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Vision Zero report shows fatality declines in underserved neighborhoods

January 16, 2025 Brooklyn Eagle Staff
Pedestrians cross Delancey Street as congested traffic from Brooklyn enters Manhattan over the Williamsburg Bridge, March 28, 2019, in New York. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File
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CITYWIDE — THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION released a report Wednesday, Jan. 15 revealing significant traffic fatality reductions in lower-income neighborhoods and communities of color since Vision Zero began in 2014. Neighborhoods where Black, Asian or Hispanic residents made up 80% of the population saw the sharpest declines, with pedestrian fatalities down by 32% and overall traffic fatalities by 26%.

The report highlights DOT’s focus on underserved areas, where redesign projects have transformed streets into safer spaces. Areas of Brooklyn with the most street improvements during 2024 included northern Bushwick, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Crown Heights, Canarsie and Bedford-Stuyvesant, according to the 2024 Vision Zero equity report. 

NYC DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez noted the importance of equitable investments: “These projects save lives and build safer communities.”

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