Transportation Alternatives

Don't miss your last chance to preorder our congestion pricing shirts! Show ur support with our 'Kathy Hochul Made Me Late' Tee. Preorders close this Friday, July 26, at 11:59 p.m. We know you support congestion pricing, so now say it with your chest. ➡️https://lnkd.in/gMjHdgXx

🚨NEW DATA 🚨 The first six months of 2024 was the deadliest since Vision Zero began — with 127 New Yorkers killed by traffic violence. Traffic violence killed one person every 34 hours. 📈 Key Stats: 🛑 This was the deadliest first six months since Vision Zero began. 🛑 New Yorkers are being killed on streets without critical safety infrastructure. 🛑 Fatalities are up in the congestion relief zone. 🛑 Motorist fatalities are at a record high. 🛑 After a historic year for pedestrian safety, pedestrian fatalities are on the rise. ➡️ Read our report: https://lnkd.in/ejxBfDiQ Our leaders need to take action now to make our streets safer. @nycmayor needs to fulfill his promises to improve 1,000 intersections and construct over 100 miles of protected bike lanes. This year, NYC has only added just over 2 miles of the required 50 miles. Congestion pricing remains our best hope to save lives by reducing the number of cars on the road. Yet, @govkathyhochul has paused some of the most effective street safety legislation we've seen in years. Gov. Kathy Hochul must reinstate the program immediately to prevent crashes and save lives. At the same time, Mayor Adams needs to follow the Streets Plan, which legally mandates the creation of new bike and bus lanes.

Makia and Afsana met recently in Queens to exchange a mountain bike! The bike boom is here to stay, and we believe bikes should be accessible and available to everyone. We’re here to help New Yorkers help New Yorkers. #BikeMatch connects New Yorkers with bikes to New Yorkers who need bikes. Have an extra bike? Need a bike? Let us know: https://lnkd.in/dmjp5yTJ

The data is clear: More parking leads to more driving, less transit use, and less walking. What’s a better use of space: car storage or a home? We say homes.

📣 We have exciting news: this October, we are honored to host Mayor Erin Mendenhall of Salt Lake City Corporation, as our 11th annual #VisionZeroCities keynote speaker! Mayor Mendenhall has proven to be an advocate for safe and equitable streets with efforts including: 🚲 E-bike incentive program: a program offering rebates to residents to encourage the use of electric bicycles 🚆Transit-Oriented Development: a plan that includes mixed-use developments, residential areas with ground-level retail and maker spaces, a new hotel, spaces for nonprofits, and an urban trail ⚠️ Frequent Transit Network: a network providing 15-minute or less service along key routes in the city 🤝 Community Engagement and Family-Friendly Spaces: an emphasis on the importance of building family-friendly amenities and spaces like micro-parks and child care centers Learn more at: visionzerocities.org

We know lower speed limits work, save lives, and prevent injuries, while keeping New York City's streets moving — and we're committed to fighting for 20 mph speed limits on the majority of New York City's streets.

We deserve better than constant subway delays. We deserve reliable, accessible, and fast public transit. Congestion pricing was set to deliver billions to upgrade our subways and railroads. It's not too late for Governor Hochul to reverse her decision and fix our transit system. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eJb5HWSj

Last weekend, on the anniversary of his passing, we joined Families for Safe Streets and stood with the family of Andy Gil to honor his life and the life of every New Yorker who has been killed by traffic violence in the congestion pricing zone. Andy was killed by a driver at this very spot in 2022. We held 83 sunflowers to symbolize each one of the 83 New Yorkers who have been killed in the zone since congestion pricing was passed into law in 2019. We will never know how many lives could have been saved by implementing congestion pricing earlier. Today, a New Yorker is seriously injured in the zone every 36 hours. Midtown Manhattan has the highest rate of traffic violence in all of New York City. Kathy Hochul: flip the switch. Save lives. Protect New Yorkers from traffic violence.

Governor Hochul's last-minute decision to cancel congestion pricing not only derailed a years-in-the-making plan to reduce traffic, improve air quality, and fund transit — it also costs taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. Congestion pricing now.

🎨 🚲 Transportation Alternatives is excited to partner with the Whitney Museum of Art on the second annual Whitney Hopper Ride! Join us to celebrate Edward Hopper’s birthday with a round-trip bike ride from the Museum in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District to Hopper’s birthplace of Nyack, New York. This approximately 60-mile round-trip bike ride will take place July 20, 2024, close to what would have been Edward Hopper’s 142nd birthday on July 22. Learn more and sign up at: https://lnkd.in/eFBhD5pi