Queens Pols Want a Jamaica Busway — Just Not Where de Blasio Put It
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Outer-borough tiff shows how mayor's approach comes up short.
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Op-Ed: Jewel Avenue is the New Boulevard of Death
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Jewel Avenue — like neighboring Queens Boulevard — excels in road injuries and fatalities. DOT should redesign it, stat!
James and Lancman Push for Driver Alert Tech on City Vehicles
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We need every tool avail to achieve #VisionZero. Calling on NYC to pilot collision avoidance tech in City vehicles. pic.twitter.com/KpLTYO5ekq — Letitia James (@TishJames) July 29, 2015 A new City Council bill would require crash avoidance technology on at least 100 city-owned vehicles that alerts drivers before a collision occurs, and potentially applies brakes to prevent […]
Rory Lancman Intros Bill to Undermine NYPD Crash Investigations
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Rory Lancman introduced his bill to hinder NYPD crash investigations at a City Council meeting yesterday. Lancman’s proposed amendment to the Right of Way Law, Intro 813, would require NYPD to consider “visibility, illumination, weather conditions, roadway conditions, roadway design, [and] faulty vehicular equipment or design” when determining whether to charge motorists who injure or kill people […]
Why Does Rory Lancman Want to Save Drivers From “Scofflaw Pedestrians”?
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City Council Member Rory Lancman wants to make it more difficult for NYPD to charge drivers who injure and kill people when, in his words, “accidents are caused by poor road conditions, bad weather and scofflaw pedestrians.” But if anything, NYPD has been exceedingly cautious in applying the Right of Way Law when there’s a chance the […]
Rory Lancman Will Introduce Bill to Hamstring NYPD Crash Investigators
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City Council Member Rory Lancman thinks NYPD is playing fast and loose with the Right of Way Law, and he’ll soon introduce a bill that would make it more difficult for police to apply it. A key facet of Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero initiative, the Right of Way Law allows NYPD to file misdemeanor […]