New York City traffic deaths are way up on the year. Data shows 58 people died in crashes through early April of this year, including pedestrians. That’s a 35 percent jump compared to the same time frame last year. Last year had one the highest number of street fatalities in a decade. Jon Orcutt with Bike New York has worked in transportation policy for 30 years.
“One of the things that helped was the lower speed limit. Another was speed cameras, but people have figured out how to defeat the speed cameras with one inch of electrical tape on their license plate and no one is going out to check for that. There’s no enforcement for that.”
Mayor Eric Adams is pledging to redesigning one thousand intersections to make them safer.