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Crash Data Show NYC Is Losing Ground on Vision Zero
After a four-month hiatus, City Hall is again updating its Vision Zero View map with new crash data, and through the first six months of 2016, traffic deaths rose slightly compared the same period last year. Through the end of June, 111 people lost their lives to traffic violence, up from 107 in the first half of 2015.
July 26, 2016
Mayor de Blasio Needs to Step Up to Keep L Train Passengers Moving
This morning the MTA announced that starting in 2019, it will close the L train between Eighth Avenue and Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg for 18 months to repair damage caused by Superstorm Sandy -- surprising no one who's been paying attention.
July 25, 2016
DOT Overrides CB 10, Advances E. Tremont Safety Project After Cyclist Death
DOT will implement a road diet on the stretch of East Tremont Avenue where a motorist killed cyclist Giovanni Nin in June. Last year DOT had dropped the project in response to a hostile reception from Bronx Community Board 10.
July 19, 2016
TA: City Hall’s Spending Decisions Are Limiting Life-Saving Street Designs
Transportation Alternatives says the de Blasio administration's failure to fully fund Vision Zero street improvements is limiting the number of split-phase traffic signals DOT can install to prevent collisions at dangerous intersections.
July 14, 2016
Albany Failed to Act on Safe Streets, So de Blasio’s Gotta Do It on His Own
With the Albany session over and legislative leaders failing to advance a bill to add 60 speed cameras in NYC, 2016 is going to be the first full calendar year since 2012 in which the city does not expand its automated speed enforcement program.
June 23, 2016
City Hall Has Allowed a Blackout on Vision Zero Crash Data Since February
Is NYC reducing traffic injuries and deaths as called for by Mayor de Blasio's Vision Zero initiative? The public has no way to know, because the city hasn't published crash data since the end of February and won't start again until sometime this summer.
June 1, 2016
De Blasio Talks Vision Zero on WNYC
WNYC's Brian Lehrer started off his Friday "Ask the Mayor" segment with Bill de Blasio by taking questions about Vision Zero. No earthshaking news came up, but it's always interesting to hear how the mayor conveys messages about street safety and urban mobility to the public.
May 27, 2016
De Blasio Advances Queens Boulevard Redesign Despite CB 4 Shenanigans
Mayor de Blasio has instructed NYC DOT to move forward with the redesign of Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst following a contentious meeting of Queens Community Board 4 last night, in which the chairman hastily pushed through a vote against the bike lane portion of the project.
May 11, 2016
De Blasio’s Budget Has No Funding Increase for Street Safety Projects
Mayor de Blasio released his executive budget yesterday, and it does not include the increases for street safety projects that the City Council recommended earlier this month, says Transportation Alternatives. Without more funding for street redesigns, TA says, the administration won't be able to improve safety at the pace needed to attain the mayor's stated goal of eliminating traffic deaths by 2024.
April 27, 2016
City Council Proposes Vision Zero Funding Increase — Will de Blasio Agree?
The City Council is proposing a significant increase in funding for street safety projects. Now it's up to Mayor de Blasio to decide whether to devote more resources to get the city closer to his Vision Zero goal of eliminating traffic deaths by 2024.
April 5, 2016