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             12                                                                                                                   JULY 31, 2026
                 Mayor Mamdani Signs Executive

               Order to Make City Fleet Safer for

                  Pedestrians, Cyclists and Drivers

             All new non-emergency municipal vehicles will feature pedestrian alerts and speed-limiting

                                       technology shown to reduce dangerous speeding by 64%

            OUR BUREAU                                                                                            ligent  speed  assistance  are  proven
                                                                                                                  technologies that reduce crashes and
            NEW YORK, NY
                                                                                                                  traffic deaths. That’s why I fought so
                    ayor Zohran Kwame Mam-                                                                        hard to pass my Stop Super Speed-
                     dani  has  signed  Executive                                                                 ers Act, and why I applaud DCAS for
            MOrder 19, codifying the ad-                                                                          taking this step to save New Yorkers’
            ministration’s commitment to a safer,                                                                 lives. We’re laying the groundwork for
            more modern municipal fleet. At the                                                                   a future where no New Yorker has to
            direction of Executive Order 19, the                                                                  mourn the loss of a loved one to a pre-
            Department  of  Citywide  Adminis-                                                                    ventable crash.”
            trative Services (DCAS) will retrofit                                                                    “New York City is leading the way
            all  non-emergency  municipal  trucks                                                                 with intelligent speed assistance and
            with pedestrian alerts and require pe-                                                                pedestrian  alerts  for  new  non-emer-
            destrian alerts and intelligent speed                                                                 gency vehicles, and there’s no doubt
            assistance for all new non-emergency                                                                  that this effort will make the streets
            vehicle and truck procurements.                                                                       safer for everyone who shares the
                Pedestrian alerts connect to a ve-                                                                road,”  said  City  Council  Majority
            hicle’s turn signals and make an audi-                                                                Leader  Shaun  Abreu.  “I  applaud
            ble alert to warn pedestrians, cyclists                                                               DCAS for their commitment to street
            and other street users of the driver’s                                                                safety, and I hope we inspire other cit-
            plan to turn. DCAS will retrofit all of   has  reduced  dangerous  speeding   and  NYC  Chief  Fleet  Officer  Keith   ies to take similar action. This is yet

            the roughly 4,000 existing civilian City   among  equipped  vehicles  by  64%.  Kerman. “Pedestrian alerts on trucks   another critical step forward for good
            fleet trucks with pedestrian alerts by   “Our  administration  expects  ev-  will help warn and safeguard road us-  government and safe streets.”
            June 2029.                        ery driver to do their part to keep our   ers when trucks are making turns in   “Every New Yorker deserves to get
                Intelligent  speed  assistance  is  a   streets  safe  for  everyone,  and  that   the  city,  and  the  expansion  of  intel-  home safely. Adding pedestrian alerts
            safety system that limits vehicle accel-  begins  with  those  behind  the  wheel   ligent  speed  assistance  will  slow  the   and intelligent speed assistance to the
            eration once the vehicle exceeds the   of  our  City  vehicles,”  said  Mayor   fleet  down.  DCAS  looks  forward  to   City’s  fleet  is  a  commonsense  step
            local speed limit or a speed threshold   Mamdani.  “Pedestrian  alerts  and   working with all agencies and vehicle   that will help prevent crashes, protect
            set by DCAS. Under Executive Order   speed-limiting technology deliver im-  suppliers to get these safe new tech-  pedestrians, cyclists and drivers, and
            19, any contract for the purchase or   mediate results, and we can waste no   nologies installed.”    make our streets safer for everyone,”
            lease of a non-emergency municipal   time in keeping our neighbors safe.”    DCAS manages the functionality   said Council Member Shahana Hanif.
            fleet  vehicle  will  require  intelligent   “Safer  streets  mean  safer  com-  and operations of intelligent speed as- “I’m grateful to DCAS for advancing
            speed assistance technology. In June,   munities, and with this Executive Or-  sistance on City vehicles through the   these  life-saving  improvements  and
            DCAS completed the 1,000th City ve-  der, Mayor Mamdani is affirming our   Fleet  Office  of  Real  Time  Tracking   look  forward  to  seeing  them  imple-
            hicle retrofit with the speed-limiting   ability at DCAS to directly impact the   (FORT). At FORT, DCAS monitors   mented across the City’s fleet.”
            technology  and  will  work  to  retrofit   lives of New Yorkers through our mu-  the  movements  of  over  29,000  vehi-  “Every  New  Yorker  deserves
            additional vehicles as feasible.    nicipal  fleet,”  said  DCAS  Commis-  cles and manages the speed limit maps,  to  safely  get  around  our  city,”  said
                DCAS  has  pioneered  municipal   sioner Yume Kitasei. “We are proud   tracking and controls required for in-  Council  Member  Lincoln  Restler.
            intelligent speed assistance technology,   to build on our efforts to modernize   telligent speed assistance technology.  “I’m pleased that DCAS is leading the

            successfully implementing the largest   our  fleet;  through  speed  assistance   “Traveling on our streets shouldn’t   way  with  innovative  safety  policies
            intelligent speed assistance-equipped   technology, pedestrian turn alerts and   mean putting your life at risk. We have   that will ensure our existing fleet of
            fleet in the country, with 1,000 vehi-  telematics tracking, we are protecting   the tools to make streets safer for ev-  non-emergency  municipal  trucks  —
            cles at 21 agencies across 23 vehicle   drivers and pedestrians alike.”    ery New Yorker, and I’m thrilled New   and  all  new  non-emergency  munic-
            types that have already logged over   “Mayor Mamdani’s Executive Or- York City is investing in them,” said   ipal vehicles and trucks — will have
            8  million  miles  using  the  technolo-  der is our next big step for fleet safety,”  State Senator Andrew Gounardes.  new  technological  features  designed
            gy  since  August  2022.  The  program   said  DCAS  Deputy  Commissioner  “Pedestrian  alert  systems  and  intel-  to protect pedestrians and cyclists.”

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