Streetsblog – On Friday, a top official in the city’s war on traffic violence, NYPD Transportation Chief Kim Royster, was forced out of her role and into retirement — creating a key opening amid several road safety crises.

Brooklyn Council Member Shahana Hanif (D-Park Slope) accused Adams of taking the city “backwards” on traffic safety.

“We have been proactive and pushing against what this mayor is doing to undo street safety. We need to have the political courage across all levels of government to create a city that is walkable, prioritizes pedestrians, and ends these senseless murders,” Hanif said at an unrelated press conference last Tuesday, specifically in reference to watered down projects like McGuinness.

“In order to have a city that is visionary in safety we need that to come from our top leaders and that means the mayor. We’ve seen what’s happening with McGuinness Boulevard, where there’s prioritizing of donors over people’s lives and that’s really taking us backwards.” [Read More]