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Press Releases
View our press releases and statements about reports, traffic violence, and safe streets in New York City.
If you are a member of the media, contact us at press@transalt.org.
Alexa Sledge
Communications Director
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Jacob deCastro
Communications Manager
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![Statement from Transportation Alternatives After Mayor Adams Rejects DOT’s Street Safety Plan for McGuinness Boulevard](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/1724191793889-FC4HXEXLYAMUX4P0ZXXR/DSC01360+%281%29.jpg)
Statement from Transportation Alternatives After Mayor Adams Rejects DOT’s Street Safety Plan for McGuinness Boulevard
Over 10,000 people have signed the Make McGuinness Safe petition calling for a full redesign of the boulevard for safety.
![Statement from Transportation Alternatives After Truck Driver Kills 16-year-old Bike Rider in Brooklyn](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/37711900-5b04-4fb2-b6ad-e4aaef007adb/Ditmas+and+Coney+Island+Avenues%2C+Brooklyn+%281%29.png)
Statement from Transportation Alternatives After Truck Driver Kills 16-year-old Bike Rider in Brooklyn
This is the 12th child traffic fatality in New York City this year. More children have been killed so far in 2024 than at this point in nine of the last 10 years.
![NYC’s Hottest Bus Stops: NASA DEVELOP and Transportation Alternatives Release New Report and Data Analysis ](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/1723474241186-H3S80YIREVC8PKYMVR9B/DSC07409.jpg)
NYC’s Hottest Bus Stops: NASA DEVELOP and Transportation Alternatives Release New Report and Data Analysis
People living near the city’s hottest bus stops are 56% more likely to be Latino, 24% more likely to be Black, and 40% more likely to be non-white than people living within a quarter-mile of the coolest bus stops.
![Transportation Alternatives Statement After Truck Driver Kills Bike Rider in Sunnyside Queens](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/1722890725920-0HIUPUNEIR21V1M5Z7EB/43rd+Avenue+and+34th+Street%2C+Sunnyside%2C+Queens+%281%29.png)
Transportation Alternatives Statement After Truck Driver Kills Bike Rider in Sunnyside Queens
This bike rider is the 148th person killed in 2024, four more than were killed at this point last year and 10% above the Vision Zero-era average. 42 people have been killed in Queens.
![New York City Experiences Deadliest First Six Months in Vision Zero History, New Analysis from Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets Shows](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/1721408099082-FBLRAP2NBH8CVD0BJHR8/Q2+Vision+Zero.png)
New York City Experiences Deadliest First Six Months in Vision Zero History, New Analysis from Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets Shows
Traffic violence has now killed more than 2,500 New Yorkers since the beginning of Vision Zero.
![Statement from Transportation Alternatives After Driver Hits and Kills 3-Year-Old Girl, Injures 2-Year-Old Sister in Harlem](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/f6415688-ad65-4980-a7f6-4fa238553721/W.+135th+Street+and+Lenox+Avenue%2C+Harlem%2C+Manhattan+%281%29.png)
Statement from Transportation Alternatives After Driver Hits and Kills 3-Year-Old Girl, Injures 2-Year-Old Sister in Harlem
This is the 135th fatality in New York City in 2024. This year, fatalities are 16% higher than average in the Vision Zero era.
Gov. Hochul Refuses to Accept Messages from Constituents Who Lost Loved Ones in Traffic, Cannot Access the Subway Due to Lack of Elevators, on What Should Be First Weekday of Congestion Pricing
The number of miles traveled by cars and trucks in New York City is at record highs, up 16% from 2014, making New York the most congested city in the world.
![Letter to Gov. Hochul From Nearly 120 Elected Officials and Organizations In Opposition to Her Last-Minute Attempt to Delay Congestion Pricing](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/1679417962755-RRRPQ1HQL48GM46JVWCF/TA+Logo+Gray+Social+Card.png)
![Transportation Alternatives, Families for Safe Streets Statements After Hit-and-Run Truck Driver Kills a Child in Queens and Dump Truck Driver Kills a Senior Pedestrian in Brooklyn](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/1719520242403-XBC3O35COYU5BPHA0MU2/47th+Avenue+in+Sunnyside.png)
Transportation Alternatives, Families for Safe Streets Statements After Hit-and-Run Truck Driver Kills a Child in Queens and Dump Truck Driver Kills a Senior Pedestrian in Brooklyn
Traffic violence has killed 125 New Yorkers this year – the deadliest year to date under Vision Zero.
![Transportation Alternatives, Families for Safe Streets Statements as DOT Begins Implementation of Sammy’s Law](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/1719520173878-PFQIJOHVZKL0DU6WQIQO/DSC06443.jpg)
Transportation Alternatives, Families for Safe Streets Statements as DOT Begins Implementation of Sammy’s Law
Sammy’s Law allows New York City to set its own speed limits.
