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Council Transpo Committee Approves Speed Camera Resolution
The City Council transportation committee has overwhelmingly passed a resolution in support of NYC's first-ever speed camera program.
March 19, 2013
Vacca Defends Speed Cams While Ulrich Defends Speeding
This afternoon, the City Council's transportation committee held a hearing on resolutions asking Albany to move forward on two street safety initiatives: legislation allowing New York City to start a speed camera demonstration program, and a bill to close a loophole in the state's careless driving law. Votes on the resolutions are expected at the full City Council meeting on Wednesday.
March 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
City Council Lets Albany and NYPD Off the Hook for Traffic Violence
City Council Speaker Chris Quinn and Transportation Committee Chair James Vacca finally responded to the deaths of Amar Diarrassouba and Raizel and Nachman Glauber today, after devoting their energy earlier in the week to keeping municipal parking underpriced.
March 8, 2013
One Year and 280+ Deaths Later, No Council Progress on NYPD Crash Reforms
It was a year ago today that the City Council transportation committee, led by James Vacca and Peter Vallone Jr., convened a hearing on pedestrian and cyclist safety and the failure of NYPD to properly investigate traffic crashes.
February 15, 2013
Staten Island Motorist Strikes Couple, Killing Elderly Man; No Charges Filed
A motorist who killed an elderly man and injured his wife on Staten Island has been cleared of responsibility by NYPD.
February 4, 2013
34th Precinct Ceases Speed Enforcement After Inwood Slow Zone Goes In
Here's another example of how James Vacca and Jessica Lappin, if they're serious about street safety, targeted the wrong agency for a public scolding yesterday.
January 25, 2013
Details on Fatal Midwood Crash Don’t Mesh With NYPD Victim-Blaming
The driver of a Ford van killed a 15-year-old girl in Midwood Tuesday. It was the second crash in which a child has died in city traffic in less than a week, and at least the fourth time a motorist has killed a pedestrian in the course of six days.
January 23, 2013
Legal Double Parking in School Zones — What Is Joel Rivera Thinking?
City Council Member Joel Rivera is taking some heat for a bill that would, in his words, "allow parents to double park when picking up their kids from school [and] not receive a parking ticket.” It's the latest answer to a question no one asked from a council whose raison d'être seems to be absolving city motorists of as many responsibilities as possible.
January 10, 2013