Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Elections

Mayoral and City Council Candidates Respond to TA Questionnaire

By Stephen Miller | | 15 Comments
This morning, Transportation Alternatives released the results of surveys it sent out to mayoral and City Council candidates. While council candidates expressed a wide variety of opinions, mayoral candidates primarily hammered home positions most of them have already discussed during the campaign, while revealing a few new details on their transportation and street safety policies. Mayoral candidates […]

Bill de Blasio Outlines His “Vision Zero” Plan

By Brad Aaron | | 17 Comments
As if on cue, Bill de Blasio today released a plan to reduce city traffic fatalities to zero within 10 years. The paper draws heavily on data and, while some facets would require concessions from Albany and cooperation from NYPD, it’s the most comprehensive and detailed street safety policy released by a mayoral candidate to […]

In Harlem Council Race, Two Very Different Positions on 125th Street SBS

By Stephen Miller | | 26 Comments
Last night at a candidate debate hosted by block associations in Harlem, incumbent Council Member Inez Dickens, first elected to the District 9 seat in 2005, faced off against challenger Vince Morgan, a community development banker and former chair of the 125th Street Business Improvement District. While transportation didn’t come up much in the debate itself, some important […]

StreetsPAC Is Sending Out Its Mayoral Candidate Questionnaire

By Brad Aaron | | 1 Comment
StreetsPAC has released its mayoral candidate questionnaire. The 10-page questionnaire is characteristically thorough. Among other topics, any candidate who submits a complete response will be on the record concerning safe streets policies, expanding the city’s bike lane network, road pricing, parking reform, car-free parks, transit expansion, bike-share and, yes, the Prospect Park West bike lane. […]
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