One of James Vacca’s constituents in the East Bronx has had enough of the City Council transportation committee chair’s fixation on bike enforcement while much more dangerous traffic threats go unaddressed.
Vincent Ferrari recorded a stop sign near his apartment for 25 minutes and found that the vast majority (41 of 43, or 95.34%) of drivers do not come to a stop. The footage is in this video clip, along with Ferrari’s message to Vacca and the City Council..
We hear from Ferrari that Vacca said there should be zero tolerance for traffic violations and promised to take a look at the problematic intersection.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui9qKi9AjRc?rel=0]Of course, it’s not just one intersection. New York City drivers run more than a million red lights each day [PDF], according to a 2001 report from the city comptroller’s office. Nearly 40 percent of traffic exceeds the speed limit, according to a 2009 study by Transportation Alternatives. Motorists killed no fewer than 134 pedestrians and 21 cyclists last year. Where are the City Council hearings and the Vacca media blitz calling attention to these problems?