carolinesampo NYCSafeStreets Mission amp Goal ABOUT TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES MISSION Our mission is to reclaim New York Citys streets from the automobile and advocate for biking walking and public transit as the best transportation alternatives ID: 635372
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Streets for People!
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Mission & Goal
ABOUT TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES
MISSION
Our mission is to reclaim New York City's streets from the automobile
and advocate for biking, walking and public transit as the best transportation alternatives
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BY THE NUMBERS
Founded:
1973
Members: 12,000Staff: 50 (FT & PT)Supporters: 150,000Activists: 1,500Slide3
Traditional Approach
Vision Zero Approach
Accidents
Crashes
Individual road user behavior
Road users have primary responsibility
The system must be designed for what the human body can stand – both to prevent crashes and minimize impact
System designers have primary responsibility
People demand safety
People want safety
Change individual road user behavior
Change the environment (design, vehicles, support good norms)
Risk reduction
Eliminate fatalities and serious injuriesSlide4
June, 2011Slide5Slide6
AUGUST RALLY
August 7, 2013Slide7
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“We are in a new era. The new public safety imperative is traffic safety”
- Paul Steely White
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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
, January 15, 2014
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