Eric McClure

• Eric McClure published StreetsPAC Commends Mayor de Blasio for Increased Vision Zero Funding, Urges Quick Deployment in News 2017-01-26 11:52:14 -0500

  StreetsPAC Commends Mayor de Blasio for Increased Vision Zero Funding, Urges Quick Deployment

  StreetsPAC Executive Director Eric McClure delivered the following testimony at today's City Council Committee on Transportation oversight hearing on Vision Zero progress and needs:

  We were heartened by the news this week that Mayor de Blasio plans to budget an additional $400 million for Vision Zero.  The City Council’s call last year for more funding for Vision Zero no doubt played a role in the Mayor’s decision; thank you for your continued advocacy for increased investment in safe streets.

  This additional funding is critical, because our ability to achieve Vision Zero lies first and foremost in redesigning our streets.  Vision Zero is predicated on the fact that people make mistakes, but that those mistakes should not cost someone a limb, or worse, his or her life.  A margin for human error must be part of the equation, whether that error is on the part of people using our streets, or those whose job it is to enforce the laws governing them.

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• Eric McClure published StreetsPetition: Matthew von Ohlen 2025-08-05 13:11:02 -0400

  StreetsPetition: NYPD – Release Details of the Investigation into the Death of Matthew von Ohlen

  In the early hours of July 2, 2016, 35-year-old Matthew von Ohlen was struck and killed by the driver of a black, late-model Chevrolet Camaro as he was riding his bike home from work in Williamsburg's Grand Street bike lane. Police who reviewed surveillance video of the crash told WPIX TV that the driver appeared to slow down and steer into bike lane, intentionally striking von Ohlen before running over him and dragging him 30 feet, before speeding off. Von Ohlen died in the hospital not long after, the victim of severe trauma.

  Four days later, the NYPD's 90th Precinct took to Twitter to announce that police had located the car involved in the crash. But that was the last public announcement made regarding the investigation into von Ohlen's death. More than four months have passed since.

  The failure of the police to catch Matthew von Ohlen's killer fits a pattern. As Gothamist reports today, the NYPD has made arrests in just 34% of the fatal hit-and-run crashes that occurred in New York City between July 2015 and June 2016. When hit-and-run crashes in which the victim suffered an injury are included, the arrest rate drops to a meager 8%.

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  To NYPD Commissioner James P. O'Neill:

  Please order the NYPD's Collision Investigation Squad and 90th Precinct to release updated information regarding the July 2, 2016 crash that killed Matthew von Ohlen.

  Police told WPIX TV and other media that the driver who struck von Ohlen appeared to do so intentionally, slowing down before steering into the bike lane in which von Ohlen was riding, and then striking von Ohlen and dragging him for 30 feet before speeding off.

  On July 6, the 90th Precinct announced via its Twitter account that the black Chevrolet Camaro involved in the crash had been located, but that is the last bit of information the public has received about the case. That's unacceptable.

  It's time for the NYPD to bring the public up to speed on the investigation. To whom is the car registered? Who was driving the car? Why has no arrest been made?

  Matthew von Ohlen's family, friends and colleagues – and the public at large – deserve to know.

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• Eric McClure commented on Thursday: Fundraiser for Helen Rosenthal! 2016-08-16 19:30:37 -0400

  So you’re saying we should endorse Council Member Rosenthal in 2017? This sounds like a good thing.
• @EricMcClureBK tweeted link to StreetsPoll: April 13, 2016. 2016-04-13 13:41:36 -0400

  Take the survey: StreetsPoll: April 13, 2016 http://www.streetspac.org/streetspoll_april_13_2016?recruiter_id=8

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  StreetsPoll: April 13, 2016

  A number of significant transit projects are in various stages of conception – some proposed recently by Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio, and others that have been kicking around for years. Tell us which one you think has the best chance of actually happening, and if you sign up to receive email updates (you can unsubscribe any time), you'll earn a chance to win a StreetsPAC t-shirt!

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