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The Saving Lives Through Better Information Bill
Will require the NYPD to make certain traffic-related statistics available on its website. Crashes, injuries and fatalities on New York City streets are preventable. Despite recent positive trends, more than 250 New Yorkers were killed on New York City's roads in 2009. Injuries to pedestrians exceed 10,000 annually. Being hit by a car remains the number one cause of injury-related deaths in children 1-14 years of age and the second leading cause of these deaths in those over the age of 45. This bill will provide greater transparency by allowing the public to access key statistical information on moving violations, traffic crashes, injuries, fatalities and contributing factors to these types of incidents on a precinct-by-precinct basis. By equipping communities with this type of data, local residents can better advocate for safer streets, utilizing quantifiable information to back up their assertions, instead of simply anecdotal evidence. There simply is no reason for government to wall this data off from the public eye. View T.A.'s memo of support (PDF)
Submitted by peter on March 18, 2010 - 10:25. categories [ ]
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