NYC DOT Commissioner Trottenberg: "We're really trying to have a partnership with the TWU and the MTA"

Greg Mocker of WPIX-TV, reporting on February 19, drew out City officials on the question of why NYCT Bus Operators are being arrested after traffic accidents under the new Vision Zero law. In response to a question from the reporter, NYC DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg said: "The point of Vision Zero is not to target bus drivers. We're really trying to have a partnership with the TWU and the MTA, and make things safe for everybody." In the same newscast, TWU Local 100 President John Samuelsen spoke on camera, making the point that Bus Operators are being arrested in cases where no recklessness has been shown, and that they are expected on the one hand to navigate busy intersections where pedestrians are walking on the one hand, and then are being arrested when accidents happen through no fault of their own.