STREETS FOR PEOPLE

 
 
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50 Years of Streets for People

For five decades, Transportation Alternatives has reclaimed New York City from cars, transforming our streets into safe, sustainable, and equitable places to walk, bike, take transit, gather, and thrive. join us in celebrating our history as we look to the future to redefine what’s possible.


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Our challenge to New York City’s leaders is this: How will you give the streets back to people? Read the report.

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Open Streets Forever

Open Streets are popular, effective, and lifesaving, but our research also found significant inequities. Read the report.

Spatial Equity NYC

Spatial Equity NYC is a new tool that uses public data to document how public space is used in different neighborhoods.

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Policy Platforms

TA and Families for Safe Streets’ policy platforms for New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Read the platforms.

 

WE CAN RECLAIM OUR STREETS

Streets and sidewalks make up 80% of our public space in New York City. We’ve won many transformative changes, but too many neighborhoods have to deal with reckless drivers, slow bus service, and a scarcity of safe walking and biking infrastructure. Transportation Alternatives believes that this public space belongs to the people of New York City, and we are working with New Yorkers in every borough to reclaim our streets.

 
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Comprised of individuals who have lost loved ones or been injured in a crash, Families for Safe Streets confronts traffic violence through advocacy and support.

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