Polly Trottenberg
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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
Rodriguez: Wouldn’t DOT Like More Vision Zero Funding? Trottenberg: Nope
The de Blasio administration continues to resist the City Council's efforts to devote more resources to street redesigns that will save lives.
May 18, 2016
De Blasio Gives DOT Permission to Put Safety Above Community Board Whims
When DOT allows community boards to veto street safety projects, streets aren't as safe for walking and biking as they could be.
December 16, 2015
Mayor’s Stand on Community Boards and Housing Should Apply to Streets Too
With community boards across the city voting against City Hall's affordable housing initiative, Mayor de Blasio is taking a stand.
December 10, 2015
Trottenberg Announces Plaza Equity Program at Plaza de Las Americas Reveal
Just eight months after the groundbreaking ceremony, officials held a ribbon-cutting this morning at Plaza de Las Americas, an impressive new public space in Washington Heights. Also today, Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg announced a City Hall initiative to assist plazas in neighborhoods without the resources of a major business improvement district.
November 23, 2015
NYPD Conspicuously Absent From City Council Vision Zero Hearing
How seriously does Police Commissioner Bill Bratton take Vision Zero? The City Council transportation committee held a hearing today to gauge the city's progress in reducing traffic injuries and deaths, and NYPD didn't send a single person to provide testimony or answer questions.
October 7, 2015
DOT: NYC to Install Record Number of Protected Bike Lanes in 2015
Think DOT's bicycle program has lost its mojo? Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg begs to differ, and she made her case today at an event highlighting bike projects that are now in progress or have recently been completed.
September 22, 2015
Trottenberg: DOT Will Soon Propose Amsterdam Avenue Bike Lane
DOT will release a long-awaited proposal for a bike lane and other traffic calming measures on Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side this September or October, Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg said on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show this morning.
August 14, 2015
Bike-Share Arrives in Queens as Citi Bike Marks Its First Expansion
Citi Bike's first station in Queens is now up and running, with 90 more coming to Long Island City, Greenpoint, Williamsburg, and Bedford-Stuyvesant by the end of August. It's Citi Bike's first expansion since launching a little more than two years ago.
August 5, 2015