Press Releases

View our press releases and statements about reports, traffic violence, and safe streets in New York City.

If you are a member of the media, contact us at press@transalt.org.

Alexa Sledge
Communications Director
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Jacob deCastro 7/22/21 Jacob deCastro 7/22/21

Death of Deliverista in Kensington Pushes Brooklyn to 500 Traffic Fatalities Since Mayor de Blasio Took Office

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VISION ZERO IN CRISIS: 2021 NOW ON TRACK TO BE DEADLIEST YEAR IN DE BLASIO ERA

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VISION ZERO IN CRISIS: 2021 NOW ON TRACK TO BE DEADLIEST YEAR IN DE BLASIO ERA

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Statement in Response to Cyclist Killed by USPS Driver on the Upper West Side

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Families For Safe Streets Statement in Response to Mother Killed By Truck Driver While Pushing Baby In Stroller In Queens

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Deadly Weekend in the Bronx in Deadliest Year for Traffic Violence Since Mayor de Blasio Took Office

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Coalition of Advocacy Organizations Urge Final Mayoral Debate to Include Questions On Transportation, Infrastructure, Climate

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New Yorkers Will Die Because the Assembly Failed To Act: Statement From Families for Safe Streets on State Assembly Refusing to Pass Crash Victim Rights and Safety Act, Including Sammy’s Law

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Families for Safe Streets Statement on Passage of Sammy's Law

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Statement from Transportation Alternatives in Response to Hit and Run Crash that Killed 16-Year-Old While Riding Bike In Queens

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New Investigation Reveals Speeding Epidemic on New York City Streets, New Poll Reveals Super-Majority Support Local Control of New York City Speed Limits

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Families For Safe Street Members to Travel 1,000 Miles, Host Five-Day Series of Vigils & Rallies Statewide to Highlight Need for Crash Victim Rights & Safety Act in Albany This Year

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New Data Shines Light on Growing Dangers and Growing Ownership of SUVs in New York City

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Statement From Families For Safe Streets in Response to Fatal Crash that Killed On-Duty NYPD Officer Anastasios Tsakos

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Statement From Sen. Andrew Gounardes, Transportation Alternatives, and Families for Safe Streets in Response to Pedestrian Death Outside Bay Ridge Car Dealership

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A Win For New York City and for America: Statement on Confirmation of Polly Trottenberg as Deputy Secretary of Transportation at USDOT

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Transportation Alternatives Launches New Bicycle Parking Service in Partnership with Port Authority Bus Terminal

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New Statewide Coalition Unveiling the Crash Victims Rights & Safety Act in Response to Rising Traffic Deaths and Speeding, Launches Campaign for Passage This Year in Albany

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Statement On Congestion Pricing Advancing Through The Federal Approval Process

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Statement on City Council Passage of Intro 2224A, Shifting Crash Investigations from NYPD to NYC DOT

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Open Letter to Mayor de Blasio from the Open Streets Coalition

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