Advocates push universal daylighting bill to ban parking at NYC street corners, but opponents say plan ‘won’t improve’ traffic safety

Nearly a hundred safety advocates and families of children killed in traffic gathered on the steps of City Hall on Wednesday to make streets safer, zeroing in on “universal daylighting,” by banning parking near intersections.

Daylighting is the process of repurposing city curb space closest to an intersection to improve visibility for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. Currently, most intersections in NYC allow parking up to the crosswalk, which advocates say decreases visibility for everyone on the road.

The protestors urged the City Council, with only about one month left in its current term, to pass Intro. 1138, which would prohibit parking or standing a vehicle within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.

Without universal daylighting, pedestrians can’t see drivers, and drivers