Vision Zero
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Good News: New York City Cyclists Have All But Achieved Vision Zero
Yesterday the 104th Precinct, in Queens, tweeted a photo of officers giving a ticket to a cyclist. The precinct deleted the tweet when it triggered blowback from street safety advocates, but you can see it at the end of this post. "Bicyclists are no exception to Vision Zero," it read. "Ride safe!"
October 21, 2015
NYPD Conspicuously Absent From City Council Vision Zero Hearing
How seriously does Police Commissioner Bill Bratton take Vision Zero? The City Council transportation committee held a hearing today to gauge the city's progress in reducing traffic injuries and deaths, and NYPD didn't send a single person to provide testimony or answer questions.
October 7, 2015
Side Guard Pilot Almost Complete — Next Up, the Other 95% of City Trucks
In February, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a pilot program to add side guards, which prevent people from being dragged beneath the rear wheels of large vehicles, to 240 trucks in the city fleet. The Department of Citywide Administrative Services, which is managing the rollout, said today that it is two-thirds done with the project, and expects to have the job done by the end of the year. Still, there's a long way to go before all city-owned trucks have this lifesaving add-on.
October 2, 2015
The Movement to Eliminate Traffic Deaths Gains Strength in Texas Cities
Texas cities are some of the most dangerous places in the U.S. to walk or bike -- or drive, for that matter.
September 24, 2015
NYC Has Installed All 140 School Zone Speed Cameras Allowed by Albany
Just in time for the start of the school year tomorrow, DOT has announced that it has finished installing speed cameras at the 140 school zone locations allowed by Albany.
September 8, 2015
While Drivers Kill People in Crosswalks, 19th Precinct Cracks Down on Bikes
The first New York City pedestrian fatality of 2015 occurred in the 19th Precinct, on the Upper East Side, when Uber driver Aliou Diallo ran over Wesley Mensing and Erin Sauchelli at E. 62nd Street and Lexington Avenue.
September 3, 2015
One Year Later, Bratton’s NYPD Rarely Enforcing Key Vision Zero Law
Last weekend marked the one-year anniversary of the Right of Way Law, also known as code Section 19-190, which made it a misdemeanor for motorists in New York City to harm people who are walking and biking with the right of way.
August 24, 2015
De Blasio Has Yet to Say Traffic Is More Dangerous Than Painted Breasts
Mayor de Blasio had a chance today to quell the uproar over his suggestion that the city may rip out the Times Square pedestrian plazas. Instead he equivocated and didn't take the idea off the table:
August 21, 2015
New Mural in Park Slope Puts Traffic Justice Front and Center
By the end of the month, people loading food into their cars at the Key Food on Fifth Avenue and Sterling Place in Park Slope will have a great view of a new mural about safe driving.
August 10, 2015