Vision Zero
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DOT Street Safety Treatments Are Working — and Derailed Projects Are Putting Lives at Risk
A Manhattan Institute report found that DOT street redesigns are saving lives, but opposition from electeds and community boards is stifling progress in poorer areas.
June 15, 2017
De Blasio Joins Traffic Violence Victims to Call on Albany to Allow More NYC Speed Cameras
Eighty-five percent of crashes resulting in injuries or deaths in NYC occurred in areas where speed cameras are not permitted, according to a DOT report released today.
June 9, 2017
The Goal for NYC Streets Should Go Beyond “Vision Zero” — The Grand Concourse Shows Why
Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg was in the Bronx yesterday to tout safety improvements on the Grand Concourse, historically one of the borough's most dangerous streets for walking and biking. But a lot more needs to change on the Grand Concourse, which still lacks safe, continuous bikeways and treatments to speed up trips for bus riders.
May 26, 2017
Speed Cameras Get Traction in Albany, But Marty Golden Promises to Obstruct
Members of Families for Safe Streets are in Albany today to talk to state legislators about expanding NYC's automated speed enforcement program. After legislative leaders failed to advance a similar bill last year, this session it appears to have more traction.
May 15, 2017
Watch Tamika Butler’s Vision Zero Cities Keynote
Last week at Transportation Alternatives' Vision Zero Cities conference, LA County Bicycle Coalition Executive Director Tamika Butler delivered a strong message to attendees from around the country: Vision Zero does not exist in a bubble, separate from America's history and ongoing repression of people of color.
May 12, 2017
Rosa Ramirez, 60, Second Person Killed by Motorist on Bruckner Boulevard in a Month
Bruckner Boulevard is one of the most dangerous streets for walking in the Bronx. DOT made safety improvements to Bruckner and Hunts Point Avenue in 2015, but there are still too many vehicle lanes and too much traffic, and conditions remain hostile for people on foot.
April 28, 2017
De Blasio’s Budget Adds $300 Million Over 10 Years for Street Reconstructions
Mayor de Blasio's executive budget, released yesterday, adds $300 million for street reconstruction over 10 years. The funding will expand the construction pipeline for Vision Zero projects. But the executive budget includes nothing to expand the bike-share system.
April 27, 2017
Alleged Drunk, Unlicensed Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Delivery Worker as NYPD Targets Cyclists
Gelacio Reyes was riding home from work when he was struck by Cristian Guiracocha, who was charged with DWI and tampering with an ignition interlock.
April 3, 2017
De Blasio Previews His 2017 Street Safety Agenda
To ring in the spring construction season, Mayor de Blasio previewed City Hall's street safety priorities in the year ahead. De Blasio noted that to date, the city has relied on $100 million in federal funds for Vision Zero projects, and that the Trump administration's federal budget outline could slow the pace of street redesigns.
March 21, 2017
Commercial Driver Kills 81-Year-Old Woman on Atlantic Avenue
Of 20 pedestrians killed on NYC surface streets in 2017, at least 13 were seniors.
March 21, 2017
