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Six City Council Members Endorse de Blasio Trash Hauling Reforms
A group of City Council members has endorsed Mayor de Blasio's plan to reform the way commercial waste is collected.
August 23, 2016
De Blasio, Vacca, Trottenberg Rebuff Opponents of East Tremont Safety Plan
A leader of the Throggs Neck Merchants Association tried to thwart DOT's safety plan for East Tremont Avenue at a town hall in the Bronx last night and was firmly rebuffed by Mayor de Blasio, Council Member Jimmy Vacca, and Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg. After the exchange, Raisa Jimenez, whose son Giovianni Nin was killed by a hit-and-run driver on East Tremont earlier this year, made an emotional plea to prevent the further loss of life.
August 11, 2016
Bratton Resigns. Will James O’Neill Do Better on Street Safety?
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton announced today that he will leave NYPD next month, after a little more than two and a half years as police chief under Mayor de Blasio. He will be succeeded by James O'Neill, a career officer who currently serves as chief of department, the senior uniformed position within NYPD.
August 2, 2016
De Blasio Sounds Prepared to Let the L Train Crisis Go to Waste
The impending L Train shutdown should be a blessing in disguise -- the impact of losing service west of Bedford Avenue for 18 months is so great, there's no good option that doesn't involve carving out lots of street space for buses, biking, and safer walking. Major redesigns of 14th Street, the Williamsburg Bridge, and the streets connecting to the bridge are called for.
July 29, 2016
Crash Data Show NYC Is Losing Ground on Vision Zero
After a four-month hiatus, City Hall is again updating its Vision Zero View map with new crash data, and through the first six months of 2016, traffic deaths rose slightly compared the same period last year. Through the end of June, 111 people lost their lives to traffic violence, up from 107 in the first half of 2015.
July 26, 2016
Mayor de Blasio Needs to Step Up to Keep L Train Passengers Moving
This morning the MTA announced that starting in 2019, it will close the L train between Eighth Avenue and Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg for 18 months to repair damage caused by Superstorm Sandy -- surprising no one who's been paying attention.
July 25, 2016
DOT Overrides CB 10, Advances E. Tremont Safety Project After Cyclist Death
DOT will implement a road diet on the stretch of East Tremont Avenue where a motorist killed cyclist Giovanni Nin in June. Last year DOT had dropped the project in response to a hostile reception from Bronx Community Board 10.
July 19, 2016
TA: City Hall’s Spending Decisions Are Limiting Life-Saving Street Designs
Transportation Alternatives says the de Blasio administration's failure to fully fund Vision Zero street improvements is limiting the number of split-phase traffic signals DOT can install to prevent collisions at dangerous intersections.
July 14, 2016
Albany Failed to Act on Safe Streets, So de Blasio’s Gotta Do It on His Own
With the Albany session over and legislative leaders failing to advance a bill to add 60 speed cameras in NYC, 2016 is going to be the first full calendar year since 2012 in which the city does not expand its automated speed enforcement program.
June 23, 2016
City Hall Has Allowed a Blackout on Vision Zero Crash Data Since February
Is NYC reducing traffic injuries and deaths as called for by Mayor de Blasio's Vision Zero initiative? The public has no way to know, because the city hasn't published crash data since the end of February and won't start again until sometime this summer.
June 1, 2016