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Participatory Budgeting: Your Chance to Vote for Livable Streets

By Stephen Miller | Mar 25, 2015 | No Comments

A record 24 City Council members have launched participatory budgeting efforts this year, giving local residents a say in how to spend a share of the council’s discretionary capital funds. Starting last fall, volunteers and staff spent months refining proposals and suggestions. Council members are now releasing sample ballots so the public can learn more about the projects before […]

Ben Kallos Won’t Talk About Why He Wants to Gut the Right of Way Law

By Brad Aaron | Mar 18, 2015 | 16 Comments

On October 8, 2014, the driver of a Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation bus hit cyclist Anna Maria Moström while making a left turn. Moström was mortally injured. Two days later, a Coca-Cola truck driver hit an unidentified 86-year-old man in a crosswalk while turning from E. 96th Street onto Third Avenue. The senior died from his injuries. Both drivers […]

With Traffic Deaths Trending Downward, Lancman Attacks Right of Way Law

By Brad Aaron | Mar 12, 2015 | 17 Comments

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton told the City Council today that NYC traffic fatalities have continued to drop in 2015, but not every council member is pleased with the city’s recent steps to deter dangerous driving. In testimony to the public safety committee, Bratton said traffic deaths were down 43 percent as of mid-February, though he […]

The New York City Parking Rule That Makes Intersections More Dangerous

By Brad Aaron | Feb 27, 2015 | 45 Comments

We’ve reported before how certain New York City parking rules are designed to cram a little more free car storage onto the street at the expense of pedestrian safety. In 2009, DOT removed parking restrictions on unmarked crosswalks at T intersections, and the city allows drivers with disability permits to block curb ramps that were […]

Ydanis Rodriguez Bill Would Open Residential Elevators to Bikes

By Brad Aaron | Feb 26, 2015 | 19 Comments

The City Council is poised to eliminate a major hassle for many New Yorkers who own bikes. A bill from Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez would mandate that all residential buildings in the city allow residents to use elevators to transport their bikes to and from their apartments. Rodriguez, who chairs the council transportation committee, introduced the […]

Margaret Chin: Toll Reform Will Protect New Yorkers From Truck Traffic

By Brad Aaron | Feb 12, 2015 | 25 Comments

City Council Member Margaret Chin today introduced legislation to require the city to examine the effects of New York City’s dysfunctional bridge toll system on traffic safety. The bill would also mandate regular DOT safety audits for all city truck routes. Trucks account for 3.6 percent of vehicles on city streets but are involved in 32 […]

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