Council Member Brooks-Powers presents Intro 113
Council Member Brooks-Powers presents Intro 113, saying streets should be governed by data and progress measured transparently. Her bill would require DOT, NYPD, and other agencies to study driving behavior and report annually on patterns linked to crashes, injuries, and fatalities.
Thank you, Majority Leader and Chair Abreu and members of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for hearing Intro 113 today.
As we evaluate the administration's Vision Zero plan today, I remain committed to the principle that our streets should be governed by data and that progress should be measured transparently and consistently.
The work of this committee, including during my time as chair, has shown that safety and fairness go together.
That work has included...
It's citywide daylighting, ending jaywalking enforcement, and overhauling city truck routes.
Enforcement should be focused on the behavior that is injuring and killing New Yorkers.
To do that, the city must know that behavior better.
My bill, Intro 113, would require the Department of Transportation, working with the NYPD and other agencies, to study driving behavior and identify the patterns that signal dangerous driving before it ends in a crash.
The study would draw on data the city already collects but rarely looks at in this way.
Hit and run reports, reckless driving convictions, crash reports, the driving activity of vehicles registered to people with suspended or revoked licenses, and where feasible insurance information.
Every year, the Department of Transportation would report to this council and the public on what it found, what it recommends, what agencies have done about it, and whether dangerous driving is going up or down.
I look forward to working with the chair and the committee to move Intro 113 forward.