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We reclaim NYC from cars, transforming our streets into safe, sustainable, & equitable places to walk, bike, take transit, gather, and thrive 🗽
New York City
Joined May 2008
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.
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First Governor Hochul delayed congestion pricing’s success by six months. Then she told the MTA not to reduce traffic on Gridlock Alert Days (has she seen Manhattan streets during the holidays?). Now she’s against the $15 fee, which isn’t scheduled to take effect until 2031?
.@GovKathyHochul in Queens says she has no plans to raise the congestion pricing base fare for passenger cars from $9 to $15 because it would be a lot for families and small biz. (And she’s up for reelection).
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New York City's air quality has been improving over time, but now it's improving much faster, thanks to congestion pricing. What previously took nine years — the 22% drop in air pollution between 2015 and 2024 — was reached in just *six months* of congestion pricing.
Congestion pricing is working so well it has helped clear the air in all parts of NYC, according to a new study. And other links to start your day! https://t.co/uklSkD73UK
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Of course we need universal daylighting!!! As a parent, turns at intersections are my biggest daily fear. I regularly cross an intersection a 3 year child was killed at by a turning truck six years ago. I can’t bear that we don’t do everything to protect that from happening
"As mothers, our worst nightmare is a car killing a child just for trying to cross the street," write @CMJulieWon and @CMBrooksPowers. "Kids are the city’s most vulnerable residents, and the status quo endangers them... They deserve universal daylighting."
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"on the playground, at a community board meeting, in the street, and our partners in government and advocacy: thank you. We will keep pushing for universal daylighting under a new city council and a new mayor, and we won’t stop until every child has a safe walk to school."
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"New Yorkers deserve better. On behalf of Dolma, Kamari, and every other child and fellow New Yorker who has been hit and killed in an obstructed intersection, the fight does not end today. To everyone who joined us in this fight, in City Council chambers...
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"Today, in response, the Speaker of the City Council has decided to block the universal daylighting bill. This legislation could prevent crashes like the ones that killed Dolma and Kamari, but instead, the Speaker is maintaining a status quo where every year, children die...
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"Two years ago, 7-year-old Kamari Hughes was hit and killed crossing an obstructed intersection in Fort Greene. We came together and demanded daylighting. Every day since, we’ve fought for a simple solution that will prevent crashes and save lives in all five boroughs...
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Now that the deadline has passed to advance bills for a vote at the final City Council meeting, @NYCSpeakerAdams has pulled the universal daylighting bill from consideration. Intro 1138 has majority bipartisan support, but it will not pass this year or under this City Council.
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48th and Northern, a 4-way intersection designed by a lunatic, also has a center-lane bike lane. Topped this list of the most dangerous intersections in the city for the borough of Queens.
Do you live near one of the most dangerous intersections in New York City? Find out here:
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Both of these deadly crashes in midtown happened during DOT-designated Gridlock Alert Days. The MTA has the power to dynamically raise the congestion pricing fee on these days to reduce gridlock, but Governor Hochul instructed the agency not to do it. More cars = more crashes
Between the German lady crushed to death in Midtown during UN week and this new Midtown traffic death during the Christmas-weeks rush, NYC could be doing a lot better with its congestion-pricing-era street management. https://t.co/xG92fiunAM
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Do you live near one of the most dangerous intersections in New York City? Find out here:
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12,261 New Yorkers have been killed or seriously injured on our streets since 2022. Here are the most dangerous intersections.
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"Pedestrians know the spots, and data confirms the danger." We met News12 at one of the most dangerous intersections in New York City — Flatbush and Avenue H — to talk about why we need universal daylighting. Want to save lives, @NYCSpeakerAdams? Make intersections safer.
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Thank you to Council Member @JimGennaro for signing on to universal daylighting! That brings Intro 1138 up to 29 co-sponsors! @NYCSpeakerAdams, bring this life-saving bill to a vote before the end of the term.
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"As mothers, our worst nightmare is a car killing a child just for trying to cross the street," write @CMJulieWon and @CMBrooksPowers. "Kids are the city’s most vulnerable residents, and the status quo endangers them... They deserve universal daylighting."
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Daylighting is common sense: drivers and pedestrians shouldn’t be invisible to one another. And in most other places, they aren’t.
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"We deserve streets that protect us — not rulings that put our lives at risk... This project would save lives. It would make our neighborhood safer for every person who walks, bikes, takes the bus, or drives. Astoria has waited too long for basic protections." — @tiffany_caban
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31st Street is one of the most dangerous roads in Queens. In the last five years, nearly 200 New Yorkers have been injured along the corridor, and one has been killed. Eight people on bikes have been killed in Queens so far in 2025, already more than in any other year.
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Last night at Athens Square in Astoria, we gathered with Families for Safe Streets, NYC Bike and Brew, and community advocates for an emergency rally, protest ride, and die-in, to demand that the City save the 31st Street safety project after last week's dangerous ruling.
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