Queens Boulevard

Queens Boulevard is one of the most hazardous streets for walking in NYC, with more than 50 pedestrian deaths since 1993. Cars tear down the ten-to-twelve lane boulevard and create a great divide that area residents cross at their own peril. To change this, the City must make a fundamental choice about Queens Boulevard: Continue putting traffic flow first and sacrificing pedestrians, or make the boulevard safe to cross by integrating it into the neighborhoods it divides.

Safe Routes to School

Being hit by a car is the number one cause of death for kids 5-14 in New York City, with The Bronx leading the five boroughs with the highest percentage of children hit (over 1/3 of the pedestrians hit in The Bronx are children 14 and under). To help the borough's youngest and most vulnerable pedestrians, T.A. developed “Safe Routes to School.” The program was the first of its kind in the United States and was sponsored by The Bronx Borough President, Fernando Ferrer, and the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee. Safe Routes to School lays out a 10-step process that brings parents, teachers and principals together with traffic engineers to identify dangerous locations and fix them.

Reducing Pedestrian Deaths

New York has the highest number of pedestrian deaths and injuries in the U.S. Pedestrian deaths make up a majority of traffic deaths. T.A. is working to change these grim statistics.