Learn more about our new #SafetyScienceStrategy and our short film featuring @jessiesinger.bsky.social here www.familiesforsafestreets.org/safety-scien...

💪 Our movement is growing! Join RVA FSS leaders at #MainStreetStation for #RVABuilds! secure.everyaction.com/6Wd_rkRp8USh...

On Monday we co-hosted a City Council Lobby Day with @transalt.org, @openplans.org & @fam4safestreets.bsky.social! We rallied for a bill to daylight 1,000 NYC intersections/year, boosting safety for pedestrians, drivers & cyclists. Learn more: tinyurl.com/zm7shu7y

BBC News - Road injuries drop by 900 since switch to 20mph www.bbc.com/news/article...

“We Can’t Afford to Wait Before a Super Speeder Kills Another New Yorker or Themselves”: Statement from Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets After Super Speeder Collides with MTA Bus, is Hospitalized

I interviewed with Crystal Graham of Augusta Free Press in Waynesboro, Virginia. We spoke about many road safety issues and my daughter Robyn's tragic death. Augusta and Waynesboro's bicycle & pedestrian infrastructure, is poor at best. Like so may cities, the priority is given to motor vehicles.

"In late July, one horrific crash claimed two victims on Canal St. and less than 24 hours later, another crash in the same intersection injured two people... Canal St. is undeniably one of the most dangerous corridors in Manhattan."

My daughter Robyn was killed in New York City doing bicycle messenger work on June 24th, 2019 due in part because of unsafe road conditions. I fully support a safer McGuinness Boulevard. @fam4safestreets.bsky.social @familiesforsafestreets.bsky.social @transalt.bsky.social

Another child dead, Nadir Gavarrete, because of delays in infrastructure improvements. I can empathize with Nadir's parents having had one child killed by road violence and nearly the other three weeks later. It does not have to be this way! @fam4safestreets.bsky.social

Everyone should be able to get home safe whether they are driving, walking, biking, taking transit, or moving in whatever way they choose Federal data says that we spend $3.35 per person per year on biking and walking projects - about the price of one gallon of gas - not a massive investment

Great to see Ohio and Washington take meaningful action to address dangerous state-owned roads Especially great to see Ohio's "$25 million Target Speed Pilot, testing low-speed design strategies like curb bump-outs, narrowed lanes and gateway treatments to support 25 mph travel in urban areas"

Canada and the US are both car-centric, spacious countries. But an American is 2.5x more likely to die in a crash than a Canadian – and the gap is widening. My latest, in Bloomberg. 🧵

Grieving families need support, not prosecution. Children should be able to walk safely to and from the store. This horrible perversion of justice. #JusticefortheJenkinsFamily

La #violenciavial esta totalmente normalizada. La llaman accidente de tráfico.

My daughter Robyn is one of these pins. I encourage those who have lost someone or were injured due to traffic violence to share their story on the Families for Safe Streets Community Story Map. This is a link to my daughter's story arcg.is/055LfP0 Please re-skeet! @fam4safestreets.bsky.social

The authors of this study say that Canada is a good model for the US because it also has a similar approach to traffic laws where provinces, rather than the federal government, make the laws In the US, Congress provides NHTSA funding to incentivize the adoption of some laws but incentives are small

Kids should be able to walk to the grocery store safely. Justice for the Jenkins family! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...

Leslie Odom Jr. just closed out #NCSLsummit with some powerful anthems for change! Patty and Amy are leaving Boston with a final message that a change is gonna come! We will #StopSuperSpeeders! Stay tuned on our work, visit www.familiesforsafestreets.org/safe-vehicles

Closing session of #NSCLSummit with Leslie Odom Jr.! We talked to nearly early person who attended this conference about how Families for Safe Streets is saving lives with our #StopSuperSpeeders bills!

Rep. Ed Clere from Indiana House Reps stops by the FSS #StopSuperSpeeders booth to meet fellow FSS member and leader, Patty Avery from Indiana!

WA State Senator John Lovick voices his support of the #StopSuperSpeeders bill! Thanks to @RepLeavitt and legislators like him who get it --- we can prevent reckless speeding and save our communities from these preventable tragedies!

Day 3️⃣ of the #NCSLSUMMIT! FSS member, Patty Avery is gearing up to have more conversations with legislators and sharing our #StopSuperSpeeders fact sheets! If you haven't already, download it📄 & help us save lives!

This story doesn't mention cars and communities that make walking, biking, and exploring difficult if not impossible for kids. My kids love screens as much as anyone else, but due to the design of where we live it's easy for them to meet friends outside, go to the store, or do whatever.

Walking did not merely decline. It was deterred. Cleveland, March 22, 1982: After unsuccessful requests for a traffic light and a fourth injury to a child crossing the street, residents organized a protest. ...

"DOT itself said in court that reverting to the old [painted bike lane] design would make the street less safe, and what we are already seeing just days after the protected lane was ripped out gives credence to that prediction, placing everyone at greater risk."

Traffic 👏🏽 Deaths 👏🏽 Are 👏🏽 Preventable 👏🏽 New study finds THOUSANDS of lives could be saved annually in the US if our policies (around seatbelts and speeding for eg) were just a little stricter (more like Canadas) usa.streetsblog.org/2025/08/06/n...

