- United States
- N.Y.
- Letter
Repurposing the parking spots closest to an intersection to improve visibility — a practice known as daylighting — is proven to make intersections safer for people walking, biking, and driving.
That’s why New York State bans parking within 20 feet of intersections – but New York City has overridden this law, allowing parking right up to the crosswalk.
This dangerous exemption from state law limits visibility for everyone on our streets, especially drivers, preventing them from seeing people in the crosswalk.
We know daylighting works. Just over the Hudson River in Jersey City and Hoboken, it’s significantly safer to be a pedestrian than here in New York City – and both credit their reductions in traffic deaths and injuries to daylighting. Daylighting is also an opportunity to repurpose curb space for bike corrals, climate change mitigation, public seating, and more.
As your constituent, I am calling on you to protect our neighbors from traffic crashes by repealing New York City’s exemption to daylighting and increasing visibility at every intersection in New York City.