In 2026, hundreds of New Yorkers will be killed in motor vehicle crashes and tens of thousands more will be injured. You can't save all of them, but you can reduce some crashes by daylighting intersections. Daylighting isn't free; it comes at the expense of free parking.
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Estimated outcome (as parking spaces are removed):
0 injuries prevented
0 fatalities prevented
No one can predict exactly how many lives daylighting will save because traffic safety is complex. But we do know this: if we keep intersections the way they are, people will continue to die and be injured.
Intersections are where the danger is concentrated in New York City. Every year, 50 percent of all traffic fatalities and 70 percent of all injuries happen at intersections. For pedestrians, the numbers rise to 55 percent of all deaths and 79 percent of all injuries.1
Daylighting works. Other cities have already shown the results:
There is nothing unique about New York that would prevent these same benefits. If drivers can see people, fewer people get hit. That is true everywhere.
A conservative estimate is about a 14 percent reduction in injuries and deaths. In the best cases, especially at the highest risk intersections, improvements can reach 50 to 70 percent.
The conclusion is straightforward: daylighting prevents crashes. Doing nothing guarantees more people will be harmed.