Streets Are For People: The Movement For Safe Streets In

NYC

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MISSION & GOALABOUT TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES

MISSION!Our mission is to reclaim New York City's streets from the automobile by ensuring that every New Yorker has safe space to walk and bike and access to public transportation. !!BY THE NUMBERS!Founded: ! 1973!Members: ! 11,000!Staff: ! ! 50 (FT & PT)!Supporters: !100,000!Activists: ! 1,500!!

Over 40 years!

New York: 9,656 miles of streets

Over 19,312 miles of sidewalks =

80% of NYC’s public space

Source: New York City Department of Transportation 2008

SPACE EQUITY: 42ND STREET

SPACE EQUITY: 42ND STREET

SPACE EQUITY: 42ND STREET

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Traffic is Not Like the Weather

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Streets Are For People!

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Innovation Starts With a !4 Letter Word

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Make Innovation An Election Issue

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Our !Super-Power!

Is People

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Speed Camera Campaign, NYC, 2013

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NYC FATAL CRASHES BY ILLEGAL CAUSES, 2005-12

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Source: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

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Speed Enforcement Cameras

Percent of vehicles traveling over 10mph above the speed limit, Washington, DC

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Crashes are the #1 cause !of injury-related death !for children !in NYC

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• 12% of city residents are older than 65 !• 36% of pedestrians killed in traffic crashes

are older than 65!• Traffic crashes are the second leading cause

of injury related death for seniors (after falls)

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1st and 2nd Avenue Complete Street Campaign

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Building a 24/365 Network

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Montreal:Provide maintenance like clockwork!• The city keeps 20 kilometers of

cycle track clear all season despite receiving an average 86 inches of snow.!!

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http://bikenyc.org/blog/cool-bikings-crowdsourced-winter-bike-ride-guide

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Boogie on the!Boulevard

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Every 3 hours, a New Yorker is seriously injured

More New Yorkers are killed by cars than murdered by guns

5 children are hit by cars every day

Families for Safe Streets

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“We aren’t going to wait and lose a son, a daughter, a parent !or a grandparent in another senseless and painful tragedy. !

Our top responsibility is protecting the health and safety of our !people. From tougher enforcement to more safely-designed !

streets and stronger laws—our work starts today” !-Mayor Bill de Blasio

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Lessons Learned:! For City & Town Planners!

& Politicians

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It Takes a Village

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Pilots & Events!Win Hearts & Minds

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Set Goals & !Standards

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Build a Network & Keep it Open

24/365

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Measure Success

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Lessons Learned:! For Advocates & Activists

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Claim The Moral Authority

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Broaden Your Base

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Create Channels for People to say YES

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Build a Movement

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THANKS!!caroline@transalt.org