Press Releases

View our press releases and statements about reports, traffic violence, and safe streets in New York City.

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Alexa Sledge
Communications Director
781-910-9963

CM Tiffany Cabán, Transportation Alternatives, Families for Safe Streets, and NYC Bike and Brew Hold an Emergency Rally and Protest Ride Calling on the City to Protect 31st Street Safety Project

Michelle Deme 12/9/25 Michelle Deme 12/9/25

CM Tiffany Cabán, Transportation Alternatives, Families for Safe Streets, and NYC Bike and Brew Hold an Emergency Rally and Protest Ride Calling on the City to Protect 31st Street Safety Project

Press release from 31st Street Ride and Rally in Astoria following last week’s judicial decision.

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Charlie Baker 12/9/25 Charlie Baker 12/9/25

“Speaker Adams Is Ignoring the Most Prominent Street Safety Bill of Her Four-year Term”: Joint Statement from TA and Open Plans on Speaker Adams Removing Daylighting Bill from Final Council Meeting

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Charlie Baker 12/9/25 Charlie Baker 12/9/25

The Most Dangerous Intersections in New York City: Transportation Alternatives Unveils Map with Brand-New Data

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Charlie Baker 12/8/25 Charlie Baker 12/8/25

Statement from Transportation Alternatives after Car Driver Hits and Critically Injures Bike Rider in Bed-Stuy

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Rep. Malliotakis, Assembly Dep. Maj. Leader Fall, BP Fossella, DA McMahon, CM Brannan, CM Hanks, NYCEDC, and Transportation Alternatives Ride First Fast Ferry from Staten Island to South Brooklyn

Alexa Sledge 12/8/25 Alexa Sledge 12/8/25

Rep. Malliotakis, Assembly Dep. Maj. Leader Fall, BP Fossella, DA McMahon, CM Brannan, CM Hanks, NYCEDC, and Transportation Alternatives Ride First Fast Ferry from Staten Island to South Brooklyn

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“This is a reprehensible decision that will put New Yorkers in danger”; Statement after Judge Orders Adams Administration to Endanger New Yorkers on 31st Street

Alexa Sledge 12/5/25 Alexa Sledge 12/5/25

“This is a reprehensible decision that will put New Yorkers in danger”; Statement after Judge Orders Adams Administration to Endanger New Yorkers on 31st Street

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With Two Weeks Left in Session, Members of Families for Safe Streets Disrupt City Council Stated Meeting in Support of Daylighting

Alexa Sledge 12/4/25 Alexa Sledge 12/4/25

With Two Weeks Left in Session, Members of Families for Safe Streets Disrupt City Council Stated Meeting in Support of Daylighting

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Charlie Baker 11/19/25 Charlie Baker 11/19/25

Statement from Transportation Alternatives on Sentencing of Miriam Yarimi, a Super Speeder Who Killed Mother and Two Daughters in Midwood, Brooklyn

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Charlie Baker 11/16/25 Charlie Baker 11/16/25

Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets Members Honor New Yorkers Lost to Traffic Violence at World Day of Remembrance

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Charlie Baker 11/13/25 Charlie Baker 11/13/25

Transportation Alternatives Releases “The Road to Affordability: A Streets and Transportation Agenda for the Next Mayor of NYC”, Plan Outlining How Mayor-Elect Mamdani Can Transform City Streets

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With One Month Left in Council Term, Parents and Advocates Rally for Universal Daylighting; Display 50 Pairs of Shoes for 50 Children Killed in Traffic Since Beginning of Council Term

Charlie Baker 11/12/25 Charlie Baker 11/12/25

With One Month Left in Council Term, Parents and Advocates Rally for Universal Daylighting; Display 50 Pairs of Shoes for 50 Children Killed in Traffic Since Beginning of Council Term

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Charlie Baker 11/5/25 Charlie Baker 11/5/25

Statement from Transportation Alternatives After Zohran Mamdani Wins New York City’s Mayoral Election

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“Donald Trump Wants Your Bus to be Stuck in Traffic”; Statement from Transportation Alternatives After Trump Administration Tries to Block 34th Street Busway

Michelle Deme 10/17/25 Michelle Deme 10/17/25

“Donald Trump Wants Your Bus to be Stuck in Traffic”; Statement from Transportation Alternatives After Trump Administration Tries to Block 34th Street Busway

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Charlie Baker 9/18/25 Charlie Baker 9/18/25

Statement from Transportation Alternatives on the Mayor’s Management Report

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Alexa Sledge 9/16/25 Alexa Sledge 9/16/25

“We Can’t Afford to Wait Before a Super Speeder Kills Another New Yorker or Themselves”: Statements After Super Speeder Collides with MTA Bus, is Hospitalized

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Now with Majority Council Support, Council Member Julie Won; Leading Safe Streets, Climate, and Disability Rights Groups Rally with Community Members Rally in Support of Universal Daylighting

Alexa Sledge 9/15/25 Alexa Sledge 9/15/25

Now with Majority Council Support, Council Member Julie Won; Leading Safe Streets, Climate, and Disability Rights Groups Rally with Community Members Rally in Support of Universal Daylighting

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Alexa Sledge 9/8/25 Alexa Sledge 9/8/25

Transportation Alternatives Calls For Investigation Into All Stalled Street Safety Projects After Corruption Charges Against Lewis-Martin

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Alexa Sledge 8/20/25 Alexa Sledge 8/20/25

"If These Allegations Are True, The Adams Administration Takes Bribes; New Yorkers Die": Statement from Transportation Alternatives on the Alleged Corruption Charges

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Alexa Sledge 8/14/25 Alexa Sledge 8/14/25

Statement from Transportation Alternatives on Midtown Rezoning City Council Passage

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Statement from Transportation Alternatives after Driver Hits and Kills Two Pedestrians, Self on 42nd Street in Astoria

Alexa Sledge 8/12/25 Alexa Sledge 8/12/25

Statement from Transportation Alternatives after Driver Hits and Kills Two Pedestrians, Self on 42nd Street in Astoria

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