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Advos Call for Dedicated Fund After Cuomo Budget Again Omits Bike-Ped
Two and a half years after he signed the state's complete streets bill into law, Governor Cuomo has again declined to write dedicated funds for pedestrian and cyclist infrastructure -- and, therefore, pedestrian and cyclist safety -- into the executive budget.
January 28, 2014
New Yorkers Call on Cuomo to Back Complete Streets Law With State Funds
A coalition of advocacy groups and government representatives called on Governor Cuomo today to dedicate state funds toward improving infrastructure for walking and biking.
January 14, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Ocean Parkway Gets Safety Upgrades, With More to Come
A plan to improve pedestrian safety at a dangerous Brooklyn intersection is seeing the first signs of progress on the ground.
October 24, 2013
Lander: NYS DOT Rejected Improvements to Deadly Brooklyn Intersection
Safety measures proposed for a crash-prone Brooklyn intersection where a senior was killed by a truck driver this week were rejected by New York State DOT, according to City Council Member Brad Lander.
June 28, 2013
Mirror Law Loopholes Keep City Pedestrians at Risk From Large Trucks
Following queries by Streetsblog, two state senators have pledged to address loopholes in a new state law that permit large trucks to be operated without safety mirrors, thereby endangering pedestrians and cyclists, especially children and the elderly, in New York City neighborhoods.
December 17, 2012
State DOT’s Spending Blueprint Overlooks Walking and Biking
Advocates for safer streets are alarmed by a New York State DOT "blueprint" for capital investments that scarcely acknowledges walking or biking as modes of transportation.
December 6, 2012
Will Cuomo Spend Bike-Ped Funds on Bike-Ped Projects?
With MAP-21 taking effect today, city and state transportation advocates are calling on Governor Cuomo and the New York State Department of Transportation to devote all of its federal bike-ped funds to walking and cycling infrastructure. The coalition of just over 100 groups is also asking that the state make available millions of dollars, allocated as part of the prior federal transportation bill, to such projects before the funds must be returned to Washington.
October 1, 2012
Memo to Daily News: Local NYC Streets Could Also Use State DOT Attention
After two crashes in six years that caused 13 fatalities and an outcry from an indignant press corps suddenly obsessed with traffic safety, the New York State Department of Transportation has turned its attention to the Bronx River Parkway.
May 3, 2012
Crossover Mirror Bill Takes Effect Next January
On July 18, Governor Cuomo signed into law legislation requiring that all large trucks driven on New York City streets have crossover mirrors to allow their drivers to see what's directly in front of them. The law will take effect 180 days after the governor signed it, in mid-January.
August 3, 2011
Marty Golden’s Truck Safety Bill Advances in the Senate
A little-known bill that could save lives has cleared the State Senate Transportation Committee.
March 4, 2011