Please join us and our fellow advocates for safe biking on Wednesday, October 11, to demand action to end cyclist deaths. 

2023 is on pace to be the second most deadly year for people on bikes in New York City's recorded history. But it doesn't have to be this way. We know how to make streets safer for biking, but in order to achieve Vision Zero, city leaders need the political backbone to put plans into action. 

The Adams administration cannot ignore the NYC Streets Plan's legal mandates to build safe streets, including the addition of 50 miles of protected bike lanes this year.

Details for the ride and rally are below. Please RSVP to let us know you're coming.

Earlier this week, we testified at the New York City Council Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure's oversight hearing on hard infrastructure, outlining our support for legislation that would require the Adams administration to develop a project plan and timetable for the installation of public restrooms across the city. Our full testimony follows below.

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We submitted testimony earlier this week to the New York City Council's Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for the Committee's oversight hearing regarding an update on the New York City Streets Plan, expressing our concern over the pace of implementation of protected bus lanes and bike lanes required by the plan. We also offered support for three bills on the hearing agenda. Our full testimony follows below.

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We testified at yesterday's New York City Council Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure oversight hearing on congestion pricing, urging the Council to push City Hall to make upgrades to bus service and biking infrastructure in advance of the launch of central business district tolling next year. We also called on the Council to pass pending bills that will help smooth the implementation of congestion pricing, and to take a stand against tolling exemptions that aren't already in the law. Our full testimony follows below.

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It was a busy but productive week for StreetsPAC, as our City Council endorsees swept their primary races, congestion pricing cleared its final regulatory hurdle, and we provided testimony to two hearings of the City Council's Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

StreetsPAC's Endorsees Sweep City Council Primaries

Congratulations to Christopher Marte, Carlina Rivera, Shekar Krishnan, Julie Won, and Jennifer Gutiérrez, all of whom won their City Council primary races on Tuesday after earning our endorsement.

They'll be among 13 StreetsPAC-endorsed Council candidates on the ballot for November's general election, a list that we expect to grow in the coming months as we continue to collect questionnaire responses and interview candidates. Stay tuned!

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Good morning! It's Primary Day in New York City, and polls are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. If you're registered to vote with a political-party affiliation, you are eligible to vote today in your party's primary.

Once again, we've spent the past few months evaluating responses to our in-depth candidate questionnaire, analyzing policy platforms, and conducting personal interviews with dozens of candidates. We've endorsed 13 candidates for New York City Council, just five of whom have primaries today. You can learn more about each of the candidates on the ballot today below, as well as important aspects of their street-safety and transportation records.

To find your polling location, see a sample ballot, and check your voter-registration status, please visit vote.nyc.

Today's primary will very likely continue a trend of low-turnout elections. While we'd always prefer to see robust voter participation, low turnout means that your vote for a candidate who supports safe, complete and livable streets, and reliable, efficient and affordable public transit, will be all the more valuable, critically so in a close race. Please vote!

Candidates are listed below in ascending order by district number, with links to each candidate's website and a map of the Council district.

2023 Endorsees: Manhattan | Queens | Brooklyn

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We testified at today's New York City Council Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and Committee on Public Safety joint oversight hearing on enforcement of defaced, fraudulent and expired license plates, focusing on the significant concern posed by drivers operating "ghost cars," motor vehicles with fraudulent license plates. Our full testimony follows below.

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We submitted testimony on Friday to the New York City Council's Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure pertaining to their oversight hearing on Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, raising concerns that while the transition to electric vehicles will be generally beneficial, it also presents safety challenges, given the relative weight and acceleration of battery-powered cars and trucks, does nothing to reduce congestion, and could reverse progress in diversifying uses of the curbside. We also put in a plug for putting electric micro-mobility devices on equal footing with other clean-powered vehicles. Our full testimony follows below.

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Early voting in advance of Tuesday's primary election continues this weekend, and the five candidates we've endorsed for City Council who face challenges could use your help in getting out the vote.

The StreetsPAC-endorsed candidates who will appear on primary ballots are Jennifer Gutiérrez in Brooklyn, Carlina Rivera and Christopher Marte in Manhattan, and Julie Won and Shekar Krishnan in Queens.

If you're able to give even an hour or two of your time this weekend or Monday or Tuesday, it could truly help make a difference in what's shaping up to be a low-turnout primary. Just click on the links below to find out more about volunteer opportunities.

Volunteer for Jennifer Gutiérrez

Volunteer for Carlina Rivera

Volunteer for Christopher Marte

Volunteer for Julie Won

Volunteer for Shekar Krishnan

In-person early-voting sites are open today and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Tuesday, polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. You can confirm whether or not your district has a primary and find your early-voting and Primary Day voting sites (which may not be the same) using the polling site locator: findmypollsite.vote.nyc.

You can also confirm your registration status and find other important election-related information at vote.nyc. We've included links to district maps for each of our endorsed candidates below.

We urge you to join us in supporting these excellent candidates for the New York City Council. Read on to learn more about all our endorsees and important aspects of their records on street safety and transportation. Candidates are listed in ascending order by district number.

2023 Endorsees: Manhattan | Queens | Brooklyn

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