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Mayor Mamdani Unveils 10-Year Plan to Make NYC Streets Safer

Sep 16, 2026·2 min read
Mayor Mamdani Unveils 10-Year Plan to Make NYC Streets Safer

By Y.M. Lowy

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has unveiled a new 10-year plan aimed at reducing traffic deaths and serious injuries across New York City.

The plan, called “Vision Zero Reimagined,” includes more than 100 policy commitments involving 19 city agencies and partners. It focuses on redesigning some of the city’s most dangerous streets and intersections, increasing enforcement against dangerous drivers and making changes to how New Yorkers travel around the city.

Among the plans is a goal of improving at least 1,000 intersections each year with hardened daylighting or other safety treatments. The city also plans to complete safety redesigns on untreated Vision Zero priority corridors over the next three years and expand pedestrian-priority areas and protected bike networks.

The administration also plans to target drivers with repeated histories of dangerous driving. This includes addressing “ghost plates,” expanding automated enforcement and launching New York City’s first Super Speeder program, which will target drivers with repeated speeding violations.

Another part of the plan focuses on e-bikes and scooters. The city says it will establish additional safety standards, expand bike and scooter share with safety training and work to remove illegal or uncertified devices from city streets.

The plan also calls for making buses, walking and other forms of transportation more accessible while encouraging the use of smaller and safer vehicles. The city says it will also push for safer truck designs and greater use of cargo bikes, rail and water transportation for freight.

As part of the plan, the city will create a unified Vision Zero data system to study crashes and identify areas where safety improvements are needed. City agencies will also expand safety technology in municipal vehicles, including automatic emergency braking, intelligent speed assistance, pedestrian alerts and high-visibility truck designs.

The city says traffic deaths have fallen by 30 percent since Vision Zero was launched in 2014. The new plan is intended to build on that work over the next decade.

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