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Map Out Which Streets Need Safety Fixes — It’s Now or Never
This is it -- the last day to mark dangerous street conditions on the city's official Vision Zero map. After today, agencies will start using the information from the map to make plans for safety improvements, so spend a few minutes this afternoon and tell the city where you want safer streets for walking and biking.
July 31, 2014
TA Vision Zero Report: NYPD Traffic Enforcement Up, But Wildly Uneven
NYPD increased enforcement of dangerous traffic violations during the first six months of the city's Vision Zero initiative, but enforcement varied drastically from precinct to precinct, with some issuing fewer summonses than last year.
July 31, 2014
NYPD: No Reason to Investigate Greenway Crash That Hospitalized Cyclist
A witness to the aftermath of a Hudson River Greenway crash that sent a cyclist to the hospital says NYPD officers, including personnel from the Collision Investigation Squad, said they did not intend to investigate the cause of the collision, explaining to bystanders that it was an "accident" while blaming the cyclist.
July 30, 2014
Tell the City Where You Want Street Safety Fixes — The Clock Is Ticking
If you haven't visited the Vision Zero feedback map and flagged locations where you want the city to make streets safer, get it done soon. The website will be taking suggestions for street safety fixes through July 31, then city agencies will figure out what to do with those ideas.
July 22, 2014
4 Reforms Michael Ameri Must Make to NYPD Crash Investigations
The Daily News reported Wednesday that Deputy Inspector Michael Ameri, who made street safety a priority as commanding officer of Brooklyn's 78th Precinct, was promoted to head up the NYPD Highway Patrol -- putting him in charge of the Collision Investigation Squad.
July 17, 2014
Marcia Kramer on Vision Zero: Why Isn’t City Hall Sticking It to Pedestrians?
She's back. Marcia Kramer is here to defend unsuspecting New Yorkers from Bill de Blasio and his nefarious goal to eliminate traffic deaths in the city.
June 24, 2014
De Blasio Signs Traffic Safety Bills, Says 25 MPH Will Go Into Effect This Fall
Earlier today, Mayor Bill de Blasio returned to the schoolyard where he launched his administration's Vision Zero campaign in January, just feet from where 9-year-old Noshat Nahian was killed last December while walking to PS 152 with his sister. A little more than six months after announcing his intent to eliminate traffic fatalities within 10 years, the mayor signed bills that suspend the licenses of dangerous taxi drivers, require the installation of 20 mph Slow Zones, and make it a misdemeanor to strike a pedestrian or cyclist with the right of way, among other changes.
June 23, 2014
De Blasio Signs 11 Traffic Safety Bills
Mayor Bill de Blasio signed 11 bills today intended to make it safer to walk, bike, and drive in New York City.
June 23, 2014
NYPD Is Ticketing More Drivers for Speeding on Neighborhood Streets
NYPD is issuing more speeding summonses this year than in 2013, and data show a substantial jump in the number of drivers ticketed for speeding on neighborhood streets. While the numbers represent an increase from the baseline, it will take a lot more summonses for enforcement to be commensurate with the scale of NYC's reckless driving problem.
June 18, 2014
Talking Headways Podcast: A Butterfly Flaps Its Wings In the Metro
The metro is coming to Loudon County, Virginia. Eventually.
June 13, 2014