An analysis of 35 bills passed by New York's Assembly Transportation Committee reveals a significant bias towards car-related issues. Only three bills focus on pedestrian and bicycle safety. The remaining legislation primarily targets vehicle regulations, highway work zone safety, and naming ceremonies for highways. This showcases a lack of commitment to improving safety for non-motorized road users, particularly in urban areas like New York City, which is disproportionately underrepresented in transportation legislation.
"The committee spends an enormous amount of effort on bills affecting places with populations of less than one million, which is legislative parlance for anywhere but New York City."
"Many of the bills on any given Assembly Transportation Committee agenda are about naming portions of highways in honor of people - common and non-controversial proposals that do nothing to improve road safety or even the roads."
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