Mayor’s Report Card: Traffic Deaths Falling, But Policy a Mixed Bag
Each year, the City Charter requires the mayor to issue a report showing whether city agencies are meeting their goals. This year's report card is a mixed bag for street safety, DOT, and NYPD. While fatalities are down, the direction of the enforcement and street design policies behind Vision Zero is less clear.
September 18, 2015
Why Is There So Much Traffic in NYC? It’s the Free Roads, Stupid
Since the de Blasio administration attempted to cap for-hire cars this summer, the debate over Manhattan traffic has gotten louder, but not more productive. Uber claimed it definitely wasn't the problem. Some council members wondered if bike lanes were slowing down cars. Amid all the noise, something important got lost.
September 17, 2015
First Avenue Bike Lane Fix on Hold Until Pope and UN Leave Town
DOT was supposed to start filling the gap in the First Avenue protected bike lane in Midtown this summer, but the agency says it's waiting until the Pope leaves town and the UN General Assembly adjourns before moving forward.
September 16, 2015
Eyes on the Street: Parks Officers Ignore Driver on Greenway [Updated]
A driver cruised down the Hudson River Greenway Sunday afternoon, passing park enforcement patrol officers who waved him into a parking garage at Pier 40. When Streetsblog reader Shelly Mossey asked why they didn't ticket him, the officers pleaded ignorance.
September 15, 2015
Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Gabriela Aguilar-Vallinos, 27, on City Island Bridge
Three people lost their lives in New York City traffic last weekend, including a woman bicycling home from her job in the Bronx. She was killed by a hit-and-run driver who remains on the loose.
September 14, 2015