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We’re counting on the City of New York to fix this chaotic intersection to make it safe.
That means turn calming, protected bike infrastructure, and a protected bike intersection to prevent crashes and tragedies like this from ever happening again.
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Last night, at the intersection of 14th Street and First Avenue, a truck driver hit a Citi Bike, injuring one 16-year-old rider and killing a 15-year-old rider.
The riders were crossing First Avenue with the right-of-way to turn onto the protected bike lane heading north.
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Last night, Manhattan Community Board 9 approved a resolution asking DOT to lower speed limits to 20 mph across the entire district.
This is the fifteenth community board to pass such a resolution. The boards asking for safer speeds represent more than two million New Yorkers.
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Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers flock to Park Avenue during Summer Streets, when there are no cars clogging the road.
Once Mayor Mamdani's redesign plan is completed, there will be much more pedestrian space and many fewer cars — every day, not just on special occasions!
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From Morningside Heights to Bushwick, New Yorkers want slower speed limits so they can cross the street safely.
@NYCMayor Mamdani has an enormous opportunity to save lives across our city, and to pick up the ball that was dropped by the previous administration.
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To get around our city, New Yorkers are buying devices that they've been led to believe are safe and legal. Often, they're neither.
This bill from @SenGonzalezNY and @DianaforQueens will end the sale of these deadly high-speed devices and fully ban their predatory marketing.
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According to today's Mayor's Management Report, the City of New York in Fiscal 2026 was building fewer bike lanes, building very few bus lanes, and lagging behind in safer crossings.
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NYC officials want to put rain gardens on top of bus stops
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This is something we called for in our 2024 report on New York City's hottest bus stops, written in collaboration with NASA:
The bus shelter at Pitkin Ave. and Saratoga Ave. just got a bit cooler.
This shelter is the home of the city’s first ever heat resilient green roof — adorned with native plants to keep it cool during extreme heat.
New Yorkers who rely on the bus deserve comfortable shelters.
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No New Yorker should be sold a “bike” or a high-speed scooter under the false premise that it’s safe or legal to ride.
This morning, @SenGonzalezNY and @DianaforQueens announced a bill to ban the sale of illegal high-speed devices and quell retailers’ predatory marketing.
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Yesterday, the Mamdani administration committed to launching the Stop Super Speeders program, to slow down the most dangerous drivers who repeatedly speed through our neighborhoods, racking up ticket after ticket.
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You might have seen it at the top of POLITICO this morning: 63 state and city elected officials signed our letter calling on the Mamdani administration to work with Families for Safe Streets to fully implement Sammy’s Law.
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Every year for seven straight years, at least one New Yorker has been killed on Canal Street.
It's way past time to fix Canal.
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"The 50 most dangerous arterial roads in New York City are collectively within a quarter-mile of over 2,300 schools and child care centers, according to a new report from a pair of street safety advocacy groups."
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Statement from Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets after Another Driver Exiting Manhattan Bridge at Canal Street Hits and Kills New Yorker
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More than one in five traffic deaths in New York City occur on a "Boulevard of Death," despite these 50 streets making up just 4% of the city’s street-miles.
2,694 people were killed or seriously injured on the new Boulevards of Death between 2022 and 2025.
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NEW: As Kids Head Back to School, Transportation Alternatives Unveils “New Boulevards of Death” List of the 50 Most Dangerous Streets in New York City, Quarter-Mile from Over 2,300 Schools
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Under the current program, around 500,000 students do not qualify for Student OMNY Cards at all.
The ones who do are still limited to only four rides a day and may face difficulty with card deactivation or reliably getting a new one.
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Today, on the steps of Tweed Courthouse, Transportation Alternatives' Youth Activist Committee members held a funeral for their Student OMNY cards.
Student OMNY cards deactivated on August 31, leaving hundreds of thousands of students without a ride to the first day of school.
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The Mamdani administration is implementing Sammy’s Law through a patchwork of short, disconnected stretches, some as short as about 100 feet.
@NYC_SafeStreets is calling on the mayor to think bigger and lower speed limits across entire neighborhoods to save lives.
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"In a joint statement on Sept. 1, State Senator Andrew Gounardes, State Assembly Member Marcela Mitaynes, and City Council Member Alexa Avilés urged the Department of Transportation to take immediate action to make the corridor safer."
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It has been a deadly few weeks on our streets.
Our hearts are with Jiayi Zheng’s family and loved ones as they mourn an unimaginable loss in Sunset Park.
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Over the weekend, Jiayi Zheng was killed while crossing 3rd Avenue after an overnight shift at the hospital.
While she's far from the first person to die on this deadly street, she can be the last — & we're counting on the Mamdani administration to finish the stalled redesign.
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Remember this banner drop? We demanded a safer Ashland Place, and now the final block is getting a protected bike lane!
Celebrate the safer connections with us at tomorrow's ribbon-cutting at 10 a.m. at Ashland Place and Lafayette Avenue.
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Last week, hundreds of New Yorkers joined our die-in outside City Hall to demand a plan to stop the carnage.
Another deadly weekend has passed.
We are still waiting for a plan from the Mamdani administration.
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Four New Yorkers were killed by drivers in just five days. We need a comprehensive street safety plan from City Hall to stop the carnage and save lives.
@NY1 coverage of last night's die-in:
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Four New Yorkers were killed in five days last week on our streets.
Tonight, hundreds of New Yorkers — on foot and on bike — held a die-in in front of City Hall to mourn and remember.
We need a comprehensive street safety plan from City Hall to stop the carnage and save lives.
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Three bike riders were killed by drivers on the streets of our city last week. Tonight at 5:30, we'll be holding a "die-in" in City Hall Park, calling for a comprehensive all-of-government safety plan to save lives.
Brian Lehrer covered it on @WNYC this morning:
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Families for Safe Streets member Chrissy Oakes:
"Two years ago, I thought bike lanes were a DEI project too. Two years ago, I also had a dad.
I’m a Republican, and in nine months of advocating for safer streets, I have yet to meet another one."
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What if a 45-minute electric Citi Bike ride were just $3? That’s what we’re fighting for!
We went on @PIX11News to talk about it:
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TOMORROW
City Hall Park
5:30 p.m.
Stop the Carnage: Emergency Die-In
When four New Yorkers are mowed down by reckless drivers in five days, it's a public health crisis.
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Citi Bike-flation is out of control! You should be able to hop on an electric Citi Bike for a 45-minute trip without breaking the bank.
The Borough Beat on @PIX11News covered our $3 Citi Bike campaign:
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"'This is a crisis,' said Alexa Sledge, the spokeswoman for Transportation Alternatives, which is organizing a protest in front of City Hall on Wednesday to call attention to the rise in cyclist fatalities across New York."
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Another deadly hit-and-run today, on the heels of three cyclists killed last week.
This is a public health crisis. New Yorkers are being killed just for not being in a car.
We're gathering at City Hall Park on Wednesday for an emergency die-in. Stop the carnage.
Woman, 22, killed by hit-run driver while crossing Sixth Ave. in West Village nydailynews.com/2026/08/23/w…
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