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When Mayor-elect Mamdani takes office, he will control over 6,300 miles of streets throughout the five boroughs.
Reducing car dependence is one of the best ways to reduce costs for New Yorkers. Owning a car costs nearly $9,000 annually, while taking transit costs just $1,500.
We are kicking off our 2026 Vision Zero Conference with our keynote speakers @DeborahNArcher and Dr. Jay Arzu.
Together with advocates, transportation leaders, and experts from around the world, we're excited to share ideas and disuss what it takes to make our streets safer.
We're closing out today's Vision Zero Cities Conference with our final speakers.
@JenniferHomendy, Chairwoman of the National Transpo Safety Board, & @henrygrabar, author & journalist of Paved Paradise, bring us together for a final conversation about the future of our streets.
@JenniferHomendy speaks about ways to prevent more deaths on our roads.
As the head of the federal agency responsible for investigating major crashes, Homendy brings a national perspective to the work of preventing traffic deaths and making transportation safer for everyone.
Ahead of today’s City Council hearing on Vision Zero, we rallied with City Council Transportation Chair @CMShaunAbreu, @kaymsanto, @OpenPlans, @NYC_SafeStreets, and our fellow Safe Streets Coalition members to demand real action on street safety.
We’re calling on New York City to follow through on its commitment to safer streets.
That means implementing Sammy’s Law in neighborhoods across NYC and passing the Stop Super Speeders law to slow down our most reckless drivers.
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Legendary journalist @GershKuntzman attempts to navigate the 96th St Transverse on a Citibike:
The Daily News Editorial Board:
"Few policies can be so directly tied to saving lives and it’s an outrage that the city needs the approval of the state Legislature for this program and that the cameras at all 600 intersections expire on Dec. 1, 2027."
EDITORIAL | Albany should let NYC go green on red-light cameras nydailynews.com/2026/10/23/a…
"Every time that City Hall wants to improve street safety, the mayor has to go hat in hand to Albany to ask pretty please to save lives"
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"Charlie Baker, a spokesperson for Transportation Alternatives, noted that Prop 3 seemed aimed at cleaning up the unfinished work of Mamdani's predecessors.
'There's so much in the backlog from the Adams administration—stalled projects that have just been stuck in limbo.'"
If 2025's major ballot prop theme was Yay Increase Multifamily Buildings Yugely (YIMBY), 2026's might be Fix All Streets and other Stuff Today (FASST).
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"'And now there's a new administration, there's a new DOT, and they're actually serious about taking that stuff off the backburner.'"
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" 'It's rare to get the opportunity to directly vote for safer streets,' said Charlie Baker, a spokesperson for the nonprofit Transportation Alternatives.
Baker said the charter amendment would also help Mamdani deliver on his campaign pledge to make city buses faster."
Ballot questions ask NYC voters whether to cut red tape on outdoor dining, bike lanes
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Transportation Alternatives retweeted
The Mamdani administration says it will dramatically expand an effort by his predecessor to install speed governors inside city-owned vehicles, rising from 1,000 today to 3,000. buff.ly/SUR2xQP
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It's a simple fact: speed kills.
@EmilyAssembly and I passed the Stop Super Speeders Act to empower NYC to slow down the most reckless drivers. Today, @kaymsanto introduced a Council bill to implement the program.
We're one step closer to safer streets for all New Yorkers. – at Brooklyn, NY
We can’t wait to rein in New York City’s most dangerous drivers.
That’s why we rallied with state and local elected officials outside City Hall today. Let’s pass the Stop Super Speeders bill into law and slow these reckless drivers down!
This expansion is great news! Every vehicle in New York City's fleet should get Intelligent Speed Assistance. We must ensure that City vehicles save lives, not take them.
The City should also shrink the fleet — both in terms of vehicle size, and the total number of vehicles.
From a 50-vehicle pilot to a national model for street safety!
With @NYCMayor, we’re expanding our Intelligent Speed Assistance fleet to 3,000 city vehicles—plus partnering with NYC School Bus Umbrella Services (NYCSBUS) to pilot pedestrian alerts on 100 buses! 🚌
