US EditionNYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Pushes for 15 Mph Zones Around All Schools. Here's the Timeline.
- On Monday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the Department of Transportation will lower speed limits to 15 mph in 800 school zones, leveraging Sammy's Law to set limits below the statewide minimum.
- Named for 12-year-old Sammy Cohen Eckstein, who died in a 2013 Brooklyn crash, the initiative immediately reduces speeds in 700 existing 20-mph zones, as Mamdani noted speeding causes 25% of all traffic fatalities.
- By year's end, 1,300 school zones will feature the 15 mph limit, enforced by roughly 2,400 school zone speed cameras; the Department of Transportation reports pedestrians are three times more likely to die when struck at 25 mph versus 15 mph.
- City Council leaders disputed Mamdani's claim regarding authority to reduce other speed limits citywide, arguing he already possesses power under Sammy's Law to implement changes without additional administrative code modifications.
- The administration plans to extend 15 mph limits to all 2,300 eligible school zones by 2029; before these changes take effect, the city must complete a mandatory 60-day public comment period.
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School slowdown: NYC to drop speed limit to 15mph in 800 school zones by end of year, Mamdani pledges
New York City will reduce speed limits around over 800 public school locations to 15 miles per hour by the end of this year in a bid to make streets safer for children across the five boroughs, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Monday. The mayor, during a March 16 press conference at Queens' Flushing International High School, said the Department of Transportation (DOT) will proceed with lowering the speed limit to 15 mph at the 700 school locat…
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