Vision Zero

Some of the city’s most dangerous streets will be overhauled, with studies to start this year.

Alison Collard de Beaufort, a freshman at Brooklyn Technical High School, wants to create a network of student advocates for safe streets in schools across the city.

A law fining hit-and-run drivers in New York City has gone into effect with the New Year.

A man was killed on the Upper East Side after a traffic collision Saturday night, according to police.

De Blasio’s characterization of New York City under his predecessor and billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg’s tenure as a “Tale of Two Cities” won the progressive Democrat a landslide victory. The issue resonated, as did the candidate’s vision for a more equal city.

Starting Friday, the default city speed limit slows down to 25 mph.

NEW YORK—The City Council stamped its approval Tuesday on two bills that will change how New Yorkers drive and commute.

NEW YORK—When Mayor Bill de Blasio announced in February his multi-agency 63-point Vision Zero initiative to lower traffic fatalities to zero, he proclaimed the strategy was to use enforcement, education, and engineering.

Council members are giving out free bike helmets, sponsoring bus countdown clocks, and pushing for street redesigns in addition to sponsoring legislation.

Albany didn’t hear them the first time, so speed camera advocates have taken it to the streets. Forty crime scenes appeared along Grand Street Wednesday night.

NEW YORK—Many pedestrians have noted dangerous streets in their neighborhoods as the ones they are reluctant to cross. But when it comes to advocates trying to convince city agencies to take action, it’s difficult to express just how dangerous a street or intersection is.

NYC City Council committees held the first hearing on Vision Zero Feb. 24 to discuss the city’s interagency efforts, and what would be needed from the City Council to reach Mayor Bill de Blasio’s goals of zero traffic-related injuries or deaths.