Prevent Arrests of Bus and Taxi Drivers Who Kill

By Stephen Miller | Jun 23, 2015 | 94 Comments

NYS Senate passes vision zero bill. Senators declare: An accident is just that — an accident. pic.twitter.com/NnTlfCr83D — TWU Local 100 (@TWULocal100) June 23, 2015 This afternoon, the New York State Senate passed a bill to provide a broad exemption from certain traffic laws for a large class of professional drivers. If the bill is enacted, police will not be […]

With Bus Fatalities Down, Albany Shouldn’t Meddle With Right of Way Law

By Brad Aaron | Jun 19, 2015 | 4 Comments

Violate my right of way? That’s wrong, no matter who you are. @CarlHeastie #DefendRoW no exceptions! #walkingfamilies pic.twitter.com/yNp5nRRbXA — TransAlt (@transalt) June 19, 2015 In 2014 MTA bus drivers killed eight people in crosswalks. Some of those fatalities occurred after the Right of Way Law took effect last August, and several bus drivers were arrested […]

Albany Bill Would Bar Police From Cuffing Bus Drivers Who Hit People

By Brad Aaron | Mar 26, 2015 | 3 Comments

State lawmakers have introduced legislation that would prohibit police from detaining, but not charging, bus drivers who hit pedestrians and cyclists. The bill appears intended to spare bus drivers from being handcuffed and taken into custody for violating the Right of Way Law without exempting them from the law altogether, as a City Council bill would do. The council bill, which currently has […]

Council Reso Calls on Albany to Lower Citywide Speed Limit to 20 MPH

By Brad Aaron | Feb 26, 2014 | 2 Comments

Steve Levin and Ydanis Rodriguez today introduced a resolution calling on Albany to lower the citywide speed limit to 20 miles per hour, as proposed in legislation sponsored by Assembly Member Dan O’Donnell and state Senator Martin Dilan. “We have seen time and time again the pain inflicted on families as the result of crashes and we […]

Martin Dilan Introduces 20 MPH Bill in State Senate

By Brad Aaron | Feb 3, 2014 | 19 Comments

State Senator Martin Malave Dilan, of Brooklyn, has introduced companion legislation to Assembly Member Dan O’Donnell’s speed limit bill, which would set the maximum speed on NYC streets at 20 miles per hour, except on streets “where the City Council determines a different speed limit is appropriate.” “In the first two weeks of 2014 there were seven […]

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