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Unions Agree: Let Bus Drivers Kill People With the Right of Way
Just about all of New York's major labor unions signed a Transport Workers Union letter demanding that MTA bus drivers be allowed to legally injure and kill people who are walking or biking with the right of way.
June 12, 2015
Council Calls on de Blasio to Double “Great Streets” Redesign Funds
The City Council wants Mayor de Blasio to double funding for DOT capital projects to overhaul the city's most dangerous streets and save more lives, faster.
June 10, 2015
Five Key Lessons From Europe’s Vision Zero Success
Cross-posted from the Vision Zero Network
June 10, 2015
Queens CB 2 Votes Unanimously in Favor of Queens Blvd Protected Bike Lane
Big changes are coming to Queens Boulevard in Woodside this summer after a unanimous vote last night from Queens Community Board 2 for a DOT redesign.
June 5, 2015
New Report Breaks Down Crashes Involving City Agencies, Except NYPD
A new report sheds light on the extent to which drivers working for city agencies are involved in traffic collisions [PDF]. But the picture is incomplete: NYPD, the agency involved in the most pedestrian injury claims, is withholding its crash information from the city's database.
May 27, 2015
If DOT Can Accelerate Street Repaving, It Can Accelerate Safety Projects
Mayor Bill de Blasio made a visit yesterday to one of the city's more car-dependent areas, on Staten Island's south shore, to tout an additional $242 million in his budget for street repaving. The additional money will bring the city's repaving plan to a total 1,200 lane-miles through June 2016, a 20 percent boost over previous projections.
May 22, 2015
The Case for Baking Bike Infrastructure Into Vision Zero Projects
London is surging ahead with big plans for protected bikeways that span the city. By comparison, New York's bike plans, while moving forward incrementally, feel piecemeal. Has safe cycling infrastructure become an afterthought in the city's Vision Zero program?
May 21, 2015
Why Does Rory Lancman Want to Save Drivers From “Scofflaw Pedestrians”?
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 victim was not in a crosswalk.
May 20, 2015
Rory Lancman Will Introduce Bill to Hamstring NYPD Crash Investigators
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.
May 19, 2015