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Transportation Alternatives Supports Legislation to Crack Down On Illegal High-Speed Devices, Phase Out the Fastest E-Bikes, and Regulate Predatory Delivery Apps

Today, the City Council’s Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held a joint hearing with the Committee on Public Safety and the Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection focused on 23 ...
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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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Child & Pedestrian Fatalities Rose in 2024 While 132 Vehicles Received 100+ Safety Camera Tickets, With Two Exceeding 500, New Data from Transportation Alternatives & Families ...

Child fatalities rose 33% in 2024, from 12 to 16, tied with 2022 as the worst year for child fatalities under Vision Zero, and double the number of child fatalities in 2018, the safest year under ...
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After 24/7 Speed Cameras, Safety Projects, and over a Decade of Vision Zero, Historically Safe 2025 on New York City’s Streets Demonstrates the Need to Double Down on What Works

NEW YORK — In 2025, after the installation of 24/7 speed safety cameras, street redesigns, and over a decade committed to Vision Zero, traffic crashes killed 206 New Yorkers, making it tied for the ...
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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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Community Boards Representing One Million New Yorkers Demand 20 mph Speed Limits Across Entire Districts

In less than two months, eight community boards have passed resolutions asking DOT to use Sammy’s Law to lower speed limits in their districts to 20 mph. Sammy’s Law gave New York City the ability to ...
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Open Streets Forever

Open Streets are popular, beloved, effective, and lifesaving. But, new research from Transportation Alternatives (TA) found that the benefits of Open Streets — from reduced traffic violence to ...
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“Like Shooting a Gun Into a Crowd”: Just 10 Drivers Threaten 2.5 Million New Yorkers, According to New Data from Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets

In 2025, the top 10 super speeders in New York State were caught by New York City’s school zone speed cameras an average of 179 times each, at least once every other day, with the most reckless driver ...
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Lifestyles of the Rich & Reckless: Super Speeders Drive Luxury Cars, Rack Up Millions in Speeding Tickets Annually — New Data from Transportation Alternatives and Families ...

Super speeders are 72% more likely to drive a new vehicle, and 57% more likely to drive a luxury vehicle than the average driver. In 2025, super speeders racked up more than $10 million in speed ...
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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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New Data from Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets Shows Vision Zero Works, Should Be Expanded; Congestion Pricing Has Made Streets Safer

Pedestrian fatalities remain high in Brooklyn, where the Adams administration has stalled and reversed several street safety projects. In the first half of 2025, there were 90 fatalities in NYC — a ...