Press Releases
View our press releases and statements about reports, traffic violence, and safe streets in New York City.
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Statement from Transportation Alternatives in Strong Opposition to Mayor Adams’ Decision to Bring Driverless Cars to New York City
“Driverless cars are untested, dangerous technology, and they have no place in New York City. New Yorkers should not be lab rats for the car industry, which has already killed and injured thousands of our neighbors.”
Transportation Alternatives, Worker’s Justice Project, Street Safety and Environmental Advocates Urge City Council to Reject Costly, Ineffective E-Bike Licensing Bill
Intro 606 is nearly identical to Intro 758, which failed to pass last session. Major cities that introduced bike licensing laws found them ineffective and repealed them.
Senator Brisport, AM Forrest, Council Members Ossé and Restler, District Leader Boykin Join TA, Community Groups to Demand Protected Bike Lane, Pedestrian Safety on Bedford Avenue
Despite Mayor Adams' promises last year, the Bedford Avenue protected bike lane has not been built.
Congressman Nadler, Assemblymember Rosenthal, Senators Hoylman-Sigal, Ramos, Cleare Join TA, FSS, Advocates To Demand Assembly Pass Sammy’s Law to Stop Queen’s Traffic Violence Crisis
More than half of the children killed in the last two years were killed in Queens.
State Senator Ramos, Transportation Alternatives Statements After Traffic Violence Kills 8-Year-Old Bayron Palomino Arroyo in East Elmhurst, Queens
This child was the 750th person — and the 34th child — killed in Queens since the launch of Vision Zero.
Statement from Transportation Alternatives After Hit and Run Driver Kills Pedestrian in Manhattan
Canal Street is the most dangerous street in Manhattan.
Statement from Transportation Alternatives After Driver Hits and Kills Bike Rider in Williamsburg
Traffic violence has already killed 35 people less than 2 months into 2024.
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 Pricing
The expanded tool now includes brand-new data layers, such as flooding or access to public seating, and maps all data by both State Assembly and State Senate Districts for the first time.
‘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.