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12 OCTOBER 30, 2026
Mayor Mamdani Triples

City’s Commitment to Speed-Limiting

Technology in City Vehicles

City will retrofit 2,000 additional vehicles, expanding the nation’s largest intelligent speed

assistance fleet to 3,000 vehicles

OUR BUREAU launching important initiatives to
build on the executive order, tripling
NEW YORK, NY
City vehicles with intelligent speed
ayor Zohran Kwame Mam- assistance (ISA) and introducing pe-
dani and Department of destrian alerts for the first time on
MCitywide Administrative school buses. Both technologies will
Services (DCAS) Commissioner help keep New Yorkers safe.”
Yume Kitasei have announced that “By tripling the number of mu-
New York City will install intelli- nicipal vehicles equipped with this
gent speed assistance technology in proven, cutting-edge ISA technolo-
2,000 additional municipal vehicles gy, DCAS will reduce speeding and
over the next three years, tripling significantly improve safety on our
the City’s commitment from 1,000 to streets. I am eager to see this model
3,000 vehicles. swiftly imposed on the personal vehi-
Intelligent speed assistance cles of dangerous drivers across the
(ISA) limits vehicle acceleration city,” said Council Member Lincoln
when a vehicle exceeds the local Restler.
speed limit or a speed threshold set “My son Sammy was killed by a
by DCAS. The expansion advanc- speeding driver just steps from our
es Mayor Mamdani’s commitment in technology that helps prevent tation’s Volpe National Transporta- home,” said Amy Cohen, founder
to lead by example by making New speeding and makes our streets safer tion Systems Center found that ISA and president of Families for Safe
York City’s municipal fleet the safest for all New Yorkers, whether they’re reduced speeding among equipped Streets. “Intelligent Speed Assis-
in the nation, as outlined in Vision behind the wheel, crossing the street vehicles by 64%. On high-speed tance is exactly the kind of proven,
Zero Reimagined, his 10-year street or riding a bike.” roads, including highways, speeding common-sense technology that pre-
safety blueprint. “What started as a pilot of just 50 dropped by 82%. The City’s 2025 vents tragedies like ours. We applaud
The expansion also builds on vehicles has grown into a program Safe Fleet Transition Plan (SFTP) Mayor Mamdani and DCAS for tri-
Executive Order 19, which directs that will soon reach 3,000 and has identifies ISA as a best-practice safe- pling this commitment, and we urge
DCAS to retrofit all nonemergen- been a model for fleet safety across ty technology and classifies it as “re- every city fleet in the country to fol-
cy municipal trucks with pedestrian the nation,” said DCAS Commis- quired technology,” the plan’s high- low New York’s lead.”
alerts and require pedestrian alerts sioner Yume Kitasei. “From speed est designation. “Safe vehicles save lives, and
and ISA in all new nonemergency assistance to pedestrian alerts, side- DCAS manages New York that starts with our city fleet,” said
vehicle and truck purchases. guards and all of the safety upgrades State’s largest electric vehicle fleet Ben Furnas, Executive Director of
DCAS announced the expan- we continue to install and explore, and charging network, with more Transportation Alternatives. “New
sion at the City’s 11th Annual Vision we’re investing in technology that than 6,000 electric vehicles and 2,600 York City’s fleet has been a longtime
Zero Fleet Safety Forum. The agen- builds a City fleet that is not only saf- charging ports supporting City oper- leader on intelligent speed assistance,
cy also announced a partnership with er, but also more efficient and sus- ations. The agency continues to ex- and we’re incredibly excited that the
New York City School Bus Umbrella tainable.” pand the use of innovative technolo- highly successful program will triple
Services (NYCSBUS) to install pe- DCAS launched its ISA initia- gies to make its fleet safer and more in size. With these safety updates,
destrian alerts on 100 school buses, tive in 2022 with 50 vehicles and sustainable. we can ensure that city vehicles save
marking the first test of the technolo- has steadily expanded the program. “In July 2026 Mayor Mamdani lives, not take them and lead the way
gy for school transportation. More than 1,000 city vehicles are signed Executive Order 19 to im- on vehicle safety. This is proof that
“Our administration holds all now equipped with the technolo- prove fleet safety,” said DCAS Dep- this technology is ready for the city’s
New Yorkers to the highest standards gy, and participating vehicles have uty Commissioner and Chief Fleet most dangerous drivers, and we’ll
of street safety — and that starts with logged more than 10 million miles. Officer Keith Kerman. “At today’s keep fighting to ensure Stop Super
our City workers,” said Mayor Mam- A recent report by DCAS and 11th Annual NYC Fleet Safety Fo- Speeders passes the city council and
dani. “We are tripling our investment the U.S. Department of Transpor- rum at Queens Theatre, we are is implemented imminently.”

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