"As mayor, however, Mamdani is siding with his hand-picked Transportation Commissioner, Mike Flynn, who last week told City Council members that DOT still stands by its Eric Adams-era position that a parked car at an intersection is better than daylighting without "hardening" in the form of street furniture or other objects."
"DOT's 2025 daylighting study found a higher rate of crash injuries at intersections with "unhardened" daylighting. But it had some serious methodological flaws: It didn't account for whether drivers were illegally parked at day-lit intersections when crashes occurred, or whether a crash occurred at the day-lit leg of the intersection or somewhere else."
"In short, Mamdani has yet to "push back on" the anti-universal daylighting position of Adams's DOT, as he pledged to do when we asked him about DOT's position on the campaign trail."
Mayor Zohran Mamdani campaigned on ending New York's exemption allowing parking within 20 feet of crosswalks and implementing universal daylighting citywide, despite DOT concerns. As mayor, he now aligns with Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn and maintains the previous administration's position that parked vehicles at intersections are better than unhardened daylighting. DOT's 2025 study cited higher crash injury rates at unhardened daylighting intersections, but the study had methodological flaws including failure to account for illegal parking during crashes and inclusion of fire hydrants and bus stops. These findings contradict evidence from other cities and have become talking points for parking-first officials.
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