Mark Weprin
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Tony Avella Finds It “Offensive” to Say the Truth About NYC’s Toll System
In his quest to preserve free driving privileges over the Queensboro Bridge, State Senator Tony Avella seems to be having a hard time rounding up the old gang.
February 26, 2015
The Case for Driving as Fast as You Want in a School Zone
If you're wondering who complains about a wrist-tap fine for speeding through a school zone during school hours -- the type of person who has Council Member Mark Weprin sweating bullets over the city's new 25 mph speed limit -- check out this Times Ledger op-ed from one Bob Friedrich, an Eastern Queens eminence who believes NYC's small and constrained speed camera program is a government conspiracy to balance the city budget on the backs of working stiffs who just want to ignore traffic laws without interference.
October 7, 2014
City Will Need More Than Signs to Get Drivers to Follow 25 MPH Speed Limit
DOT will conduct a weeks-long publicity campaign and post thousands of signs to alert motorists to the city's new 25 mph speed limit, Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg told City Council members today.
October 1, 2014
Traffic Violence Victims’ Families Tell Their Stories at City Hall
Before the big City Council hearing on street safety legislation this afternoon, elected officials joined families of traffic violence victims outside City Hall to push for speed camera and speed limit bills in Albany, along with more traffic enforcement and better street designs from the de Blasio administration.
April 30, 2014
Council Member Mark Weprin: Driving on a NYC Sidewalk Should Not Be Legal
Ride a bike on a sidewalk in New York City and you are subject not only to a traffic ticket, but a criminal summons. Amazingly, there is no commensurate penalty for the curb-jumping motorist, despite the potential to inflict far greater harm, and countless deaths and injuries that occur every year. Unless intoxication is a factor, prosecutions are rare -- even for crashes that result in death -- possibly in part because the act of driving on a city sidewalk is itself not a crime.
September 18, 2013
Participatory Budgeting Offers Chance to Vote for Livable Streets Projects
Eight city council members have put a portion of their discretionary capital funds up for a vote as part of an exercise in participatory budgeting, which allows residents to decide how the money will be spent in their own neighborhoods. Votes in each district are approaching soon, and there's an opportunity to support livable streets projects.
March 18, 2013
Weprin Survey Finds 61 Percent Like Bike Lanes, Even in Eastern Queens
Several surveys this year by top polling organizations have found citywide support for bike lanes. And in Park Slope and the Upper West Side, questionnaires put out by local elected officials have shown consistent neighborhood-level approval for new bike infrastructure. Now, another member of the City Council has found widespread enthusiasm for the city's bike lane program among his constituents -- and he doesn't represent the heart of the NYC bike belt.
October 21, 2011