Alexa Sledge 5/18/25 Alexa Sledge 5/18/25

DOT Commissioner Rodriguez, Queens Borough President Richards, Senator Gonzalez, Council Member Won and Transportation Alternatives March Across Brand-New Queensboro Bridge Pedestrian Lane

Alexa Sledge 5/15/25 Alexa Sledge 5/15/25

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

Charlie Baker 5/9/25 Charlie Baker 5/9/25

Comptroller Lander, Senator Cleare, AM Lasher, and Safe Streets Advocates Hold a Rally in Memory of Niyell McCrorey, and Demand that the New York State Legislature Pass the Stop Super Speeders Bill

Alexa Sledge 5/2/25 Alexa Sledge 5/2/25

Statement from Transportation Alternatives After Adams Administration Puts New Yorkers at Risk of Arrest, Jail, and Deportation for Riding a Bike

Alexa Sledge 4/28/25 Alexa Sledge 4/28/25

Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, Transportation Alternatives, and Families for Safe Streets Rally for Resolution in Stop Super Speeders Legislation

Alexa Sledge 4/21/25 Alexa Sledge 4/21/25

Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets Call for City Council to Pass Universal Daylighting Legislation

Alexa Sledge 4/12/25 Alexa Sledge 4/12/25

Council Member Julie Won, Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris, and Transportation Advocates Hold “People’s Ribbon Cutting” at the Queensboro Bridge

Alexa Sledge 3/29/25 Alexa Sledge 3/29/25

“An unconscionable tragedy that Albany can stop from happening again”: Statement from Transportation Alternatives

Alexa Sledge 3/24/25 Alexa Sledge 3/24/25

Statement from Transportation Alternatives after a Pedestrian Was Killed in a Crash with a Delivery Worker on an E-bike in Greenpoint

Alexa Sledge 2/26/25 Alexa Sledge 2/26/25

Statement from Transportation Alternatives after Person Killed on a Bike in Bronx Bus Crash

Alexa Sledge 2/19/25 Alexa Sledge 2/19/25

Statement from Transportation Alternatives after Federal DOT Attempts to Pull Approval from Congestion Pricing

Alexa Sledge 2/10/25 Alexa Sledge 2/10/25

‘Sticking victims with the bill’: Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets Call for City Council to Reject New TLC Insurance Legislation

Alexa Sledge 2/10/25 Alexa Sledge 2/10/25

“President Trump wants to bring back traffic”: Statement from Transportation Alternatives after the President’s Comments on Congestion Pricing and Bike Lanes

Alexa Sledge 2/5/25 Alexa Sledge 2/5/25

Statement from Transportation Alternatives on City Hall’s Proposal to Regulate Delivery Apps

Michelle Deme 1/27/25 Michelle Deme 1/27/25

Child & Pedestrian Fatalities Rose in 2024 While 132 Vehicles Received 100+ Safety Camera Tickets, With Two Exceeding 500, New Data from Transportation Alternatives & Families for Safe Streets

Child and Pedestrian Fatalities Rose in 2024 While 132 Vehicles Received 100 or More Speed Safety Camera Tickets, Including Two Vehicles Who Received More Than 500, New Data from Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets Shows

Michelle Deme 1/9/25 Michelle Deme 1/9/25

“If Mayor Adams wants to make New York a better place to raise a family, he needs to fix his streets” – Statement from Transportation Alternatives after Mayor Adams’ State of the City Address

NEW YORK — Today, Transportation Alternatives released the following statement after Mayor Adams’ State of the City Address.

Alexa Sledge 12/9/24 Alexa Sledge 12/9/24

Statement from Transportation Alternatives after Tow Truck Driver Strikes and Kills a Pedestrian in Hit-and-Run in the Bronx

Traffic violence has killed 242 New Yorkers this year so far, 15 more than average.

Alexa Sledge 12/9/24 Alexa Sledge 12/9/24

Transportation Alternatives Welcomes Ben Furnas as Next Executive Director

Furnas, an architect of Vision Zero and urban sustainability expert, comes from Cornell University, where he served as the Executive Director of The 2030 Project: a Cornell Climate Initiative

Michelle Deme 12/2/24 Michelle Deme 12/2/24

Statement from Transportation Alternatives after Traffic Violence Kills Three New Yorkers and Leaves Two Others Critically Injured over Thanksgiving Weekend

Over the holiday weekend, traffic violence killed three New Yorkers and left two others critically injured. Drivers struck four pedestrians in the Bronx and Brooklyn, killing three people.

These tragedies underscore the alarming and persistent rise in pedestrian fatalities across the city — highlighting an urgent need for action to protect our most vulnerable residents.

Michelle Deme 11/26/24 Michelle Deme 11/26/24

Less than Two Months before Congestion Pricing, New Data Analysis from Transportation Alternatives Shows New Yorkers Embracing Biking and Rejecting Car Ownership

Every borough now has fewer car-owning households than it did in 2020.

In October, bike ridership was up at every location where data was recorded.

Both the Williamsburg Bridge and the Queensboro Bridge saw 100,000 more bike trips each in October 2024 than in 2019, a record high for the month.

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