Would you join us in speaking up for a speed limit that could save more than 130 lives every year?   Reducing New York City’s default speed limit to 20 mph, down from the current 30 mph, can help save lives and prevent thousands of life-altering injuries.

There are two ways you can help.

First, you can sign a petition in favor of legislation currently under consideration in Albany to reduce New York City’s default speed limit to 20 mph (while allowing the city council will be able to tailor speed limits as appropriate for specific locations, e.g. higher for major arterials, lower for school zones).  Transportation Alternatives has made it easy to sign this petition and tell your legislators that “20 is Plenty” using this link: http://goo.gl/zKFhg4

Second, on May 6th, you can join Families for Safe Streets — a new group of crash survivors and families who’ve lost loved ones in traffic — and Transportation Alternatives and Make Queens Safer on a powerful day of action in Albany to demand elected officials lower New York City’s speed limit to 20 mph. It’s an important opportunity to ask our state legislators to do what they can to support Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero agenda.  Buses will depart from each borough at 6 am and return by 6 pm. Transportation Alternatives will contact you with details about meet-up locations.  You can reserve your spot via this link: http://www.transalt.org/calendar/7464 .

However you can help, please also drop us a line at MakeQueensSafer@gmail.com to let us know.

Thank you!

–Make Queens Safer