New York City Mayor Outlines Plan to Reduce Traffic Deaths
Mayor Bill de Blasio outlined a wide-ranging plan on Tuesday to make New York streets safer for pedestrians and drivers, revealing a combination of policing and transportation initiatives designed to...
View ArticleNew York City Gets $800,000 Federal Pedestrian Safety Grant
The federal government is giving New York City more than $800,000 to go after speeders and drivers who don’t yield to pedestrians. The acting administrator of the National Highway Traffic...
View ArticleTraffic Safety Legislation Set to Pass in New York City
The New York City Council is set to pass a sweeping legislative package aimed at improving traffic safety. City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the...
View ArticleNew York City Fire Truck Drivers to Take Safe-Driving Course
The outgoing FDNY commissioner says that the department has budgeted $1.3 million for a one-day “refresher” driving course for every ambulance and fire truck driver. Commissioner Sal Cassano told the...
View ArticleTraffic Enforcement Campaign Begins in New York City
The NYPD is conducting a citywide traffic safety enforcement initiative over the next three weeks. It began Monday and continues through July 6. Police will be focusing on speeding, driving while using...
View ArticleNew York City Plans Crackdown on Unsafe Taxi Drivers
New York City is cracking down on unsafe taxi drivers. The Taxi and Limousine Commission issued 5,000 safety-related summonses so far this year. That’s a 95 percent increase from last year. The New...
View ArticleNew York City Council Sets 25 MPH Residential Street Speed Limit
The New York City Council has passed a bill lowering the maximum speed limit on most residential streets to 25 mph. The change is part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s effort to cut down on pedestrian deaths....
View ArticleNew York City Will Spend $250M to Make Streets Safer
Some of New York City’s most dangerous streets are about to get safer as part of a $250 million project that will target roadways in the outer boroughs where dozens of pedestrians have been killed or...
View ArticleNew York City, Union Settle Suit Over ‘Vision Zero’ Plan
New York City has reached a settlement with the Transport Workers Union regarding a lawsuit over the mayor’s recently implemented “Vision Zero” program that aims to eliminate all pedestrian deaths. TWU...
View ArticleNew York City Mayor Defends Traffic Safety Plan Despite Rash of Deaths
Three people, including a child, crushed by a car that plowed into a group of trick-or-treaters. An 84-year-old woman run over by a charter bus that never stopped. A grandmother struck by a taxi driver...
View ArticleFeds Set Goal of Zero Traffic Deaths in 30 Years
The Obama administration is setting a goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and injuries in the United States within the next 30 years. Transportation Department officials laid out a plan Wednesday...
View ArticleChicago Joins International Program to Reduce Car Crashes by 2026
Chicago officials are launching a new program to help reduce roadway crashes and eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2026. Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office announced the program this week...
View ArticleNew York City Mayor Outlines Plan to Reduce Traffic Deaths
Mayor Bill de Blasio outlined a wide-ranging plan on Tuesday to make New York streets safer for pedestrians and drivers, revealing a combination of policing and transportation initiatives designed to...
View ArticleNew York City Gets $800,000 Federal Pedestrian Safety Grant
The federal government is giving New York City more than $800,000 to go after speeders and drivers who don’t yield to pedestrians. The acting administrator of the National Highway Traffic...
View ArticleTraffic Safety Legislation Set to Pass in New York City
The New York City Council is set to pass a sweeping legislative package aimed at improving traffic safety. City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the...
View ArticleNew York City Fire Truck Drivers to Take Safe-Driving Course
The outgoing FDNY commissioner says that the department has budgeted $1.3 million for a one-day “refresher” driving course for every ambulance and fire truck driver. Commissioner Sal Cassano told the...
View ArticleTraffic Enforcement Campaign Begins in New York City
The NYPD is conducting a citywide traffic safety enforcement initiative over the next three weeks. It began Monday and continues through July 6. Police will be focusing on speeding, driving while using...
View ArticleNew York City Plans Crackdown on Unsafe Taxi Drivers
New York City is cracking down on unsafe taxi drivers. The Taxi and Limousine Commission issued 5,000 safety-related summonses so far this year. That’s a 95 percent increase from last year. The New...
View ArticleNew York City Council Sets 25 MPH Residential Street Speed Limit
The New York City Council has passed a bill lowering the maximum speed limit on most residential streets to 25 mph. The change is part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s effort to cut down on pedestrian deaths....
View ArticleNew York City Will Spend $250M to Make Streets Safer
Some of New York City’s most dangerous streets are about to get safer as part of a $250 million project that will target roadways in the outer boroughs where dozens of pedestrians have been killed or...
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