New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani recently released a street safety plan to reduce pedestrian deaths.
The plan, Vision Zero Reimagined, consists of more than 100 policy goals for the next decade that address the rapidly changing mix of cars, trucks, bikes, and electric devices on city streets and bike lanes.
Near-term goals include:
Reducing the speed limit to 15 m.p.h. near hundreds more schools
Adding barriers and other infrastructure to 1,000 intersections a year
Adding new safety features to thousands of city-owned vehicles, including audible alerts on trucks and enhanced emergency brake systems
Exploring higher tolls for oversized passenger vehicles
Installing speed-capping devices in cars caught speeding repeatedly in school zones
The 105-page plan also supports creating pedestrian-only districts, but it does not include locations.
It also seeks to crack down on drivers who use “ghost plates” on their cars to obscure their identity, but that would require action from the state legislature.