A Vision for Safer Streets

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 7, 2014

After a spate of traffic fatalities, the group Families for Safe Streets is lobbying Albany to institute a 20 mph default speed limit in the city. Mary Beth Kelly, a founding member of Families for Safe Streets, explains how this will reduce fatalities and make the city's streets safer for pedestrians.

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