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Trottenberg: “So Many Locations” Where Albany Prohibits NYC Speed Cams
Since being turned on in mid-January, New York City's limited speed camera program -- five cameras near schools, turned on only during weekday school hours -- have caught 14,500 drivers hitting at least 40 mph as of Tuesday, according to DOT. After 15 more cameras come online later this spring, the city will have reached its state-imposed cap on cameras. To bring speeding under control on most of the city's 6,000 miles of streets, though, it's up to Albany to let NYC run a much more substantial automated enforcement program.
April 10, 2014
Atlantic Ave First of 25 “Arterial Slow Zones” to Get 25 MPH Limit This Year
As drivers zoomed by on Atlantic Avenue this morning, local elected officials and advocates joined NYC DOT and NYPD to unveil the first of the city's "arterial slow zones," major streets where the speed limit will be dropped to 25 mph from the current citywide limit of 30 mph. Traffic signals will also be retimed to a 25 mph progression, to help keep motorists' speeds in check.
April 9, 2014
Why Is America Falling Farther Behind Other Nations on Street Safety?
Vox, the much-anticipated Ezra Klein/Matt Yglesias reporting venture, launched earlier this week to wide fanfare, and one of the first articles explained that "traffic deaths are way, way down" in the United States.
April 9, 2014
Top Cuomo Aide: Albany Will Pass Speed Cam Expansion Bill By End of April
Governor Andrew Cuomo's top aide said this morning that the governor is committed to signing a bill to expand the number of New York City school zone speed cameras before the end of April. The firm stance comes after a plan to expand the number of speed cams in NYC stalled during budget negotiations.
April 3, 2014
Traffic Deaths Down 26 Percent, Injuries Down 8 Percent So Far in 2014
The Daily News reports that traffic deaths and injuries are down over the first three months of 2014 compared to the same period last year. The improvement is encouraging, and increased traffic enforcement is probably playing a role, but the harsh winter is almost certainly a factor too.
April 3, 2014
Speed Cams Eliminated From State Budget But Resurface in Shelly Silver Bill
After Governor Cuomo proposed allowing speed cameras on Long Island and the State Senate recommended expanding New York City's small, 20-camera program by 160 cameras, the final state budget agreement reached late Friday night included neither. But a bill from Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver would make up for much of what was lost in budget negotiations, bringing speed cams to Long Island and expanding NYC's automated speed enforcement program by 120 cameras.
March 31, 2014
Speed Cam Data: See How Enforcement Drops Off a Cliff Each Afternoon
New data offers a glimpse of how New York's small speed camera program is performing under the restrictions of current Albany legislation. Among other things, you can see that the cameras don't issue any tickets at night, when fatal crashes are most prevalent.
March 28, 2014
NYPD Tickets for Failure to Yield Up 108 Percent Compared to 2013
For the second month in a row, NYPD issued more summonses for failure to yield to pedestrians than officers wrote a year ago.
March 27, 2014
Albany’s Absurd Restrictions Prevent NYC Speed Cameras From Saving Lives
As City Hall, the City Council, and street safety advocates press Albany for greater freedom to deploy automated speed enforcement in NYC, they're asking not just for more cameras, but also for more leeway to use cameras where and when they can save lives.
March 27, 2014
Alan Dershowitz: Penalize Reckless Drivers Before They Kill
Noted attorney Alan Dershowitz says that to dramatically reduce traffic deaths and injuries in NYC, police and prosecutors must crack down on all dangerous drivers, not just those who kill while driving drunk.
March 20, 2014