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Queens CB 2 Votes Unanimously in Favor of Queens Blvd Protected Bike Lane
Big changes are coming to Queens Boulevard in Woodside this summer after a unanimous vote last night from Queens Community Board 2 for a DOT redesign.
June 5, 2015
New Report Breaks Down Crashes Involving City Agencies, Except NYPD
A new report sheds light on the extent to which drivers working for city agencies are involved in traffic collisions [PDF]. But the picture is incomplete: NYPD, the agency involved in the most pedestrian injury claims, is withholding its crash information from the city's database.
May 27, 2015
If DOT Can Accelerate Street Repaving, It Can Accelerate Safety Projects
Mayor Bill de Blasio made a visit yesterday to one of the city's more car-dependent areas, on Staten Island's south shore, to tout an additional $242 million in his budget for street repaving. The additional money will bring the city's repaving plan to a total 1,200 lane-miles through June 2016, a 20 percent boost over previous projections.
May 22, 2015
The Case for Baking Bike Infrastructure Into Vision Zero Projects
London is surging ahead with big plans for protected bikeways that span the city. By comparison, New York's bike plans, while moving forward incrementally, feel piecemeal. Has safe cycling infrastructure become an afterthought in the city's Vision Zero program?
May 21, 2015
Why Does Rory Lancman Want to Save Drivers From “Scofflaw Pedestrians”?
City Council Member Rory Lancman wants to make it more difficult for NYPD to charge drivers who injure and kill people when, in his words, "accidents are caused by poor road conditions, bad weather and scofflaw pedestrians." But if anything, NYPD has been exceedingly cautious in applying the Right of Way Law when there's a chance the victim was not in a crosswalk.
May 20, 2015
Rory Lancman Will Introduce Bill to Hamstring NYPD Crash Investigators
City Council Member Rory Lancman thinks NYPD is playing fast and loose with the Right of Way Law, and he'll soon introduce a bill that would make it more difficult for police to apply it.
May 19, 2015
New Families For Safe Streets Campaign Defends Right of Way Law
Families For Safe Streets released videos and posters this morning defending the Right of Way Law, in response to a campaign by Transport Workers Union Local 100, which wants MTA bus drivers exempted from the law.
April 30, 2015
Vision Zero Progress Report Fails to Measure Impact of Vision Zero Policies
Earlier this week, City Hall released an update on the first year of Vision Zero [PDF]. With 90 pages of charts, stats, maps, and graphs, it's impressively long. But how well does it measure the impact of the city's street safety policies?
April 24, 2015