Mayor Adams Launches “Dusk and Darkness” Campaign to Enhance Pedestrian and Cyclist Safety

Mayor Adams’ administration kicked off its annual “Dusk and Darkness” public safety campaign.

The purpose of the campaign is to improve the safety of pedestrians and cyclists during autumn and winter nights, since this is the time of year when traffic deaths increase.

“Today we are here wholeheartedly calling on drivers during this period, when it gets dark earlier, to drive even more carefully,” said Ydanis Rodríguez, Commissioner of Transportation.

This Sunday the clocks will go back with the time change, which marks the end of summer. Something that keeps mothers like Evelin González on alert.

“No, going out when it’s still light, then when it starts to get dark you don’t even go out because, well, you never know, especially on Fridays a lot of people drink, go out, drive very fast on the avenues, a lot of music and it’s like, take precautions, no.”

As part of this campaign, the NYPD expanded traffic enforcement during the afternoon and evening hours.

In addition, speed cameras will be active 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

“Let the drivers understand that if you do not give way to a pedestrian you will be stopped, that if you are driving at high speed you will receive a ticket, we are not telling you not to drive, what we are saying is to drive carefully,” added the commissioner.

This year, the United States recorded the highest number of pedestrians hit since records began in 1984, but this is something that does not apply to New York City.

So far this year we have the lowest numbers of pedestrians who have died in traffic accidents in the last 114 years.

According to official city figures, to date 208 people have lost their lives in traffic accidents, this includes 76 pedestrians. In all of 2022, a total of 212 deaths were reported, including 91 pedestrians.

”There is still a lot to do for both him and us. Of us, I mean those of us who drive, those of us who walk, those of us on bicycles, that is, all of us,” said another neighbor.

On Saturday, DOT workers will take to the streets to hand out pamphlets, reminding drivers to drive very carefully, taking into account speed limits and paying special attention to corners and stop signs.

2023-11-03 17:54:00
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