In former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s final year in office, the rate of traffic fatalities increased to alarming numbers. The New York Post reported that as of December 26th, 2021, 266 people died in car crashes in New York City. Throughout the former mayor’s eight years in office, traffic fatalities were reduced by 10 percent.…
On January 19th, Mayor Eric Adams announced his “Vision Zero” program, implementing several new rules and practices to increase pedestrian safety in New York City. The announcement came following an increase in pedestrian accidents and fatalities, and immediately after a 15-year-old was fatally struck by a school bus on Monday, January 17th.…
One of the many benefits of living in New York, especially New York City, is the ability to easily walk to work, school, and other daily activities. Unfortunately, however, New York has seen high pedestrian accident and fatality rates in the last year.…
New York is filled with Uber and Lyft drivers and is another form of transportation that many visitors and residents take advantage of when traveling. The New York Post states that, as of September 2021, Uber and Lyft were conducting approximately 432,581 daily rides.…
