Vision Zero
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DOT’s ‘Vision Zero Partner’ Dermot Shea is More Afraid of Bikes Than Cars — Despite His Own Agency’s Data
He's the Vision Zero partner with zero vision.
October 6, 2021
NYPD’s Fourth of July Vision Zero Plan Includes Targeting Cyclists For Riding on the Sidewalk
The NYPD’s Fourth of July safety plan includes both protecting cyclists, and punishing them in ways that have long been racially biased.
July 2, 2021
CARNAGE CONTINUES: Bloody Year on NYC Streets on Pace for Worst Ever Under ‘Vision Zero’ De Blasio
The summer fireworks aren't only in the air.
June 22, 2021
DOT Finally Presents its ‘Bike Boulevard’ Vision for 39th Ave. in Sunnyside
The key to the Department of Transportation's "bike boulevard" design for 39th Avenue is a significant disruption of how drivers use the roadway.
June 16, 2021
City Shows Off Trucks and Buses With Surround-View Cameras
The city will make streets safer by installing multiple cameras thousands of fleet vehicles — allowing drivers to see angles that are normally obstructed.
June 12, 2021
DECISION 2021: Meet the Council Candidates, Queens Edition (There are a LOT of Them!)
Earlier this year, we published a mega preview of the key City Council races in Brooklyn. Today, we shift our full attention to Queens.
June 4, 2021
De Blasio Promises to Fix McGuinness Blvd. After Hit-and-Run Driver Killed Teacher — But Details are Few
He talked the talk. And then he walked the walk. But in the end, he kinda balked.
May 28, 2021
Friday’s Headlines: ‘Streets Week!’ We Hardly Knew Ye Edition
The mayor's week-long highlighting of Vision Zero ends today. Plus all the other news from yesterday — including that streets-free mayoral debate!
May 14, 2021
STREETS WEEK! DOT Commish Diagnoses Conduit Boulevard, Then Prescribes The Wrong Treatment
As Streets Week! begins, here's an existential question that Mayor de Blasio doesn't like to answer: Why does New York even have roads like Conduit Boulevard?
May 10, 2021
There Was No Medical Episode, Says Family of Driver Who Killed Queens Delivery Man
Even the woman whose allegedly reckless driving killed a delivery worker in Queens last week is denying cops’ theory that she had a “medical episode” before the fatal crash.
May 5, 2021
