New York, NY – New York City is slowing down traffic on 14 major roadways as part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s effort to cut down on pedestrian deaths.
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The city Department of Transportation said Friday it will create 14 new 25-mph zones on major thoroughfares including Houston Street in lower Manhattan and Broadway from Columbus Circle to West 220th Street.
The initiative is part of Blasio’s “Vision Zero” program that aims to eliminate traffic fatalities.
The slowed-down stretch of Broadway will include the area around West 95th and West 96th streets.
There have been four traffic deaths within a two-block radius there this year.
Other streets where speeds will be lowered include sections of Jerome Avenue in the Bronx. Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn and Victory Boulevard on Staten Island.
I don’t remember the last time I drove more than 20 mph on Houston st
Keep allowing them to take away your rights. 30 MPB is slow enough but not too slow. 25 MPH this is just a way to get more money out of people. But keep allowing them to take away your rights and one day you will wake up to see that you are a slave to the city!!!
im not sure anyone realizes how slow 25mph really is. Think looking for parking speed. if they actually enforce it thats going to cause traffic to double. more alive people, more angry drivers.
Soon it’ll be quicker to walk
I wish the Mayor would make 13th and 14th Avenues 25mph zones. I can rarely go over 10 mph on those congested avenues.
Vision Zero such a feel good slogan. Great for politicians and great for the cities pocketbook. Of course I’m for vision zero. But how come no one mentions REFLECTIVE BELTS pedestrians walk at night in dark clothing. How can the driver see them especially if it’s raining. Even in daylight people walk in the streets as if the driver can and will always see them. Of course this isn’t true you have blind spots , sun glare etc. How about addressing pedestrians who stand in the intersection waiting for the light to turn green and inch forward from both sides until your car is forced to stop. Then you have mothers who use their carriages as a radar detector to see if cars are coming. Hashem yshmor. A few years ago Senator Kriegr tried to make a law concerning distracted walkers he was laughed at. Now, a few years later I’m not laughing anymore you want a true vision zero plan this problem has to be addressed. On the 25 mile hour speed limit on most side streets I don’t see it as a problem but on some major roadways such as Eastern Parkway its unrealistic. It like driving 40mph on the thruway. If they really were interested in a slower traffic they could just sequenize the lights better
I agree with #7 . It is not fun to drive in NYC, especially in Brooklyn. A few years ago, after driving over 550 miles to visit family in Brooklyn, I was completing the end of my journey. I was driving in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn at night, around Avenue M, and E. 28th St. All of a sudden, some meshuganah on a bicycle came out of a side street, and intentionally tried to run his bike into my car. His bike had no lights or reflectors. He must have been high, as he seemed intent on intentionally causing an accident, and his body language indicated that he was daring me to challenge him. Fortunately, I was able to safely get away from that maniac. After traveling so far, it was ironic that a problem such as the above, would occur only blocks from my destination. Even when I parked my car on E. 31st St., the thoughtful drivers in front and back of me, allowed me barely an inch clearance. It was nearly impossible for me to move my car, when I had to leave, and return home. It is no fun driving in such an environment, especially when the drivers and pedestrians have such attitude problems.