According to the New York City Department of Transportation, at least 17 people died in traffic on New York City streets in March, including 4-year-old Zachariah Padilla, who was struck and killed just north of Linden Boulevard in Brownsville. 

March also saw a major change to the city’s speed limits, with Mayor Mamdani announcing that the speed limit would drop to 15mph in 1,300 areas near schools across the city. 

The Department of Transportation has also rolled out new bike lane projects: on Ocean Avenue along the southeast side of Prospect park; on Ninth Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen; and at the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge. And they announced plans for more protected bike lanes and pedestrians spaces on Lafayette Avenue and 13th and Eighth Streets in Manhattan, and an expansion of the plaza at Astor Place. 

WNYC transportation editor Clayton Guse joined Morning Edition host Michael Hill to talk through it all.