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| NYC Council Working to Reduce Speed Limit on City Streets |
| 2013-11-27 |
| [POLITICKER] The New York City Council hopes to pass legislation that would reduce the speed limit on most residential and side streets to 20 miles per hour, Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced today. "We are actively working on that bill and our goal is to pass it before the end of the year," Ms. Quinn said during an unrelated presser this afternoon before the month's final council meeting. "We're actively working on it right now." The bill, introduced by Councilman David Greenfield, is aimed at reducing serous pedestrian injuries and traffic fatalities. Last year, 148 pedestrians were killed in traffic accidents and crashes. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 Drive in Manhattan everytime I go back to LI. Never have got up to above 20MPH except when past 3rd St. heading to the tunnel. What a joke. They want you to slow down for DeBlasio's resurrection of the New Squeeze Man. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2013-11-27 18:00 |
| #9 Given the New Yorker's habit of taking a step and a half off the curb then turning the head to see what's coming, things could be worse. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2013-11-27 17:19 |
| #8 What's slower than gridlock? |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2013-11-27 14:14 |
| #7 Obviously they need revenue, tickets will do it,, No need too be fair. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-11-27 12:53 |
| #6 Real hard to get the horse to maintain 20 mph. Just saying. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-11-27 10:23 |
| #5 Last time I drove in NYC I found it darned near impossible to get UP to 20 mph. On neighborhood streets OR parkways/expressways. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2013-11-27 09:40 |
| #4 How many of those pedestrians were looking at their phone when they were hit? How many of the drivers were looking at their phone when they hit the pedestrian? |
| Posted by: Airandee 2013-11-27 09:01 |
| #3 Hmmm. 148 pedestrian fatalities is roughly 1 every other day in a city of 8 million people. Doesn't seem particularly high, off hand. Gotta wonder how many take place on residential streets vs main thoroughfares. Hey, you don't suppose this is all about revenue generation, do you? (100 tickets/day * $100/ticket * 300 days = 3 million dollars) |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-11-27 03:32 |
| #2 How about no driving? That will do it. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2013-11-27 02:01 |
| #1 How about 5 MPH? That would be even safer, right? |
| Posted by: Raj 2013-11-27 01:21 |
