daylighting universal<\/a>, which pits street safety against parking availability; building more bike lane\u00a0networks; lowering speed limits; and extending Summer Streets to every Sunday.<\/p>\nTransportation Alternatives reps said the report\u2019s recommendations allow the city to \u201cfinally reach Vision Zero\u201d safety goals, speed up buses and turn streets into sprawling open public spaces.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMayor-elect Mamdani has a generational mandate to transform the streets of New York City,\u201d said Ben Furnas, executive director of Transportation Alternatives. \u201cFor too long, New York has been home to the slowest buses in the nation, bike lanes that suddenly end, narrow sidewalks, obstructed intersections, and speeding vehicles. That can all end with an administration that puts people first on our streets, and these recommendations are the way to do it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
One key pillar of the agenda is for Mamdani and his transportation department to implement Sammy\u2019s Law in more locations. The city transportation department began lowering speed limits in select locations last year following the enactment of Sammy\u2019s Law in 2024, which gives the city the go-ahead to reduce speed limits to 20 mph with proper signage on individual streets.<\/p>\n
The Transportation Alternatives report recommends the Mamdani administration commit to lower the speed limits on all eligible roads within the city. They also requested the administration begin changing signage within the first 100 days of the new mayoralship.<\/p>\n
Patricia Morant, who lost her son in a traffic collision, is supportive of safety initiatives such as Sammy\u2019s Law.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cLosing my only son, Aundrei, after he was hit and killed was the worst thing that has ever happened to me,\u201d she said. Not a day goes by that I stop missing him. We need full implementation of these proven safety measures so New York City can finally have truly safe streets. No one should be afraid to cross the street, and no one should bury their child,\u201d<\/p>\n
Daylighting is another safety measure mentioned in the report. Council Member Julie Won sponsored the bill, which, if enacted, would prohibit cars from parking or standing within 20 feet of an intersection crosswalk.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The NYC Council\u2019s universal daylighting bill would prohibit vehicles from parking or standing within 20 feet of a crosswalk.Photo by Barbara Russo-Lennon<\/p>\n
Opponents of the bill, including the DOT, have argued that the practice would not be effective.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe appreciate the advocates who support this bill, but we spent two years reviewing data from thousands of intersections across New York City and found that universal daylighting would not improve safety and could cause up to 15,000 additional traffic injuries per year,\u201d a DOT spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
But Sara Lind, co-executive director of Open Plans, urged the Mayor-elect to support universal daylighting. She said he has \u201calready committed to reimagining\u201d NYC streets.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re especially excited to see expanding outdoor dining, growing School Streets, and advancing daylighting included,\u201d she said. \u201cThese are proven ways to make our city safer, healthier, and more connected. It\u2019s inspiring to see leaders across the city champion these people-first solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Buses on three more Manhattan and Bronx routes are now equipped with cameras to catch drivers improperly using\u00a0bus lanes, according to the MTA.Ray Raymundi\/MTA<\/p>\n
During the campaign trail, Mamdani was not outspoken about many of the street safety initiatives outlined in the advocacy report. However, making buses fast and free was one of the highlights of his campaign platforms.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He also appeared at numerous press conferences with transit groups to advocate for improved bus service in the city. On Aug. 7, the then-candidate even set out to race the M34 bus<\/a> in Midtown to prove how slow it is.\u00a0<\/p>\nHe and other pedestrians in the mix won. They beat the crosstown 34th Street bus by seven minutes during rush hour traffic.\n<\/p>\n
While the mayor-elect has previously expressed support for improving the Big Apple\u2019s bus service, Transportation Alternatives\u2019 other detailed proposals require substantial budget allocations and agency and city council input to overcome any potential resistance to the ideas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani with his transition team. Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. Photo By Dean Moses A prominent city…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[23849,9,24,63,5607,23850,134,136,135,142,608,21992,23851,23852],"class_list":{"0":"post-41417","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-bus-lanes-and-bus-ways","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-nyc-dot","13":"tag-nyc-speed-limit","14":"tag-staten-island","15":"tag-staten-island-headlines","16":"tag-staten-island-news","17":"tag-transit","18":"tag-transportation","19":"tag-transportation-alternatives","20":"tag-universal-daylighting","21":"tag-zohran-mandani"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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