Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Polly Trottenberg

De Blasio, Vacca, Trottenberg Rebuff Opponents of East Tremont Safety Plan

By David Meyer | Aug 11, 2016 | 22 Comments

A leader of the Throggs Neck Merchants Association tried to thwart DOT’s safety plan for East Tremont Avenue at a town hall in the Bronx last night and was firmly rebuffed by Mayor de Blasio, Council Member Jimmy Vacca, and Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg. After the exchange, Raisa Jimenez, whose son Giovianni Nin was killed by a hit-and-run driver on East Tremont earlier […]

DOT Overrides CB 10, Advances E. Tremont Safety Project After Cyclist Death

By Brad Aaron | Jul 19, 2016 | 8 Comments

DOT will implement a road diet on the stretch of East Tremont Avenue where a motorist killed cyclist Giovanni Nin in June. Last year DOT had dropped the project in response to a hostile reception from Bronx Community Board 10. In early 2015, DOT proposed a number of improvements for East Tremont between Williamsbridge Road and Bruckner Boulevard [PDF]. The plan would reduce […]

Albany Failed to Act on Safe Streets, So de Blasio’s Gotta Do It on His Own

By Ben Fried | Jun 23, 2016 | 3 Comments

With the Albany session over and legislative leaders failing to advance a bill to add 60 speed cameras in NYC, 2016 is going to be the first full calendar year since 2012 in which the city does not expand its automated speed enforcement program. Advocates put together an impressive coalition for speed cameras, and they’ll be back fighting […]

Rodriguez: Wouldn’t DOT Like More Vision Zero Funding? Trottenberg: Nope

By David Meyer | May 18, 2016 | 11 Comments

The de Blasio administration continues to resist the City Council’s efforts to devote more resources to street redesigns that will save lives. Speaking at a transportation committee hearing yesterday, Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg said DOT has sufficient funding in the city budget to redesign, within six to seven years, the 292 dangerous intersections where most fatal traffic crashes occur. That […]

De Blasio DOT Budget Fails to Meet de Blasio Vision Zero Timetable [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Mar 3, 2016 | 5 Comments

#VisionZero FY17 funding includes $115M for street capital construction projects, $59M for #SafeRoutestoSchools, pic.twitter.com/32I5cgBYbJ — NYC DOT (@NYC_DOT) March 2, 2016 Update below Mayor de Blasio’s proposed DOT budget again falls well short of what’s needed to implement life-saving street redesigns within the time frame prescribed by Vision Zero. The mayor’s preliminary FY 2017 budget allocates $115 million […]

De Blasio Gives DOT Permission to Put Safety Above Community Board Whims

By Brad Aaron | Dec 16, 2015 | 87 Comments

When DOT allows community boards to veto street safety projects, streets aren’t as safe for walking and biking as they could be. This year, for instance, when facing opposition or anticipating blowback from community boards, DOT watered down a road diet and other safety measures planned for Riverside Drive; proposed disjointed bike lanes for Kingston and Brooklyn […]

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