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Friday Video: Could Speed Limiter Tech Stop Crashes Before They Happen?
Southern Brooklyn is still reeling from the tragic vehicular killing of a mother and two of her kids on Ocean Parkway on March 29.
May 2, 2025
DOT Rolls Out Four New 20 MPH Speed Limit Zones
Four more New York City neighborhoods will become 20 mph speed limit zones this year, city officials said on Wednesday.
March 20, 2025
Greenpoint and Williamsburg Beg DOT for 20MPH Slow Zone
Since the state legislature allowed New York City to drop the speed limit, only one zone — Manhattan below Canal Street — has gotten the safety improvement.
March 6, 2025
Talking Headways Podcast: 20 is Plenty in Wales
Let's talk about how Wales passed a national 20 mph speed limit.
February 13, 2025
OPINION: Slow Down on Our Bike Paths!
Our bike lanes have become what social critic Ivan Illich once defined as degraded public space. Here's one possible fix.
January 24, 2025
A Father Speaks: Here’s Why The Speed Limit Must Be 20 MPH Everywhere
At an event on Wednesday, no one was more eloquent than the spotlight-avoiding father of the boy for whom Sammy's Law is named.
October 9, 2024
Friday Video: ‘Car Kryptonite’ in Providence
See it! If you want to slow down drivers, you need to put things in the road.
August 16, 2024
Speaker Adams: Council May Not Use its ‘Sammy’s Law’ Power to Lower Speed Limits
The Council may not lower the speed limit, even though it fought so hard to get that very right from the state legislature.
July 19, 2024
DOT Begins Slow Process of Lowering Speed Limits on a Small Number of Streets
By the end of 2025, 250 roadway segments, mostly one or two blocks, will get reduced speeds, the agency said.
June 27, 2024
Friday’s Headlines: Hochul Signs ‘Sammy’s Law’ Edition
Gov. Hochul signed Sammy's Law on Thursday. Plus more news.
May 10, 2024
