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Safety First: Mayor Adams Requires In-Vehicle Tech for City Contractors
City contractors are going to have to make their biggest trucks safer. And city employees will have to take a safety course. It's all part of an executive order landing today.
February 15, 2024
Vision Zero at 10: Bill de Blasio Looks Back in an Exclusive Interview
No single New Yorker is as connected to Vision Zero as Bill de Blasio, the mayor who launched the initiative in 2014. We chatted.
February 15, 2024
WHAT NEXT?: Four Things Mayor Adams Must Do to Save Vision Zero
"Zero" remains a long way off. Streetsblog asked the experts what New York City and Mayor Adams must do to get there.
February 15, 2024
Vision Zero: Ten Years of Mixed, Inequitable Results, Report Shows
As Vision Zero celebrates its 10th anniversary this month, one word stands out about all when analyzing its success: Meh.
February 6, 2024
NYPD Hands Out ‘Vision Zero’ Awards After 257 People Were Killed and 40,000 Injured Last Year
Police brass on Friday said that 70 of its 77 precincts — or 91 percent — failed to achieve Vision Zero in 2023, yet the agency handed out awards anyway.
January 26, 2024
Zero Vision: Mayor Adams Again Shrinks from Bike and Bus Lanes in His State Of The City
"Public transit is obviously central to the state of the city," said one advocate. "The mayor knew that when he ran for office and spoke to it directly then. His silence now says a lot."
January 24, 2024
Pro-Safety Council Member Lincoln Restler Booted from Transportation Committee
Council leadership removed one of the most prominent safe street politicians from its powerful Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
January 18, 2024
A Pedestrian Was Killed in Dyker Heights By a Driver With a Long Record of Recklessness
This driver lived up to his vanity plate.
January 17, 2024
Seven Brooklyn Electeds Join Growing Calls For Universal Daylighting
"There have been far too many tragic crash fatalities and serious injuries from turning vehicles at intersections," the murder of politicians wrote to DOT.
January 17, 2024
Safety Last: Feds Rely Too Much on States’ Vision to Get to ‘Zero’
State DOTs play a central role in the safety and sustainability of transportation systems because states set policies. Here are two that do it poorly and two that do it well.
December 28, 2023
