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“It’s time for the next phase of Vision Zero”: Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets Testify in Vision Zero Oversight Hearing

So far this year, over 170 New Yorkers have been killed in traffic. Per capita, New Yorkers are killed in traffic at double the rate of global peers. Coming in line with cities like London, Berlin, ...
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New York City’s Deadly Super Speeder Threat Exploded This Summer; More Than 16,000 Dangerous Drivers Would Have Been Slowed Down if the Program Had Immediately Gone Into Effect

Including the three months after the Stop Super Speeders bill was signed into law, a total of 16,510 drivers would have now qualified if the program had immediately gone into effect. To qualify, ...
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Transportation Alternatives, Families for Safe Streets Statements After Weekend of Carnage Kills Five New Yorkers

164 New Yorkers have been killed in traffic so far this year, including 14 children. More than twice as many children have been killed in traffic this year compared to this point last year. 23 bike ...
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Transportation Alternatives, Families for Safe Streets Statements After Dump-Truck Driver Hits and Kills Bike Rider in Midtown

This is the 149th person killed so far in 2026 on New York City streets. This is the 36th person killed in traffic in Manhattan in 2026 — up 33% from this point last year. This is the 20th person ...
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Transportation Alternatives, Families for Safe Streets Statements After Truck Driver Hits and Kills 15-Year-Old on a Citi Bike

This is the 13th child killed in traffic so far this year in New York City, more than twice as many children than were killed by this point last year. 141 children have been killed in the Vision Zero ...
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Statement from Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets on New State Bill to Ban Sale of Illegal High-Speed Devices

NEW YORK — Today, Transportation Alternatives released the following statement after State Senator Kristen Gonzalez and Assembly Member Diana Moreno introduced new legislation (S.10700) to enact a ...
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New York Electeds Call on the Mamdani Administration to Fully Implement Sammy’s Law

Dear Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the New York City Department of Transportation, We, the original sponsors of Sammy’s Law, along with the undersigned elected officials from across New York City, are ...
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Statement from Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets after Another Driver Exiting Manhattan Bridge at Canal Street Hits and Kills New Yorker

Canal Street is one of the most dangerous streets in Manhattan. Ten pedestrians have been killed on Canal since 2014, with an average age of 75. Every year for seven straight years, at least one New ...
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Staten Island

With monthly meetings, social bike rides and local activism, the Staten Island Activist Committee brings people together to change streets on the local level. No experience is necessary to join in, ...
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“Where is Mayor Mamdani’s Vision Zero Plan?” Child and Cyclist Fatalities Rise as Advocates Demand a Comprehensive Street Safety Strategy

Traffic fatalities are up 86% for bike riders and 50% for children. 100% of pedestrians were killed in intersections without complete hardened daylighting. 1,500 pedestrians have now been killed since ...
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How Paris Transformed Streets

Over the past 20-odd years, Paris has been transformed into the most walkable and bikeable city in the world. What was once a car-choked metropolis is now filled with bike lanes, pedestrianized ...