Mayor Zohran Mamdani laid out a broad plan to address safety on New York’s streets on Tuesday, featuring some ideas that have been strongly supported and championed by Queens officials for some time.
Read MoreQueens has hit a morbid traffic violence milestone as 2024 is already on pace to be a deadly year on New York City’s streets, according to a new report from a transportation group.
Read More2021 is on pace to be one of the deadliest years for pedestrians and cyclists in the city since 2014. It’s time to slow down, mayor says.
Read More“Two more innocent New Yorkers are dead because of a transportation system which puts speed ahead of safety, and a culture which celebrates driving big, fast, and powerful vehicles
Read MoreDrivers cruising down two busy Queens roadways will have to slow down in the coming months, the Department of Transportation announced Tuesday.
Read MoreSeveral Queens neighborhoods that the DOT has identified as “priority districts,” including Corona, East Elmhurst and Jackson Heights, will receive protected bike lanes.
Read More"I've gotta be honest with you, Vision Zero's a joke.”
Read MoreOther features of the budget include $60 million toward retrofitting city government buildings for the city’s Green New Deal initiative and $5 million toward Vision Zero.
Read MoreFines for breaking the law would range from $25 for a first-time offense to $250 for multiple violations in a short time span.
Read MoreThe death of a Far Rockaway boy struck by a vehicle just moments after exiting a school bus last week has further galvanized pedestrian safety advocates
Read MoreXi is one of more than 900 pedestrians citywide to have been injured or killed in car collisions in the last 28 days, according to the most recent NYPD data.
Read MoreThough vehicle-occupant and cyclist deaths reached record lows in 2018, pedestrian deaths did not decrease at the same rate.
Read MoreAs of Dec. 27 the number of cyclists and vehicle occupants killed in collisions dropped to all-time lows.
Read More“Driving isn’t just a privilege, it’s a responsibility”
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