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Updated Spatial Equity Tool From TA, MIT Shows Widespread Inequity, Racial and Economic Divides in Bus Speeds, Plaza Access, Flood Exposure; Demonstrates Need for Congestion ...

Spatial Equity NYC, an online data tool released by Transportation Alternatives and the Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism (LCAU) at MIT, depicts the impact of car-centric planning and ...
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Transportation Alternatives, Families for Safe Streets Statements After Weekend of Carnage Kills Five New Yorkers

164 New Yorkers have been killed in traffic so far this year, including 14 children. More than twice as many children have been killed in traffic this year compared to this point last year. 23 bike ...
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FIELD TOURS

9:30 AM - 11:30 AM Your City Your Voice Activist TrainingLocation: Wagner Park ClassroomYour City, Your Voice shares the lessons learned over years of hyper-local, grassroots activism. Absorb the ...
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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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Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets Analyze Data From First 10 Years of Vision Zero

Traffic fatalities were 16% lower in the last ten years compared to the decade preceding Vision Zero – a difference of more than 450 lives. Pedestrian fatalities fell 29% from 2014 to 2023. Since the ...
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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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This Bike Month, Transportation Alternatives Launches Brand-New ‘Bicycle Blueprint’ Plan to Make NYC a World-Class Bicycle City with One Million Daily Bike Rides by 2030

Every mile of protected bike lane that the City of New York adds to streets creates ~1,100 daily bike trips, and 15% to 20% of these added bike trips replace vehicle trips. Between 2007 and 2024, the ...
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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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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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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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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 ...