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

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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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TA and Families for Safe Streets’ policy platform for New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Read the agenda.

 

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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Last year was the deadliest under Vision Zero. Here’s how Mayor Adams can save lives in 2022.
Last year was the deadliest under Vision Zero. Here’s how Mayor Adams can save lives in 2022.
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You Shouldn’t Have To Be An Olympian To Get Around New York

PRESS RELEASES & STATEMENTS

Transportation Alternatives News
New Analysis From Transportation Alternatives and MIT Details How Inequities in Public Space Contribute to Racial and Economic Disparities Across New York City Neighborhoods 
Statements from Council Member Rita Joseph, Transportation Alternatives, and Families for Safe Streets After Tractor-Trailer Driver Kills 25-Year-Old Woman Riding Bike in Flatbush
One Week Before One Million Kids Return to School, Driver of Dodge Ram Pickup Kills Five-Year-Old Jonathan Martinez on Dangerous Street in Queens
‘This Is the Result of Inequitable Street Design’: Statement After Bike Rider Killed By Driver of Tractor-Trailer in East New York, Brooklyn
Statement After 4-Year-Old Boy Dies After Being Struck by SUV Driver in South Jamaica
‘Walking on the sidewalk should not be a death sentence’: Statement After Crash Kills Two Pedestrians Walking on Sidewalk in Inwood
Crash Kills 99-Year-Old Pedestrian in the Bronx
Statement After Tractor-Trailer Driver Kills 28-Year-Old Woman Riding a Citi Bike on the Upper East Side
New Data Reveals Traffic Violence Crisis in the Bronx as Fatalities Reach Highest Levels Since 2014, More Action Needed to Reach Vision Zero Citywide
New Hit-and-Run Data Reveal 129 Percent Increase Compared to Pre-Pandemic as Another Pedestrian Is Killed on Houston Street
Transportation Alternatives Statement After Three Teenagers Are Killed in Staten Island Crash
Transportation Alternatives Statement After Crashes Kill Three People in One Week in the Bronx
Transportation Alternatives Statement After Traffic Violence Kills Bike Rider in Mott Haven and E-Scooter Rider in Borough Park
Local Residents Deliver More than 2,500 Petition Signatures Supporting McGuinness Boulevard Redesign that Reduces Speeding, Expands Space for Pedestrians and Bike Riders Ahead of NYC DOT Presentation
‘A Car-Free Broadway Would Have Prevented This Crash’: Statement from Transportation Alternatives After Taxi Crash Injures Bike Rider, Numerous Pedestrians on Broadway
NYS Safe Streets Coalition Statement After NYS Legislature Advances Two Key Measures in Crash Victim Rights and Safety Act 
Transportation Alternatives Statement After NYS Senate Passes 24/7 Speed Safety Camera Authorization
Street Safety Advocates Rally With NYC DOT Commissioner and Elected Leaders From Across NYC In Support of 24/7 Speed Safety Cameras Before City Council Votes Overwhelmingly in Support of Measure
May Update: Where the Crash Victim Rights and Safety Act Currently Stands
After Crashes Kill 12 New Yorkers in 7 Days, New Report Highlights How State Law Restricts Operating Hours of NYC’s Speed Safety Cameras, Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Lift Limits to Save Lives
Crisis on NYC Streets: Traffic Violence Kills Six New Yorkers in Three Days
Transportation Alternatives Statement After Bronx Teenager Walking To School Killed By Off-Route Truck Driver In Morris Park
Nearly 100 Safe Streets Leaders, Families, Elected Officials Rally in Albany to Pass Crash Victim Rights & Safety Act, Combat Rise of Deadly Traffic Violence
Momentum Building for Crash Victim Rights and Safety Act, Coalition Surpasses 100 Groups, Electeds
New Data Shows 44 Percent Increase in Traffic Fatalities During First Three Months of 2022, Deadliest Start to Any Year Since Vision Zero Began in 2014
NYC Council Hearing Testimony on Federal Funding for NYC Infrastructure
Outrage from Transportation Alternatives After Police Officer Driving NYPD Van Strikes, Kills, Drags Man in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Statement from Council Member Richardson Jordan and TA After Curb-Jumping Driver Kills Mother in Harlem
Transportation Alternatives Applauds City Council Leaders For $3.1 Billion Budget Commitment to Fund NYC Streets Plan, Highlights How Plan Will Help Achieve Transportation Equity
After Crash Kills 73-Year-Old Man in Wheelchair in Far Rockaway, Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets Urge Action and Investment to End Traffic Violence