Talk about a drive-by.
Mayor Adams on Tuesday called for a rebalancing of the Vision Zero policy he inherited from his predecessor, claiming that the effort to reduce road deaths has focused “solely” on cars for “far too long” — suggesting inaccurately that bikes and cars cause similar levels of carnage on city streets.
Responding to a question at his weekly press conference about the NYPD’s controversial new policy of criminalizing minor traffic violations by cyclists, the mayor first defended the change, which has resulted in cyclists being hauled into criminal courts for the same violations that drivers can pay in seconds online…