Press Releases
View our press releases and statements about reports, traffic violence, and safe streets in New York City.
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‘Delivering Safety’: Transportation Alternatives Releases New Report, Recommendations for New Department of Sustainable Delivery
As City Hall announces plans to launch a new Department of Sustainable Delivery, Transportation Alternatives proposes a framework for the new agency.
Five Lessons from 10 Years of Vision Zero: Transportation Alternatives Releases New Report and Graphics on Takeaways from Vision Zero’s First Decade in New York City
To reach zero traffic fatalities and serious injuries, New York City must learn from the first decade of Vision Zero in the five boroughs.
Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets Analyze Data From First 10 Years of Vision Zero
After 10 years of Vision Zero, Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets analyzed the City of New York’s own traffic fatality data to show trends, gaps, and successes from the first decade of the program
Transportation Alternatives, Flossy Organization Statements After 68-Year-Old Man Killed Crossing the Street in Brooklyn, 61-Year-Old Pedestrian Killed in Queens
Council District 46, which includes Canarsie, is the second-deadliest district for traffic fatalities, according to Spatial Equity NYC.
Statement from Transportation Alternatives on Mayor Adams’ Street Safety Promises in State of the City
In today’s State of the City Address, the mayor promised a new initiative aimed at regulating e-micromobility and the same-day delivery economy.
State Senators Hoylman-Sigal and Gounardes alongside Assembly Members Rosenthal, Epstein, Mamdani, Mitaynes, Gallagher, Fahy, and Carroll Join With Advocates to Urge Passage of SAFE Streets Package
Albany passed zero significant street safety bills last year.
Traffic violence killed 787 people across New York State in 2023.
Transportation Alternatives Statement After Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Bike Rider in Queens
2023 is the second deadliest year for bike riders in recorded history, and the deadliest in the Vision Zero-era.
Transportation Alternatives Statement on New Information in the Kenny DeForest Crash
At Transportation Alternatives, we strive to put out information that is both accurate and timely. We will continue to closely monitor this and future crashes, and send our condolences to the family and friends of Kenny DeForest.
Transportation Alternatives Statement After Driver Kills Bike Rider in Brooklyn, 2023 Now Second-Deadliest Year for Cyclists in Recorded History
Our leaders failed Kenny — and every bike rider killed in this record-breaking year for cyclist deaths. Our leaders know how to prevent crashes from happening, especially as we’re on track for the safest year for pedestrians during Vision Zero, and they must bring this same effort and urgency to keeping cyclists safe.
TESTIMONY: Oversight Hearing Testimony on Government Emissions Reduction
The climate emergency is the existential threat of our time. The planet is heating up at a rapid pace, and the local effects of the climate crisis are more visible than ever.
TESTIMONY: Oversight Hearing on DOT Transparency
Today is likely the final transportation and infrastructure hearing of 2023, and we look back on a year marked by traffic violence and stalled projects. We also want to recognize some recent tragedies from Fort Greene to Flushing to Times Square – we’ve lost so many cherished members of our community to reckless drivers in just the past few weeks.
Statement from Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets After Hit-and-Run Driver Strikes and Kills 3-Year-Old in Flushing
2023 is now the deadliest year for traffic violence in Queens since 2014.
TESTIMONY: Transportation Alternatives Comment on Proposed Outdoor Dining Rules
Outdoor dining has been a boon to New York City’s small businesses and New Yorkers across the five boroughs.
Statement from Transportation Alternatives After Drivers Kill 71-Year-Old Woman Killed, Critically Injure 73-Old-Man in Woodhaven
Four New Yorkers killed in traffic violence the same weekend as World Day of Remembrance
Comptroller Lander, Queens BP Richards, State Sen. Gonzalez, AM Mamdani, AM Simon, TA March with Families for Safe Streets Members to Honor Crash Victims at World Day of Remembrance
Traffic violence has killed 226 people in 2023 — a 26% increase over 2018, the safest year under Vision Zero.
Statement from Transportation Alternatives After Drivers Strike and Kill Three New Yorkers in 24 Hours
Traffic violence has killed 223 people in 2023 — a 25% increase over 2018, the safest year under Vision Zero.
Statement from Transportation Alternatives After Two Hit-and-Run Drivers Strike and Kill 46-Year-Old Man in Brooklyn
Traffic violence has killed 220 people in 2023 — a 25% increase over 2018, the safest year under Vision Zero.
Coalition Led by Transportation Alternatives, Los Deliveristas Unidos, Open Plans, and StreetsPAC Calls on New York City Council to Reject E-Bike Registration Bill
Bike registration has repeatedly proven to be ineffective and expensive. 211 New Yorkers have been killed in traffic crashes this year – 99% from cars and trucks.
Statements from Transportation Alternatives and Council Member Chi Ossé After Two Hit-and-Run Drivers Strike and Kill 79-Year-Old Woman in Brooklyn
Traffic violence has killed 208 people in 2023 — a 25% increase over 2018, the safest year under Vision Zero.