We’ve landed in Boston! Amy Cohen & Patty Avery are representing @Fam4SafeStreets at #NCSL2025 to demand action on dangerous speeding. Come find us in the Exhibit Hall tomorrow—let’s talk about stopping super speeders. 🚗💨 #StopSuperSpeeders

Everyone deserves to get home safely! We know that #SpeedKills& Travis Hall from DC shares why he supports the #StopSuperSpeeders campaign! Tell us why you support it too!

Download our national #StopSuperSpeeders fact sheet! Stop by our booth to get our limited edition buttons in the Exhibit hall @ncslorg.bsky.social !

Don't miss our Families for Safe Streets booth @NCSLorg! We are sharing materials from our national #StopSuperSpeeders campaign!

GA State Senator Kay Kirkpatrick with our FSS team! We will push the GA #StopSuperSpeeders bill across the finish line with your help!

@alexbores.nyc supports the NY #StopSuperSpeeders bill! "When drivers show that they can't be trusted... We need to take action to make sure the rest of us on the road are protected!" Plain & simple. Intelligent Speed Assistance SAVES LIVES!🎗️

Our FSS member, Patty Avery meeting her Indiana legislator @cherrishpryor.bsky.social at #NCSL2025! We are continuing the important work to #StopSuperSpeeders in every state -- and we need all hands on deck next lege session!

💥 Day 2 at #NCSL2025 and the FSS booth is buzzing. We’re here sharing survivor stories and real policy solutions to #StopSuperSpeeders & save lives. 📍Come find us in the Exhibit Hall. 💬 Listen. Learn. Act. Because traffic violence is 100% preventable—and the time to act is now!

Amy Cohen’s advocacy and the people she’s inspired have saved countless lives.

Proud to work with you to save lives. So grateful for your partnership to get Jb1596 or the BEAM act across the finish line this year. #waleg

Grateful to have #StopSuperSpeeders champions like @repleavitt.bsky.social from Washington State—where lawmakers took bold action earlier this year to curb deadly speeding. 🛑 We hope other legislators will listen, learn, and lead too—because every life saved is a policy that worked.

If you’ve been impacted by a crash—through injury or the loss of a loved one—your story matters. 📍Every pin on that map is a policy failure that could have been prevented. Help us show lawmakers what’s really at stake. Share your story! familiesforsafestreets.org/stories

In response, Georgia State Senator Kay Kirkpatrick reminds us: “Stories are better than data.” That’s why FSS created a National Story Map—a living archive of lives lost or forever changed by traffic violence. Our stories have the power to save lives!

Our fearless leader, Amy Cohen stands for all of us who turn pain into purpose. We are asking lawmakers: 🛑 #StopSuperSpeeders. Because no family should suffer for preventable policy failures. We're here to make sure the road to safety is paved with action, not just intention.

Up next at #NCSL2025: Amy Cohen shares the story that no parent should ever have to tell. She spoke about losing her son Sammy to a speeding driver—and about the hundreds of Families for Safe Streets members who are part of this growing movement born from unimaginable loss.

Traffic deaths are 100% preventable -- especially when 1/3 of crashes and deaths have a speed factor! Intelligent Speed Assistance is a proven tool to stop reckless driving and slow down these repeat speeders!

We joined the Putting the Brakes on Speed Demons workshop to build our network of those committed to #StopSuperSpeeders!

Connor Torossian, Dep. Ass. Secretary- Intergovernmental Affairs, USDOT emphasized that the Safe Streets for All (SS4A) grants are working! The SS4A program supports USDOT National Roadway Safety Strategy & our goal of zero roadway deaths using a Safe System Approach. #NCSL2025

W tuned into “The Road to Surface Transportation Funding” panel! 🎙️Next up: Patty Avery w/a question on everyone’s mind: “If we truly value transportation safety, in regards to reauthorizing funding, how is USDOT incentivizing & supporting safety measures for all road users?

We ran into @patriciafahy46.bsky.social from NY's 46th District📍#Albany, #Schenectady, and #Montgomery Counties! Thank you for co-sponsoring the NY #StopSuperSpeeders bill this year! We will continue the work ahead next lege session!

We’ve landed in Boston! Amy Cohen & Patty Avery are representing @Fam4SafeStreets at #NCSL2025 to demand action on dangerous speeding. Come find us in the Exhibit Hall tomorrow—let’s talk about stopping super speeders. 🚗💨 #StopSuperSpeeders

Learn more about 2025 World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims #WDoR 2025 and how to get involved in the August 13th national kick-off meeting with @itcouldbeme.bsky.social, @visionzeronet.bsky.social, @roadtozero.bsky.social & @fam4safestreets.bsky.social ⬇️

The @cityofsomerville.bsky.social's Spring Hill sewer replacement project provides a great example of how "green infrastructure" can improve safety *and* reduce water pollution *and* do it all while looking fabulous: mass.streetsblog.org/2025/07/30/e...

O hell yeah, Canada! "Justice Paul Schabas found that sections of the Ontario government’s Bill [to remove Toronto bike lanes] violated the Charter by infringing on cyclists’ rights to life and security of person."