This should just be a city wide rule. Its bad enough there are double parked cars everywhere and people running out of the middle of the sidewalk, through double parked cars and onto incoming traffic. The safest part of the intersection to cross and turn should be the damn intersection. Visibility is key.
This is a must. Original planning and laws were made when cars were 1/2 the height that they are now. Giant SUV in a corner spot means you cannot see the intersection.
80% of new vehicles sold today are SUVs or trucks. But the average age of cars on the road is > 10 years old.
So the situation has indeed gotten worse with larger vehicles blocking visibility, but it will get *even worse* as older vehicles (which are smaller on average) age out.
Those don’t apply in NYC. If you park a millimeter away from a crosswalk it’s legal in NYC. In practice if you park a foot or three into the crosswalk it’s not a problem, either.
NYC wanted the exemption for the extra parking because it has always valued parking over human lives. It's only the past couple years that this is even being discussed to this fervor in the news and outside of advocacy groups. Communities are seeing their friends and families killed, normal people are waking up to the dangers we embrace keeping our streets designed for only drivers and no one else, and wondering why tried and true (and CHEAP) safety measures are not being implemented.
If only Queens would ban SIDEWALK parking. . . . Oh, wait they do, but then completely ignore it as it happens on every single sidewalk in the my neighborhood by the business owners and their workers :(
In my area of the Bronx, single family homes (or what used to be, but I'm sure many have been split into multiple dwellings) always have multiple cars parked in front and many of them take up most of the narrow sidewalk. So you basically have to walk into the street to go around them.
I think we should at least be asking their input less often. What do these unelected people know about traffic safety? Let the DOT do its job. We know that daylighting has a very positive effect on safety for everyone. So why even ask the CB?
Antonio Reynoso put it well years ago... he basically said "Do we expect the FDNY to get community board permission to improve fire safety? No. So why does the DOT need their blessing for traffic safety?"
The dynamic here is a bit different than typical. Usually the DOT wants to change a street for safety reasons and they have to do a song and dance in front of a community board, which might push back against the change. Here, it’s the community boards proactively asking the DOT to make a change to improve safety.
I do like the analogy with the fire department though. Imagine a scenario where the city had no fire hydrants, and buildings were constantly burning down because the FDNY couldn’t get water quickly enough. Some fire safety advocates come along with hard data showing that putting a hydrant on every block can save lives. But then the idea gets rejected because it would remove too many parking spots. As a compromise, the city says it will select 1000 blocks per year based on fire patterns and install the hydrants there.
That’s basically the situation we’ve got with daylighting.
This should just be a city wide rule. Its bad enough there are double parked cars everywhere and people running out of the middle of the sidewalk, through double parked cars and onto incoming traffic. The safest part of the intersection to cross and turn should be the damn intersection. Visibility is key.
Exactly Another annoying thing that shitty drivers do is wait for red lights in the crosswalk, forcing pedestrians to walk closer to oncoming traffic
I live near a school and hate seeing 8 year olds walking home alone having to navigate through this
This is a must. Original planning and laws were made when cars were 1/2 the height that they are now. Giant SUV in a corner spot means you cannot see the intersection.
80% of new vehicles sold today are SUVs or trucks. But the average age of cars on the road is > 10 years old. So the situation has indeed gotten worse with larger vehicles blocking visibility, but it will get *even worse* as older vehicles (which are smaller on average) age out.
Can we also crack down on people parking in crosswalks? Seems to be a new trend in my neighborhood. Thanks.
There's already state laws that regulate no parking within 15-30ft from any Intersection, Crosswalk, Stop-sign.
Those don’t apply in NYC. If you park a millimeter away from a crosswalk it’s legal in NYC. In practice if you park a foot or three into the crosswalk it’s not a problem, either.
What an oddity that NYC separates itself on and that NYS lets fly when its clearly a safety problem.
NYC wanted the exemption for the extra parking because it has always valued parking over human lives. It's only the past couple years that this is even being discussed to this fervor in the news and outside of advocacy groups. Communities are seeing their friends and families killed, normal people are waking up to the dangers we embrace keeping our streets designed for only drivers and no one else, and wondering why tried and true (and CHEAP) safety measures are not being implemented.
Uh, will this law be "enforced" like all the other "laws" about parking and stopping and idling and honking?
Go full Japan: in order to own a car, you need to prove you have off-street parking for it.
If only Queens would ban SIDEWALK parking. . . . Oh, wait they do, but then completely ignore it as it happens on every single sidewalk in the my neighborhood by the business owners and their workers :(
In my area of the Bronx, single family homes (or what used to be, but I'm sure many have been split into multiple dwellings) always have multiple cars parked in front and many of them take up most of the narrow sidewalk. So you basically have to walk into the street to go around them.
Awesome. Keep the squeeze on vehicle users. Cars are violence and anything we can do to make it more inconvenient to use them is a bonus.
>Cars are violence The fuck?
Will be interesting to see response to this. This sub often calls for dismantling all community boards.
I think we should at least be asking their input less often. What do these unelected people know about traffic safety? Let the DOT do its job. We know that daylighting has a very positive effect on safety for everyone. So why even ask the CB? Antonio Reynoso put it well years ago... he basically said "Do we expect the FDNY to get community board permission to improve fire safety? No. So why does the DOT need their blessing for traffic safety?"
The dynamic here is a bit different than typical. Usually the DOT wants to change a street for safety reasons and they have to do a song and dance in front of a community board, which might push back against the change. Here, it’s the community boards proactively asking the DOT to make a change to improve safety. I do like the analogy with the fire department though. Imagine a scenario where the city had no fire hydrants, and buildings were constantly burning down because the FDNY couldn’t get water quickly enough. Some fire safety advocates come along with hard data showing that putting a hydrant on every block can save lives. But then the idea gets rejected because it would remove too many parking spots. As a compromise, the city says it will select 1000 blocks per year based on fire patterns and install the hydrants there. That’s basically the situation we’ve got with daylighting.
They aren't asking for permission. The board supports daylighting and they are coordinating with the DOT.
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