New York Coalition for Transportation Safety - NYCTS

06/15/2026

Our Executive Director, Cynthia Brown, was interviewed by News 12 on June 12 regarding e-mobility safety following the recent Long Island e-bike crash that left a Westbury teenager seriously injured. As e-bikes and other micromobility devices become increasingly more common, the conversation around education, awareness, and traffic safety is more important than ever.

A 14-year-old boy suffered serious injuries Thursday afternoon after crashing an e-bike into a stopped SUV in Westbury, according to Nassau County police.

06/02/2026

Do you ride an e-bike? 🚲⚡ Are you concerned about the safety of e-mobility device users on our shared roads? 🛣️ Share your thoughts by taking our brief survey: https://bit.ly/4dSP0zx

Join us on June 11 at the 4th Annual Walk Bike LI Summit all about micromobility safety solutions where we'll release the results. Register today: https://bit.ly/4fbizyC

Presented by Walk Safe Long Island, New York Coalition for Transportation Safety, Catholic Health, and the Long Island Health Collaborative

05/30/2026

Walking Month 👟📆 is coming to an end, but walking is a great form of physical activity to improve and maintain your physical 🫀 and mental 🧠 health year-round. Find scenic places to walk on Long Island and learn about the laws in place to protect pedestrians on our shared roadways in our joint blog with the Long Island Health Collaborative: https://bit.ly/4u34KGc

A joint blog by Walk Safe Long Island and the Long Island Health Collaborative

05/26/2026

We organized a Walk Audit with parents and caregivers of a Rego Park neighborhood in order to push for a traffic light and other traffic calming measures for a busy intersection in Queens. Along with a site survey, and listening to residents, we looked at data to see some changes. For example, there were no crashes on a surrounding street prior to 2020, but crashes on every block after.

The corner of Alderton and Fleet seems quiet, but spend 20 minutes observing traffic, and it's a different story.

Drivers here are making the same deadly errors that killed children in similar situations in Astoria and Corona. In fact, in April, a reckless driver plowed across the sidewalk and into the iron fence of Baby Steps Daycare and Preschool.

We're calling on NYC DOT and Queens Community Board 6 to install a traffic light and redo the crosswalks.

Impatient drivers roll through stop signs, speed, and make dangerous calculations often cutting off pedestrians. These errors can and do injure vulnerable road users.

Join the group June 3rd at 9:30 am for a press conference with council member Wong and other community leaders to encourage a street redesign for Alderton. And please sign the petition.

05/22/2026

Micromobility devices pose safety risks for all users, but there's a reason why New York State laws prohibit those under 16 from riding. Learn more about micromobility laws: https://www.walksafeli.org/micromobility

Learn more about the incident: https://bit.ly/4nGoNbL

The boy was thrown from the e-bike after being struck by a Porsche Thursday night, police say.

05/14/2026

Would city and towns benefit from an courtesy campaign? That's what we're pondering after reading this inciteful article about bikes in San Francisco.

It's a bit different here, as most ebikes and scooters are privately owned. However, ridership is up and will continue to climb as gas prices and infrastructure changes make it more appealing to all ages.

Meeting riders where they are, be it the street, in the app or online, is one facet, and using positive, real-time engagement to encourage behavior that keeps sidewalks clear and predictable for pedestrians is another. Lime bikes offers perks to users who model good behavior. We’re helping build a culture of accountability and making it easier for everyone to share the road safely,” said Monica DiLullo, Senior Regional Lead of Government Relations at Lime.

We've got call in to LIME and Metropolitan Transportation Authority - MTA to hear if they have any plans to deploy parking wardens here in the NYC metro area. Stand by. ( Umm, out of the way though, please. )

Lime, a leading provider of shared electric vehicles globally, today announced the launch of its Parking Wardens program in San... Read More