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Hey Brian Lehrer — Traffic Congestion Is Not a Vision Zero Tactic
This morning on WNYC Brian Lehrer said he didn't understand why Mayor de Blasio would want to penalize Uber for making traffic congestion worse, since the mayor is "causing congestion purposely" to make streets safer for walking and biking.
July 24, 2015
Construction Begins on First Phase of Transforming Queens Blvd
The redesign of Queens Boulevard, long one of New York's most notorious death traps, is underway.
July 23, 2015
Zero Vision in DOT’s “Great Streets” Plan to Revamp Atlantic Avenue
The de Blasio administration's Vision Zero "Great Streets" initiative aims to improve safety on the city's most dangerous streets. Will NYC DOT implement designs that are bold enough to save lives and prevent serious injuries? It's not looking that way on Atlantic Avenue.
July 17, 2015
A Thousand New Yorkers Call for Action on Vision Zero
A crowd estimated at 1,000 people strong gathered in Union Square yesterday evening to remember victims of traffic violence and call for preventive action at the Vision Zero Vigil, organized by Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets.
July 15, 2015
How About Commendations for NYPD’s Real Vision Zero Heroes?
In 2014, the inaugural year of Vision Zero in NYC, Officer Joshua Vincek was racking up bike tickets in the 20th Precinct on the Upper West Side. In the meantime his fellow precinct officers wrote 266 tickets to speeding drivers. That might not sound like much, but consider this: In 2013 the 20th Precinct issued all of 14 speeding summonses -- and in 2012, the total was four.
July 9, 2015
Hey Daily News: NYC Pedestrians Are Safer With Right of Way Law
In its latest attack on efforts to make New York City streets safer for everyone who walks, bikes, and drives, the Daily News editorial board says the Right of Way Law isn't working. But the available evidence suggests NYC streets are safer since the law took effect.
July 7, 2015
NYC’s New Budget Fails to Fund More Low-Cost Vision Zero Street Redesigns
It's July, which means the city's new fiscal year 2016 budget is in effect. This spring, the de Blasio administration touted early funding for street repaving and reconstruction of four arterial streets under the "Vision Zero Great Streets" program. But the final budget the mayor's office negotiated with the City Council fails to beef up the city's efforts to quickly reduce deaths and injuries on its most dangerous streets.
July 7, 2015
Cooper’s Law Is Not Getting Dangerous Cab Drivers Off NYC Streets
A Vision Zero law intended to get dangerous cab drivers off the road has been applied just two times since it took effect nine months ago, according to the New York Press.
July 1, 2015
De Blasio Signs Bill Requiring Side Guards on 10,000 Trucks by 2024
Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a bill yesterday requiring side guards on all large city trucks, and on private garbage trucks operating in New York City, by 2024. When a truck driver strikes someone with the side of the vehicle, the guards prevent people from getting crushed beneath the truck's rear wheels. They have been proven to reduce deaths and serious injuries where they are used.
June 17, 2015