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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.
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.
Transportation Alternatives retweeted
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! 🚌
This is a great idea! We called for universal countdown clocks in our 2024 bus stop heat report, written in partnership with NASA:
Why Waiting for the Bus in New York City is Hot and Miserable:
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Transportation Alternatives retweeted
Slowing down super speeders saves lives. @Sen_Gounardes and I fought for years to pass our bill at the state level, and now @kaymsanto is taking it across the final hurdle at the city.
We are fighting for every family that’s lost a loved one to a preventable crash.
"It is a commonsense reform to allow the Department of Transportation to... make these fixes,” said Grace Rauh, the executive director of Citizens Union. "We would not ask the NYPD when they are concerned about the safety of New Yorkers to slow down their response."
COGE Chief: Nov. 3 Ballot Proposals Will Short-Circuit Anti-Street Safety Lawsuits - via @kduggan16 @StreetsblogNYC nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/10/…
Transportation Alternatives retweeted
“The number of drivers who have racked up 16 or more speed camera tickets in a one-year period is spiking, right as legislation to slow them down comes up for a vote.”
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There is a new super speeder on New York City’s streets every 27 minutes.
Every day that passes, the urgency grows, the threat to our communities grows, and the risk of unrecoverable loss grows. We urge the City Council to act now.
See our latest data:
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