Mayor de Blasio came to Delancey Street this morning to sign legislation lowering the default speed limit to 25 m.p.h. on most city streets.  The busy thoroughfare leading to the Williamsburg Bridge has been the scene of numerous fatal accidents.  Safety measures, including an expanded pedestrian plaza, were implemented in the area following the January 2012 death of 12-year-oldDashane Santana.

The law takes effect November 7.  It's part of the mayor's Vision Zero initiative, which aims to make New York's streets safer. According to the mayor's office, the speed limit is currently 30 m.p.h. on about 95% of city streets.  Beginning next month, 90% will be set below 25 m.p.h.  New York will spend $500,000 to install 3,000 new speed limit singns.  It's estimated that the reduced speed limit could cut traffic fatalities in half.

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CHINATOWN - A man was killed Thursday night when a private garbage truck hit him and dragged him along Canal Street before driving away, police said.

It was not immediately clear where the 59-year-old man, whose name was not immediately released, was initially hit. He dislodged from the eastbound truck on Canal Street near Centre Street about 9:30 p.m., an NYPD spokesman said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

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