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De Blasio Budget Sets Aside Money for Vision Zero
Mayor de Blasio attached some numbers to his Vision Zero Action Plan in today's executive budget announcement.
May 8, 2014
De Blasio Calls For Vision Zero Apps. How Much Data Will He Release?
BigApps NYC, EDC's four-month competition to develop mobile and web applications using city data, is set to launch tomorrow with a mission from Mayor Bill de Blasio to build tools for Vision Zero. The more data the city opens up to developers, the better these apps will be, so the question now is how far City Hall will go to make crash and enforcement information transparent and accessible.
May 6, 2014
De Blasio Talks Planning and Housing But Not Transpo at RPA Assembly
Planning and transportation leaders from across the tri-state area met at the Waldorf Astoria today for the Regional Plan Association's annual gathering, featuring panel discussions and a keynote by Mayor Bill de Blasio that was noticeably light on transportation issues.
April 25, 2014
De Blasio’s First 100 Days Speech: Vision Zero Has “Just Begun”
Mayor de Blasio mentioned Vision Zero pretty early in his first 100 days speech this afternoon. He said the program has "just begun" to address what he called a "growing epidemic of pedestrian deaths." Traffic deaths are down 26 percent, the mayor noted.
April 10, 2014
Will de Blasio Make Good on His Pledge to Build Great Bus Rapid Transit?
During his campaign for mayor, Bill de Blasio called for the creation of a citywide, "world-class" Bus Rapid Transit network consisting of at least 20 routes. These new routes would provide a crucial link for communities beyond the reach of subways and speed trips that are poorly served by the city's Manhattan-centric rail system.
April 1, 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 Wants Albany to Make Careless Driving a Crime [Updated]
As part of his Vision Zero agenda, Mayor Bill de Blasio wants Albany to elevate careless driving to a criminal offense, increasing penalties while making it easier for police to hold reckless motorists accountable.
February 19, 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
First Look at Bill de Blasio’s Vision Zero Report and Street Safety Agenda
Mayor Bill de Blasio and several of his agency commissioners released the administration's Vision Zero report at a school on West End Avenue this afternoon. Streetsblog's Stephen Miller will have more from the mayor's event later today. In the meantime, here's a quick rundown of the major takeaways from the report [PDF], which outlines both an ambitious multi-agency approach to reducing traffic violence that City Hall can pursue on its own, and a legislative agenda that asks Albany to let the city control its speed limits and traffic enforcement methods.
February 18, 2014