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City Council Passes Legislation To Reduce Citywide Speed Limit

The New York City Council yesterday passed legislation that reduces the citywide speed limit [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=1903330&GUID=45680087-FF36-4C17-9073-926FB4BCE903&Options=&Search=] on residential streets from 30 miles per hour to 25 mph, a move that lawmakers [http://council.nyc.gov/html/

Amy Cohen

Street Safety Activists Install ’20 Is Plenty’ Signs Around The City

Over the weekend community members in ten neighborhoods around the city that have applied for, but not received, Neighborhood Slow Zone [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/motorist/slowzones.shtml] designations got together to install their own ’20 Is Plenty’ signs along local streets. Street safety advocacy group Right

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Assemblymember Brennan Calls For Red Light Camera At PPW Intersection Where Sammy Cohen-Eckstein Was Struck

In a letter sent to NYC DOT [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] Commissioner Janet Sadik-Khan and Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Joseph Palmieri last week, Assemblymember Jim Brennan [http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/James-F-Brennan/] addressed the need for increased safety measures for pedestrians along Prospect Park