![City Council Testimony on on Intersections, Sidewalks, and Pedestrian Safety](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/1679417962755-RRRPQ1HQL48GM46JVWCF/TA+Logo+Gray+Social+Card.png)
![800+ New Yorkers Joined Elected Leaders, TA, FSS, Advocates to Demand Gov. Hochul Reverse Cancellation of Congestion Pricing; Renamed Bryant Park Station ‘Congestion Kathy’s Inaccessible Station #343’](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/1718293951578-QEYWOHYONA0NUALKMYUR/image+%2814%29.png)
800+ New Yorkers Joined Elected Leaders, TA, FSS, Advocates to Demand Gov. Hochul Reverse Cancellation of Congestion Pricing; Renamed Bryant Park Station ‘Congestion Kathy’s Inaccessible Station #343’
At least 343 subway stations remain inaccessible and noncompliant with ADA laws.
![Transportation Alternatives Statement After Van Driver Hits and Kills Bike Rider in Flushing](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/a45a4942-b64c-4548-8881-b4fbe63d6f5d/41st+Avenue+and+Browne+Street%2C+Flushing%2C+Queens.png)
Transportation Alternatives Statement After Van Driver Hits and Kills Bike Rider in Flushing
This is the third cyclist fatality this month alone. This is the deadliest first three years for any mayor going back to the 1970s.
![‘Congestion pricing is our best chance to save lives. Instead, Gov. Hochul is sentencing more New Yorkers to suffer like we have’: FSS Statement on Gov. Hochul’s Sudden Congestion Pricing Reversal](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/1717776969346-PWNQCOLWID5FGRPG4B9S/FSS+share+image+%284%29.png)
‘Congestion pricing is our best chance to save lives. Instead, Gov. Hochul is sentencing more New Yorkers to suffer like we have’: FSS Statement on Gov. Hochul’s Sudden Congestion Pricing Reversal
Congestion pricing reduced fatal car crashes by 27% in London — and crashes dropped both in and out of the zone.
![Statement from Transportation Alternatives as Governor Hochul Threatens to Delay Congestion Pricing](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/1717598189707-FEWF44MLUGJPC7Z51GA0/DSC03664.jpg)
Statement from Transportation Alternatives as Governor Hochul Threatens to Delay Congestion Pricing
The next time your train is late, your bus is trapped in traffic, your subway station is still missing an elevator, you know who to blame: Governor Kathy Hochul.
![Transportation Alternatives Statement After SUV Driver Kills Pedestrian Crossing Street in Wheelchair in Brownsville](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/e03252a2-495e-4373-88f4-2f1252d9bb1e/New+Lots+Avenue+and+Mother+Gaston+Boulevard.png)
Transportation Alternatives Statement After SUV Driver Kills Pedestrian Crossing Street in Wheelchair in Brownsville
Crashes have killed 14 pedestrians in Brooklyn this year – up 14% from the Vision Zero average.
![Transportation Alternatives Statement After Drivers Kill Two New Yorkers in the Bronx, Including 15-Year-Old Girl](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/b6f93eff-53bb-4d1a-8660-09d563589f40/167th+and+washington+%281%29.png)
Transportation Alternatives Statement After Drivers Kill Two New Yorkers in the Bronx, Including 15-Year-Old Girl
Traffic violence has killed 95 people so far in 2024, up 14% from the Vision Zero average.
![Transportation Alternatives, Families for Safe Streets Statements After Pickup Truck Driver Kills Bike Rider in Brooklyn, Marking Deadliest Start to Year Under Vision Zero](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/b034ad18-0dca-4038-aa82-ae13fff0b4b0/Fourth+Avenye.+53rd+St%2C+Brooklyn+%281%29.png)
Transportation Alternatives, Families for Safe Streets Statements After Pickup Truck Driver Kills Bike Rider in Brooklyn, Marking Deadliest Start to Year Under Vision Zero
This is the eighth cyclist fatality of 2024. There have been 33% more cyclist fatalities this year than the average year under Vision Zero.
![Transportation Alternatives, Riders Alliance Launch Brand-New ‘Miracle on 42nd Street’ Campaign for a Safer, Faster 42nd Street](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/1716328128826-90O2B14NBJNKXTKG5667/Miracle+-+TA.png)
Transportation Alternatives, Riders Alliance Launch Brand-New ‘Miracle on 42nd Street’ Campaign for a Safer, Faster 42nd Street
Today, the M42 is the second slowest bus in all of Manhattan, despite serving more than 70,000 riders every day.
![Transportation Alternatives Statement After Drivers Kill Five New Yorkers in One Weekend, Including Five-Year-Old Boy](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/ebabcdcc-fcae-4ebd-8df3-dbb4e8c4cf7e/124+Street%2C+Flushing+Queens.png)
Transportation Alternatives Statement After Drivers Kill Five New Yorkers in One Weekend, Including Five-Year-Old Boy
All five New Yorkers were killed in Queens. 2024 is now tied as the deadliest year to date for the borough under Vision Zero.