{"id":3208,"date":"2026-08-05T10:02:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T14:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/?p=3208"},"modified":"2026-08-06T22:40:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T02:40:51","slug":"nyc-council-releases-new-analysis-and-public-interactive-map-on-vision-zero-interventions-most-effective-at-reducing-pedestrian-casualties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2026\/08\/05\/3208\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Council Releases New Analysis and Public Interactive Map on Vision Zero Interventions Most Effective at Reducing Pedestrian Casualties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Analysis of&nbsp;nearly 10,000&nbsp;intersections&nbsp;finds interventions that slow vehicle speeds and increase pedestrian visibility deliver greatest&nbsp;impact<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NEW YORK, NY&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<\/strong>Today,&nbsp;the New York City Council&nbsp;released&nbsp;a new analysis&nbsp;evaluating the&nbsp;effectiveness&nbsp;of nine Vision Zero street safety interventions, providing one of the most comprehensive&nbsp;and data-driven&nbsp;assessments to date of which&nbsp;street safety&nbsp;strategies&nbsp;have been most successful at reducing&nbsp;pedestrian&nbsp;casualties.&nbsp;The&nbsp;analysis&nbsp;confirms that&nbsp;while&nbsp;Vision Zero has had a positive&nbsp;effect&nbsp;on&nbsp;street&nbsp;safety, not all interventions&nbsp;have the same impact across the city.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death and injury in New York City.&nbsp;Since the launch of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Vision Zero&nbsp;initiative&nbsp;in 2014, the&nbsp;City&nbsp;has implemented hundreds of street&nbsp;safety&nbsp;treatments&nbsp;aimed at reducing traffic violence, including speed humps, turn traffic calming, and speed limit reduction.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;Council\u2019s&nbsp;analysis, which analyzed data from 2013 to 2023,&nbsp;found that interventions designed to slow vehicle speeds and improve pedestrian visibility produced the&nbsp;greatest&nbsp;reductions in causalities, which are defined as&nbsp;both injuries and fatalities. The most successful interventions include:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Turn Traffic Calming, which reduced pedestrian&nbsp;casualties&nbsp;by 27 percent.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Neighborhood Slow Zones,&nbsp;which reduced pedestrian&nbsp;casualties&nbsp;by 21 percent.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Leading Pedestrian Intervals,&nbsp;which reduced pedestrian&nbsp;casualties&nbsp;by 13&nbsp;percent.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Citywide Speed Limit Reduction,&nbsp;which reduced pedestrian&nbsp;casualties&nbsp;by 10 percent.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See the Council Data Team\u2019s full analysis&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkcitycouncil.github.io\/vision-zero-web\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo keep New Yorkers safe on our streets, we must invest in effective interventions that reduce injuries and save lives,\u201d said <strong>Speaker Julie Menin<\/strong>. \u201cThe Council\u2019s data analysis provides valuable insight into which Vision Zero interventions are having the greatest impact across the city and where we should focus these resources. I thank our Council\u2019s Data Team for their thorough and thoughtful analysis, and I look forward to advancing data-driven solutions to improve street safety for all New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cVision Zero was built on a powerful premise: that every traffic death is preventable,\u201d said&nbsp;<strong>Majority Leader Shaun Abreu, Chair of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure<\/strong>. \u201cThat belief is what launched the initiative over a decade ago and continues to underpin our efforts today. Thanks to the&nbsp;hard work&nbsp;of the Council\u2019s data team, we now know which interventions are the most effective in achieving the goal of comprehensive street safety. Turn traffic calming, slow zones, and leading pedestrian intervals\u2014these all save lives. We will ensure the&nbsp;City&nbsp;fulfills its responsibility and uses this important insight to continue to make our streets safer for everyone.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along with the analysis, the Council released a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkcitycouncil.github.io\/vision-zero-web\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new public tool<\/a>&nbsp;for New Yorkers to search how intersections in their neighborhoods have improved due to the implementation of Vision Zero interventions. The interactive map advances accessibility and transparency by empowering users to better understand how their streets have changed\u2014and which interventions they can advocate for&nbsp;to improve&nbsp;street safety.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Council\u2019s Data Team analyzed pedestrian casualty data at 9,562 intersections that received Vision Zero interventions between 2015 and 2021. The analysis compares outcomes before and after the physical and regulatory changes were made to understand which interventions produced the strongest safety outcomes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Council&nbsp;plans to&nbsp;hold an oversight hearing this fall to examine the report\u2019s findings, discuss broader Vision Zero&nbsp;strategies, and hear from&nbsp;City agencies&nbsp;about how&nbsp;this data analysis&nbsp;can better inform future street safety investments.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">###&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>Analysis of&nbsp;nearly 10,000&nbsp;intersections&nbsp;finds interventions that slow vehicle speeds and increase pedestrian visibility deliver greatest&nbsp;impact<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW YORK, NY&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<\/strong>Today,&nbsp;the New York City Council&nbsp;released&nbsp;a new analysis&nbsp;evaluating the&nbsp;effectiveness&nbsp;of nine Vision Zero street safety interventions, providing one of the most comprehensive&nbsp;and data-driven&nbsp;assessments to date of which&nbsp;street safety&nbsp;strategies&nbsp;have been most successful at reducing&nbsp;pedestrian&nbsp;casualties.&nbsp;The&nbsp;analysis&nbsp;confirms that&nbsp;while&nbsp;Vision Zero has had a positive&nbsp;effect&nbsp;on&nbsp;street&nbsp;safety, not all interventions&nbsp;have the same impact across the city.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2026\/08\/05\/3208\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":278,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/278"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3208"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3214,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3208\/revisions\/3214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}