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Advocates to Albany: Let NYC Enforce the Speed Limit at Every School
Advocates from Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets will head to Albany tomorrow calling on legislators to expand NYC's automated speed enforcement program. They want speed cameras by each of the city’s 2,500-plus schools, operational at all times.
February 8, 2016
Will Meaningful Hit-and-Run Reform Be on Albany’s 2016 Agenda?
Governor Cuomo has vetoed bills that would have set back efforts to reform state hit-and-run statutes.
December 14, 2015
Today: Urge Cuomo to Amend or Kill Disastrous Albany Hit-and-Run Bill
District attorneys and traffic safety advocates across the state are asking Governor Cuomo to kill a bill that would stall efforts to reform state laws that create an incentive for drunk drivers to leave the scene of harmful crashes.
December 2, 2015
NYPD Conspicuously Absent From City Council Vision Zero Hearing
How seriously does Police Commissioner Bill Bratton take Vision Zero? The City Council transportation committee held a hearing today to gauge the city's progress in reducing traffic injuries and deaths, and NYPD didn't send a single person to provide testimony or answer questions.
October 7, 2015
Cuomo Signs Bill Allowing NYC to Expand Bus Lane Camera Program
Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill on Saturday that will speed up bus trips by expanding the number of bus lanes where the city can deploy camera enforcement. The law now enables New York City to use cameras to keep car drivers out of exclusive bus lanes on up to 16 routes, an increase from just six today.
September 21, 2015
NYPD and Electeds Idle as NYC’s Hit-and-Run Epidemic Claims Another Life
It was a particularly barbaric crime: A driver fatally struck a person who was crossing the street with a walker, then left the scene. That it was the second such death in a matter of weeks is another reminder that New York City, thanks in part to indifference in Albany, is failing to meaningfully address its ongoing epidemic of deadly hit-and-run collisions.
September 10, 2015
Four Transportation and Street Safety Bills That Albany Failed to Pass
Every year, several worthy street safety and transportation bills make it through either the State Senate or the Assembly but not the other house. This year, bills on four key issues made it through the Senate before dying in the Assembly.
June 30, 2015
Next Stop for Bill to Expand Bus Lane Cameras: Andrew Cuomo’s Desk
Last night, the State Senate followed the Assembly's lead and passed a bill to continue New York City's bus lane camera enforcement program and expand it to an additional 10 bus routes. The bill now awaits Governor Andrew Cuomo's signature.
June 26, 2015