DOT designates McGuinness Boulevard a ‘Slow Zone’
Vision Zero comes to Greenpoint
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Vision Zero initiative has come to North Brooklyn.
On Tuesday, Polly Trottenberg, commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint has been designated as an “Arterial Slow Zone,” a move that reduces the speed limit on the two-lane thoroughfare to 25 mph.
The safety measure, aimed at reducing the number of traffic accidents on the busy street, is part of the de Blasio Administration’s Vision Zero plan, an effort to eliminate traffic fatalities on city streets by the year 2024.