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Will Bratton Open Up Data on Traffic Crashes That Involve NYPD?
The senior who was seriously injured by the driver of a marked patrol car on the Upper West Side last weekend is the latest known victim of a crash involving a police driver, and the incident serves as a reminder that the NYPD keeps such data under wraps.
April 16, 2014
No Vision Zero Specifics in Proposed NYPD Budget
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton says NYPD is committed to Vision Zero, but the initiative to eliminate traffic deaths is not mentioned in the department's proposed budget, and it's not clear how the resources Bratton plans to dedicate to its implementation will be adequate to significantly reduce motorist violence.
March 26, 2014
Vision Zero: Where Do We Go From Here?
John Petro is a policy analyst for New York City affairs and the co-author of "Vision Zero: How Safer Streets in New York City Can Save More Than 100 Lives a Year."
February 20, 2014
De Blasio on Vision Zero: “We Have to Act Right Now to Protect Lives”
At PS 75 on the Upper West Side today, just blocks from where 9-year-old Cooper Stock was struck and killed by a turning taxi driver last month, Mayor de Blasio released the blueprint [PDF] for how his administration will achieve Vision Zero, its goal of eliminating traffic deaths within a decade.
February 18, 2014
Next Week: DOT to Preview Ped Safety Improvements for 96th and Broadway
The public will hear from DOT next week at a Community Board 7 meeting on proposed improvements at Broadway and 96th Street, after three pedestrians were fatally struck by drivers at or near the intersection this month.
January 23, 2014
84-Year-Old Jaywalker Could Get Jail While Deadly Drivers Get Off Scot-Free
Kang Wong, the 84-year-old pedestrian left bloodied during last weekend's NYPD jaywalking crackdown, was arrested and charged by police. If convicted, Wong could get a jail term for an incident that stemmed from crossing the street without a walk signal. At the same time, the drivers who killed three pedestrians in the 24th precinct in the last two weeks face no criminal charges.
January 21, 2014
Bratton’s Pedestrian Ticket Blitz Won’t Save Lives
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton's claim last week that 66 percent of pedestrian injuries "are directly related to the actions of pedestrians" was unsourced and at odds with existing research, but already it seems to be shaping NYPD's enforcement efforts.
January 20, 2014
Bratton’s Bad Data on Pedestrian Injuries Won’t Get Us to Vision Zero
Yesterday NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said that in 73 percent of crashes in which a pedestrian was struck by a motorist in 2013, the pedestrian was at fault. Bratton presented that figure as an indictment of pedestrian behavior, and the stat was later parroted by the press. But more than anything it speaks to the victim-blaming bias that permeates NYPD traffic enforcement and crash investigations -- a major obstacle Bratton will have to overcome to implement Vision Zero.
January 16, 2014
Watch Bill de Blasio’s “Vision Zero” Announcement
In 2013, NYC recorded a record-low 333 homicides, yet at least 286 people lost their lives to traffic violence. At a press conference yesterday, Mayor Bill de Blasio said it's "shocking to see how much those two numbers correspond."
January 16, 2014