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Press Releases
View our press releases and statements about reports, traffic violence, and safe streets in New York City.
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Alexa Sledge
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Jacob deCastro
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![Safe Streets Advocates Demand Action After Bus Driver Kills Bike Rider in Borough Park, 200th Bike Rider Killed In Vision Zero-era](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/1684271044340-WDYG5ISJHJCHMOCX6X3V/TA+FSS+Social.png)
Safe Streets Advocates Demand Action After Bus Driver Kills Bike Rider in Borough Park, 200th Bike Rider Killed In Vision Zero-era
2023 is on track to be the deadliest year under Vision Zero for bike riders.
![‘The NYC Streets Plan Is Not Optional’: TA, Council Members, Advocates Demand Adams Administration Comply with Legal Requirements to Build Safe Streets Infrastructure](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/1694714369247-ZBP647JYWUWJ8FGVV9LO/DSC02521.jpg)
‘The NYC Streets Plan Is Not Optional’: TA, Council Members, Advocates Demand Adams Administration Comply with Legal Requirements to Build Safe Streets Infrastructure
During today’s hearing, a car crash killed the 172nd New Yorker this year alone – a woman walking with a stroller in Bath Beach.
![Serious Injury Traffic Crashes are 23% Higher in the Bronx Than Citywide, According to New Research from Transportation Alternatives](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/1694191284606-DTP4H6T9MJIAN8HN8GEG/sirta-header.png)
Serious Injury Traffic Crashes are 23% Higher in the Bronx Than Citywide, According to New Research from Transportation Alternatives
Transportation Alternatives launches first-ever public dashboard to track serious injury crashes in New York City, revealing never-before-seen data.
![Transportation Alternatives Statement After Driver of Large Vehicle Kills E-Bike Rider in Hit-and-Run](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/1679417962755-RRRPQ1HQL48GM46JVWCF/TA+Logo+Gray+Social+Card.png)
![Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets Statements After SUV Driver Kills Pedestrian Crossing Street in Wheelchair in Kensington](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/1679417962755-RRRPQ1HQL48GM46JVWCF/TA+Logo+Gray+Social+Card.png)
![Traffic Crashes Killed 112 people in the First Half of 2023, Including a Vision-Zero Era Record 18 Bike Riders](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/e1ad5766-7b7c-403d-96af-fa910a08323f/Default+Social+Card.png)
![Families for Safe Streets Releases New Report Analyzing the Deaths of the 100 Children Killed by Traffic Violence Since the Launch of Vision Zero, Memorial Website](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/b38df663-8f17-44d3-b568-cbe55cc1cd53/20221012TransAltMorningBikeTrain-6.jpg)
Families for Safe Streets Releases New Report Analyzing the Deaths of the 100 Children Killed by Traffic Violence Since the Launch of Vision Zero, Memorial Website
One-third of the children killed while walking or biking were killed on their way to or from school.
![Statement from Transportation Alternatives on Urgent Need to Redesign McGuinness Boulevard Following Reports that Mayor Adams Reversed Redesign](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/1688674163813-NG7Y9C1JZD7628LLED1M/DSC01383.jpg)
Statement from Transportation Alternatives on Urgent Need to Redesign McGuinness Boulevard Following Reports that Mayor Adams Reversed Redesign
There have been dozens of community meetings on the McGuinness project. There are 18 schools within a quarter-mile of McGuinness Boulevard.
![Statement from Transportation Alternatives as Congestion Pricing Clears Final Federal Hurdle](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/1687980319706-E5HV6W50XXFWL14H76DW/53006302911_80571efae2_k.jpg)
![Transportation Alternatives Releases New Report Showing Benefit of Adjusting Vehicle Fees, Calls on State Lawmakers to Pass New Legislation from Senator Gounardes, Assemblymember Mamdani](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/18f95ab4-4e4e-45c5-ae6f-996678dcfabf/DSC01622.jpg)
Transportation Alternatives Releases New Report Showing Benefit of Adjusting Vehicle Fees, Calls on State Lawmakers to Pass New Legislation from Senator Gounardes, Assemblymember Mamdani
For every 1,000 pound increase in vehicle weight, there is a 46% increase in motorist fatalities.
![Testimony: Oversight Hearing on Electric Vehicle Infrastructure](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/1679417962755-RRRPQ1HQL48GM46JVWCF/TA+Logo+Gray+Social+Card.png)
![With Strong Majority Support in State Assembly, Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets Demand Assembly Pass Sammy’s Law When Session Resumes ](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/cd75d6d6-d377-4c5d-8562-929ab95a143d/DSC00920.jpg)
With Strong Majority Support in State Assembly, Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets Demand Assembly Pass Sammy’s Law When Session Resumes
Since Sammy’s Law was introduced on January 20, 2023, 88 New Yorkers have been killed by traffic violence.
![Safe Streets Hunger Strikers Demand Speaker Heastie Call Vote on Sammy’s Law After Speeding Driver Kills Pedestrian in Midwood](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/1679417962755-RRRPQ1HQL48GM46JVWCF/TA+Logo+Gray+Social+Card.png)
![Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets Statements After State Senate Passes Sammy’s Law](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/e742fd15-c43d-494d-b9bb-966d57054a98/DSC00760.jpeg)
![Safe Streets Advocates Demand Action After SUV Driver Kills Bicycle Rider in Greenpoint](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/25f72c1e-a9f0-481a-91b8-c512e016d674/Driggs+and+Monitor.png)
![Transportation Alternatives Statement After SUV Driver Kills Bike Rider in Sheepshead Bay](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/1679417962755-RRRPQ1HQL48GM46JVWCF/TA+Logo+Gray+Social+Card.png)
![Statement from Transportation Alternatives After City Council Passes Home Rule Resolution Supporting Sammy’s Law ](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/77050667-018c-46a8-ab52-67cb70c30c09/IMG_1729.jpg)
Statement from Transportation Alternatives After City Council Passes Home Rule Resolution Supporting Sammy’s Law
Sammy’s Law would allow New York City to finally set its own speed limits. 42% of pedestrians struck by motor vehicles at an impact speed of 25 mph will sustain serious injury or die.
![Transportation Alternatives Statement After Truck Driver Kills Pedestrian in East Harlem](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e29e189cbb31405a731aac/1679417962755-RRRPQ1HQL48GM46JVWCF/TA+Logo+Gray+Social+Card.png)
Transportation Alternatives Statement After Truck Driver Kills Pedestrian in East Harlem
Crashes have killed 85 people in 2023 — a fatality rate 9% higher than the Vision Zero-era average. Traffic violence has killed 36 pedestrians in 2023.