New York City is set to lower speed limits to 20 miles per hour on a smattering of local streets following the state’s passage of Sammy’s Law earlier this year, the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced Thursday. DOT says it will start implementing the reduced speed limits in 250 locations across the city starting in September and continuing through the end of 2025. It is also set to implement a “Regional Slow Zone” in each borough where speed limits are lowered to 20 mph throughout a set geographical area: the first such zone wi ...
Sammy’s Law aims to reduce NYC’s speed limit to 20 MPH for safer streets. Learn more about the proposed law and its potential impact on city traffic and safety.
New York City buses are running at their slowest speeds since 2019, and have been steadily declining since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an analysis of MTA data by amNewYork Metro. Buses run by the MTA traversed Big Apple streets at an average of 8.18 miles per hour in the first 10 months of 2023, down from 8.21 mph last year and 8.3 mph the year before. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, buses ran at an average of 8.56 mph, but roads were far less crowded as millions of New Yorkers went into lockdown. ...
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New York City will get the authority to lower the speed limit to 20 miles per hour on most streets in the five boroughs as part of the emerging state budget deal in Albany, state leaders said Thursday. Gov. Kathy Hochul during a news conference acknowledged a version of “Sammy’s Law” made it into the final budget agreement. The measure will allow the City Council to pass legislation that lowers the current default speed limit of 25 miles per hour on nearly all of the city’s streets. ...
New Yorkers should brace for impact on Monday as winds are expected to be so strong they could blow people off their feet, according to the National Weather Service. Wind gusts across the five boroughs are expected to exceed 50 mph, with sustained speeds up 30 mph, said NWS meteorologist Brian Ciemnecki. The NWS expects wind speeds in the city to hit 25 mph Sunday evening, with gusts of up to 30 mph. But Ciemnecki said the gales will “kick up a notch” on Monday — and warned New Yorkers to not be caught off guard. ...
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A person in Manhattan was hurt when debris came flying off a building that had just been struck by lightning as powerful storms rolled through the tri-state area Thursday, authorities said. ; Crews responding to the Pine Street building, between William and Pearl streets, found the individual with an unspecified injury. The person was taken to a hospital in unknown condition. ; The nature of the debris that hit the person wasn't clear. It also wasn't known from what height it fell. ; The freak accident happened as severe thunderstorm warnings popped up across all five boroughs of New York City, Connecticut's Fairfield County, much of northern New Jersey, Long Island and the Hudson Valley.
New York City avoided the full wrath of a winter storm this week that dumped snow — as much as 30 inches of it — over the Northeast, but city dwellers can expect some lingering effects Wednesday. ; Wind gusts hit 46 mph at LaGuardia and JFK airports Tuesday, and even higher — 50 mph — in Midtown, according to the National Weather Service. ; Gusty conditions Wednesday morning had similarly caused flight delays that averaged more than an hour, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.