PRIORITIES

Transportation & Street Safety

Every New Yorker deserves a transportation system that centers accessibility, convenience, sustainability, and safety. We must fully implement the NYC Streets Plan, update Vision Zero, and protect congestion pricing to fund the MTA. We also need stronger traffic enforcement to prevent accidents and hold reckless drivers accountable. As your Council Member, I’ll fight for all this and more to create a safer and more accessible city for everyone.

BIKE & E-BIKE SAFETY

  • Ensure the implementation of the Streets Plan and the building of more protected bike lanes to keep cyclists and pedestrians safe

  • Support the building of Street Deliverista Hubs to foster the safe and efficient storage and charging of e-bikes for essential delivery workers

  • Hold delivery app companies responsible for incentivizing reckless riding behavior to increase both pedestrian and rider safety

OPEN STREETS, OPEN SPACES

  • Expand the NYC DOT Open Streets Program, including Open Streets near Schools during school hours

  • Work with the DOT, community members, and experts to identify ideal locations for additional public green space and car free promenades

  • Support additional outdoor dining zones and time periods beyond April-November and make information on new regulations more accessible to local cafes and restaurants 

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY

  • Support a comprehensive update to the 2014 Vision Zero initiative to account for the proliferation of e-bikes, rideshare apps, and other recent trends

  • Work with community leaders to advocate for more slow zones with 20 mph speed limits in accordance with Sammy’s Law

  • Expand sidewalk daylighting (prohibiting parking adjacent to cross walks) and extended curbs at high-traffic intersections to improve pedestrian visibility

  • Invest in more crossing guards near schools

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

  • Uphold and expand congestion pricing to fund additional MTA improvements and further reduce traffic congestion

  • Advocate for a busway transit corridor to be created along Atlantic Avenue, similar to the successful 14th Street busway in Manhattan

  • Fight to restore the B71 bus line along Union Street and create a more accessible bus network with connections to the subway and CitiBike hubs

  • Make more subway stops accessible by installing elevators and escalators

  • Hold the administration and DOT accountable for implementing the protected bus lanes mandated by the NYC Streets Plan

TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT

  • Support efforts to install cameras on street sweepers to photograph and report alternate-side parking violations

  • Explore the creation of a system for civilian reporting of vehicles blocking fire hydrants, “ghost cars” with missing or obscured license plates, and other dangerous violations

  • Back state efforts to require the installation of Intelligent Speed Assistance devices in the cars of the most prolific repeat speeding and reckless driving offenders

  • Work with the NYPD to increase investigative and enforcement efforts focused on the most dangerous driving behavior such as hit-and-runs, drag racing, and drunk driving

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