{"id":623,"date":"2014-04-21T23:39:23","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T03:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/makequeenssafer.org\/home\/?p=623"},"modified":"2014-04-22T10:59:22","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T14:59:22","slug":"actionfor20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/makequeenssafer.org\/home\/2014\/04\/actionfor20\/","title":{"rendered":"Take action for 20 mph"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"20isPlenty\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Would you join us in speaking up for a speed limit that could save more than 130 lives every year? \u00a0 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.<\/p>\n

There are two ways you can\u00a0help.<\/p>\n

First<\/strong>, 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\u00a0allowing the\u00a0city council will be able to tailor speed limits as appropriate\u00a0for specific locations, e.g. higher for major arterials, lower for school zones). \u00a0Transportation Alternatives has made it easy to sign this petition and tell your legislators that “20 is Plenty” using this link: http:\/\/goo.gl\/zKFhg4<\/a><\/p>\n

Second<\/strong>, 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. \u00a0Buses will depart from each borough at 6 am and return by 6 pm. Transportation Alternatives will contact you with details about meet-up locations. \u00a0You can reserve your spot via this link: http:\/\/www.transalt.org\/calendar\/7464<\/a> .<\/p>\n

However you can help, please also drop\u00a0us a line at MakeQueensSafer@gmail.com to let us know.<\/p>\n

Thank you!<\/p>\n

–Make Queens Safer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Would you join us in speaking up for a speed limit that could save more than 130 lives every year? \u00a0 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\u00a0help. First, you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t