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One City, By Bike: Huge Opportunities for NYC Cycling in the de Blasio Era
Jon Orcutt was NYC DOT's policy director from 2007 to 2014. He developed DOT's post-PlaNYC strategic plan, Sustainable Streets, oversaw creation of the Citi Bike program, and produced the de Blasio administration's Vision Zero Action Plan. In this five-part series, he looks at today's opportunities to build on the breakthroughs in NYC cycling made during the Bloomberg administration.
August 29, 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
Will New Yorkers Get Doored by de Blasio’s Taxi of Tomorrow Opposition?
As Mayor de Blasio weighs the potential $100 million cost of converting his opposition to the Taxi of Tomorrow into official city policy, New Yorkers on two wheels should remember one key feature of the Nissan NV200 selected as the city's next taxi: It will all but eliminate the possibility of getting doored by an exiting taxi passenger.
June 13, 2014
De Blasio Budget Sets Aside Money for Vision Zero
Mayor de Blasio attached some numbers to his Vision Zero Action Plan in today's executive budget announcement.
May 8, 2014
De Blasio Calls For Vision Zero Apps. How Much Data Will He Release?
BigApps NYC, EDC's four-month competition to develop mobile and web applications using city data, is set to launch tomorrow with a mission from Mayor Bill de Blasio to build tools for Vision Zero. The more data the city opens up to developers, the better these apps will be, so the question now is how far City Hall will go to make crash and enforcement information transparent and accessible.
May 6, 2014
De Blasio Talks Planning and Housing But Not Transpo at RPA Assembly
Planning and transportation leaders from across the tri-state area met at the Waldorf Astoria today for the Regional Plan Association's annual gathering, featuring panel discussions and a keynote by Mayor Bill de Blasio that was noticeably light on transportation issues.
April 25, 2014
De Blasio’s First 100 Days Speech: Vision Zero Has “Just Begun”
Mayor de Blasio mentioned Vision Zero pretty early in his first 100 days speech this afternoon. He said the program has "just begun" to address what he called a "growing epidemic of pedestrian deaths." Traffic deaths are down 26 percent, the mayor noted.
April 10, 2014
Will de Blasio Make Good on His Pledge to Build Great Bus Rapid Transit?
During his campaign for mayor, Bill de Blasio called for the creation of a citywide, "world-class" Bus Rapid Transit network consisting of at least 20 routes. These new routes would provide a crucial link for communities beyond the reach of subways and speed trips that are poorly served by the city's Manhattan-centric rail system.
April 1, 2014