NYC Expands Speed, Pedestrian Safety Tech Across Fleet

New York City is expanding intelligent speed assistance and pedestrian-alert systems across its municipal fleet, moving the technologies from pilot programs into vehicle procurement and retrofit requirements.

New York City is expanding the use of speed-management and pedestrian-warning technologies across its municipal fleet, making systems it has been testing a requirement for future vehicle purchases.

Under Executive Order 19, signed in July by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, contracts for the purchase or lease of new civilian city fleet vehicles must include intelligent speed assistance technology, which can detect the local road speed and physically prevent a vehicle from exceeding that limit.

The order also directs the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services to retrofit all existing city fleet trucks with pedestrian alerts by June 30, 2029.

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