From New York Post · · 1m 20s
Mamdani's traffic death plan, minus the details
A 104-page blueprint promises zero traffic deaths in 10 years, but the boldest pieces are still blank.
In brief
A 104-page blueprint promises zero traffic deaths in 10 years, but the boldest pieces are still blank. The plan's hard edges are speed enforcement and intersection fixes; the car-free zones and neighborhood speed limits are still just intentions. Originally reported by New York Post.
Zero traffic deaths in ten years
Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled "Vision Zero Reimagined" on Tuesday, a 104-page blueprint to wipe out traffic deaths in New York City within a decade.
Pedestrian zones with no map
The plan leans on expanding car-free zones and "pedestrian-priority districts," but never says where they go or how much of the city they would cover.
“pedestrian-priority districts”
Make driving less appealing
Whole neighborhoods would drop to 20 mph, and the city is looking at higher tolls for oversized passenger cars.
“providing disincentives to private automobile trips, ownership and on-street storage”
Super Speeders get governors
A first-of-its-kind program would force drivers with 16 or more speed camera tickets in a single year to install speed-limiting devices in their cars.
School zones behind schedule
The administration promised 15 mph limits in 800 school zones this year. City officials admit only 200 are done so far.
A 2014 promise, retried
De Blasio launched Vision Zero in 2014 with 252 deaths and a pledge of none by 2024. Transportation Alternatives staged a summer die-in demanding Mamdani update it.
The key point
The plan's hard edges are speed enforcement and intersection fixes; the car-free zones and neighborhood speed limits are still just intentions.
