Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about City Council

For Cooper’s Law to Work, NYPD Must Change Its Approach to Traffic Crashes

By Brad Aaron | May 30, 2014 | 4 Comments

One of the most substantive traffic safety bills passed by the City Council Thursday was Intro 171 — “Cooper’s Law” — which allows the Taxi and Limousine Commission to suspend or revoke hack licenses of cab drivers who cause critical injury or death as a result of breaking traffic laws. The effectiveness of the law, however, […]

City Council Passes Several Bills to Reduce Reckless Driving

By Brad Aaron | May 29, 2014 | 58 Comments

The City Council today passed a slate of bills and resolutions aimed at improving street safety. The 11 bills — outlined in detail here — include Intro 238, which would make it a misdemeanor for a driver to “make contact” with a pedestrian or cyclist who has the right of way, punishable by up to […]

TLC Won’t Renew Hack License of Cab Driver Who Killed Cooper Stock

By Brad Aaron | May 23, 2014 | 1 Comment

The cab driver who killed 9-year-old Cooper Stock won’t be prosecuted by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, but he won’t have a hack license much longer. Koffi Komlani has not driven a cab since he struck Cooper and his father in an Upper West Side crosswalk in January, according to Allan Fromberg, spokesperson for the […]

No Mention of Cab Safety Tech as TLC Commish Outlines Vision Zero Budget

By Brad Aaron | May 16, 2014 | 1 Comment

Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero Action Plan contains a number of initiatives to improve cab driver safety, including “black box” technology to monitor cabbie behavior. TLC Commissioner Meera Joshi told the City Council in early May that the agency has issued RFIs for a telematics pilot program, but she didn’t mention the program during testimony at Thursday’s council […]

DOT Breaks Down Street Safety Spending for City Council

By Brad Aaron | May 15, 2014 | 10 Comments

At a City Council budget hearing today, Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg outlined in detail how DOT plans to allocate funds for street safety over the next year. DOT will spend $23 million to acquire the 120 additional speed cameras that were authorized by the state legislature this session, Trottenberg said, and will begin the procurement […]

Council Members Rally With StreetsPAC (and Bicycles) on City Hall Steps

By Stephen Miller | May 15, 2014 | 7 Comments

This morning, five City Council members joined StreetsPAC and dozens of bike commuters on the steps of City Hall to celebrate Bike to Work Week and push for Vision Zero traffic safety policies before today’s transportation budget hearing. One group rode from Brooklyn Borough Hall and another from Union Square, meeting up just before 9 a.m. for […]

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