"Nearly a hundred safety advocates and families of children killed in traffic gathered on the steps of City Hall on Wednesday to make streets safer, zeroing in on universal daylighting, by banning parking near intersections. Daylighting is the process of repurposing city curb space closest to an intersection to improve visibility for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. Currently, most intersections in NYC allow parking up to the crosswalk, which advocates say decreases visibility for everyone on the road."
"The protestors urged the City Council, with only about one month left in its current term, to pass Intro. 1138, which would prohibit parking or standing a vehicle within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection. Without universal daylighting, pedestrians can't see drivers, and drivers can't see pedestrians until they're in the middle of the road, advocates at the rally said."
Nearly a hundred safety advocates and families of children killed in traffic rallied at City Hall to press for universal daylighting and a ban on parking near intersections. Daylighting repurposes curb space closest to intersections to improve visibility for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. Most NYC intersections currently allow parking up to the crosswalk, reducing visibility. Intro. 1138 would bar parking or standing within 20 feet of crosswalks and require the DOT to install physical barriers like planters or bike racks at at least 1,000 intersections annually. Advocates cite that 50 children have died in traffic since 2022 and that being struck by a car is the leading cause of injury-related death for children under 14.
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