August 4th, 2014

Contacts: Russell Murphy 917-584-9574 russmurphy55@gmail.com

  

NYC ELECTED OFFICIALS, ADVOCATES TO ANNOUNCE ENFORCEMENT OF NEW SPEED LIMITS ON BROADWAY BETWEEN 59th STREET AND 220th STREET IN MANHATTAN

 

NYC Council Members Ydanis Rodriguez and Helen Rosenthal and State Senator Adriano Espaillat to Join Safe Streets Advocates and Families of Victims of Car Crashes in Celebrating the Beginning of Stricter Enforcement of New Broadway 25 MPH Speed Limit

 

New York, NY-On Monday, August 4, 2014, Council Members Ydanis Rodriguez and Helen Rosenthal will join Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safer Streets in announcing the enforcement of the new "arterial slow zone" on Broadway, stretching from 59th Street to 220th Street in Manhattan. The new speed limit of 25 MPH on this long stretch was announced by the Department of Transportation and Council Transportation Committee Chair Ydanis Rodriguez in early May and was fully implemented in July. Starting today, NYPD will begin enforcing this new speed limit, ticketing drivers who are found to be speeding.

 

Throughout this stretch of Broadway, 22 people have been killed since 2008, including 4 within a 2 block radius just this year. New York City is committed to limiting traffic deaths; earlier this year Mayor de Blasio announced a multi-agency approach to this goal known as "Vision Zero". Part of this plan includes lowering speed limits to 25 MPH and retiming traffic lights to accommodate the lower speed in what are known as "Arterial Slow Zones".

 

The elected officials and advocates will be announcing this start to enforcement as a way to encourage drivers to slow down, particularly on the City's major streets. Car crashes are the leading cause of injury related death for children under 14 in New York City and speed is the most common contributor to these grim statistics.

 

What: Elected Officials, Advocates Announce Start of Enforcement to Broadway Arterial Slow Zone

 

 

Who: Council Transportation Committee Chair Ydanis Rodriguez, Council Member Helen Rosenthal, State Senator Adriano Espaillat, Policy Director for Transportation Alternatives Alana Miller, Representatives from Families for Safer Streets

 

 

Where: 96th Street and Broadway, Manhattan

 

When: August 4, 2014. 2 PM

 

 

 

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