Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about James Vacca

Vacca, City Council Agree to Deeper Budget Cuts to Keep Parking Cheap

By Ben Fried | Jan 6, 2011 | 14 Comments

Speaker Christine Quinn’s office just announced that the City Council has reached a budget deal with the Bloomberg administration, restoring some services slated for cuts and targeting others instead. There’s also one case where the council successfully fought to prevent the city from raising revenue to fund more services. A proposal to increase parking meter […]

Vacca Endorses Life-Saving 20 MPH Speed Limit

By Noah Kazis | Nov 22, 2010 | 10 Comments

Speed kills, even when traffic is moving at New York’s citywide limit of 30 miles per hour. According to the UK Department for Transport, if a driver hits a pedestrian at 30 miles per hour, the victim only has a 55 percent chance of surviving. At 20 mph, the pedestrian has a 95 percent chance […]

Vacca and Advocates to Albany: No More Transit Raids

By Ben Fried | Nov 8, 2010 | 3 Comments

Transit advocates and City Council transportation committee chair Jimmy Vacca are sounding the alarm about potential transit funding raids before the year is out. A $315 million hole has opened up in the state budget, and unless elected officials change the way they balance the state’s books, straphangers could end up paying for Albany’s fiscal […]

After NYPD Kills Bill, Council Pushes for Traffic Safety Data From DOT

By Noah Kazis | Nov 5, 2010 | 2 Comments

The City Council Transportation Committee held a hearing yesterday on four bills that would release new information about traffic crashes and how the Department of Transportation decides whether to install traffic calming measures and traffic control devices like stop lights and stop signs. All together, the bills would cover a wide spectrum of information, but […]

Mischaracterizations From Marty Seep Into Vacca Op-Ed on PPW Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Aug 24, 2010 | 16 Comments

City Council Member Jimmy Vacca has made several public shows of support for street safety initiatives since taking over as chair of the transportation committee at the beginning of the year. To draw attention to the statewide complete streets bill, he stood with Speaker Christine Quinn at 23rd Street, using the Ninth Avenue bike lane […]

Talking Transit With City Council Transportation Chair Jimmy Vacca

By Ben Fried | May 5, 2010 | 2 Comments

Jimmy Vacca at last week’s City Council hearing on Intro 120. Photo: Noah Kazis The last two years have been full of dismal news for transit riders in New York City. Revenue streams for transit have nosedived during the recession, with Albany plundering dedicated MTA taxes for good measure. The payroll tax state legislators passed […]

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