Families for Safe Streets
@familiesforsafestreets.org
Individuals who have lost loved ones or been injured in a crash confronting traffic violence through advocacy and support. #EndTrafficViolence
This stat (below) really goes to show that 👏🏼traffic 👏🏼deaths 👏🏼are 👏🏼preventable 👏🏼
People who live in Philadelphia are now almost 3Xs more likely to be killed in traffic than those who live in NYC (where real progress has been made to Vision Zero goals)
www.axios.com/local/philad...
People who live in Philadelphia are now almost 3Xs more likely to be killed in traffic than those who live in NYC (where real progress has been made to Vision Zero goals)
www.axios.com/local/philad...
February 6, 2026 at 4:33 PM
This stat (below) really goes to show that 👏🏼traffic 👏🏼deaths 👏🏼are 👏🏼preventable 👏🏼
People who live in Philadelphia are now almost 3Xs more likely to be killed in traffic than those who live in NYC (where real progress has been made to Vision Zero goals)
www.axios.com/local/philad...
People who live in Philadelphia are now almost 3Xs more likely to be killed in traffic than those who live in NYC (where real progress has been made to Vision Zero goals)
www.axios.com/local/philad...
A modeling exercise on requiring Intelligent Speed Assistance across the United Kingdom found it would "reduce fatal crashes by ~30% and serious crashes by ~25%" #StopSuperSpeeders
More in this great report from Connecticut, which has its own ISA bill pending:
portal.ct.gov/dot/-/media/...
More in this great report from Connecticut, which has its own ISA bill pending:
portal.ct.gov/dot/-/media/...
February 5, 2026 at 3:46 PM
A modeling exercise on requiring Intelligent Speed Assistance across the United Kingdom found it would "reduce fatal crashes by ~30% and serious crashes by ~25%" #StopSuperSpeeders
More in this great report from Connecticut, which has its own ISA bill pending:
portal.ct.gov/dot/-/media/...
More in this great report from Connecticut, which has its own ISA bill pending:
portal.ct.gov/dot/-/media/...
The thing about Hoboken is, the same sort of small scale fixes (see below) that helped them eliminate traffic deaths, also make the city a nicer and more enjoyable place to be.
Great to see that Vision Zero success story getting more recognition here: reasonstobecheerful.world/the-city-whe...
Great to see that Vision Zero success story getting more recognition here: reasonstobecheerful.world/the-city-whe...
February 2, 2026 at 4:22 PM
The thing about Hoboken is, the same sort of small scale fixes (see below) that helped them eliminate traffic deaths, also make the city a nicer and more enjoyable place to be.
Great to see that Vision Zero success story getting more recognition here: reasonstobecheerful.world/the-city-whe...
Great to see that Vision Zero success story getting more recognition here: reasonstobecheerful.world/the-city-whe...
Our amazing #StopSuperSpeeders advocates and members are on their way to Albany.
This legislative session, we're asking lawmakers to back Intelligent Speed Assistance for repeat reckless drivers in New York State.
More here:
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This legislative session, we're asking lawmakers to back Intelligent Speed Assistance for repeat reckless drivers in New York State.
More here:
static1.squarespace.com/static/669fe...
January 27, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Our amazing #StopSuperSpeeders advocates and members are on their way to Albany.
This legislative session, we're asking lawmakers to back Intelligent Speed Assistance for repeat reckless drivers in New York State.
More here:
static1.squarespace.com/static/669fe...
This legislative session, we're asking lawmakers to back Intelligent Speed Assistance for repeat reckless drivers in New York State.
More here:
static1.squarespace.com/static/669fe...
"the United States ranks dead last in traffic death rates among 28 high-income nations."
www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-40...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-40...
January 20, 2026 at 2:27 PM
"the United States ranks dead last in traffic death rates among 28 high-income nations."
www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-40...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-40...
Speed humps delivering quick serious safety results in Detroit. The city has installed 10,000 since 2018.
Crashes on all residential streets have decreased by 22%. On streets where speed humps were installed, crashes ⬇️ by 36%.
detroitmi.gov/news/city-in...
Crashes on all residential streets have decreased by 22%. On streets where speed humps were installed, crashes ⬇️ by 36%.
detroitmi.gov/news/city-in...
January 14, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Speed humps delivering quick serious safety results in Detroit. The city has installed 10,000 since 2018.
Crashes on all residential streets have decreased by 22%. On streets where speed humps were installed, crashes ⬇️ by 36%.
detroitmi.gov/news/city-in...
Crashes on all residential streets have decreased by 22%. On streets where speed humps were installed, crashes ⬇️ by 36%.
detroitmi.gov/news/city-in...
We're changing the narrative around traffic violence.
This year our work was featured in outlets like @peoplemag.bsky.social @wired.com @automotivenews.bsky.social @fastcompany.com @nypost.com and many others.
Check out this feature with our co-founder Amy Cohen people.com/after-12-yea...
This year our work was featured in outlets like @peoplemag.bsky.social @wired.com @automotivenews.bsky.social @fastcompany.com @nypost.com and many others.
Check out this feature with our co-founder Amy Cohen people.com/after-12-yea...
January 4, 2026 at 2:49 PM
We're changing the narrative around traffic violence.
This year our work was featured in outlets like @peoplemag.bsky.social @wired.com @automotivenews.bsky.social @fastcompany.com @nypost.com and many others.
Check out this feature with our co-founder Amy Cohen people.com/after-12-yea...
This year our work was featured in outlets like @peoplemag.bsky.social @wired.com @automotivenews.bsky.social @fastcompany.com @nypost.com and many others.
Check out this feature with our co-founder Amy Cohen people.com/after-12-yea...
Some of our big wins for 2025. #stopsuperspeeders coming to statehouses around the country. Now in place in 3 states with more to come hopefully.
January 4, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Some of our big wins for 2025. #stopsuperspeeders coming to statehouses around the country. Now in place in 3 states with more to come hopefully.
Encouraging results from San Francisco's speed camera pilot.
Speeding reduced 72% at the 15 camera locations. Tickets issued dropping week over week (tldr enforcement works)
www.sfmta.com/blog/our-spe...
Speeding reduced 72% at the 15 camera locations. Tickets issued dropping week over week (tldr enforcement works)
www.sfmta.com/blog/our-spe...
December 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Encouraging results from San Francisco's speed camera pilot.
Speeding reduced 72% at the 15 camera locations. Tickets issued dropping week over week (tldr enforcement works)
www.sfmta.com/blog/our-spe...
Speeding reduced 72% at the 15 camera locations. Tickets issued dropping week over week (tldr enforcement works)
www.sfmta.com/blog/our-spe...
Our #StopSuperSpeeders campaign is coming statehouses across the country.
Join our coalition to advance anti-speeding tech for the most dangerous drivers in your own state. secure.everyaction.com/KyTgxYfil0qq...
Join our coalition to advance anti-speeding tech for the most dangerous drivers in your own state. secure.everyaction.com/KyTgxYfil0qq...
December 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Our #StopSuperSpeeders campaign is coming statehouses across the country.
Join our coalition to advance anti-speeding tech for the most dangerous drivers in your own state. secure.everyaction.com/KyTgxYfil0qq...
Join our coalition to advance anti-speeding tech for the most dangerous drivers in your own state. secure.everyaction.com/KyTgxYfil0qq...
How many people have to die for a deadly road to get fixed? Our member, Michel Shane, who lost his daughter Emily on Pacific Coast Highway, has a new documentary exploring the problem that's worth checking out.
21milesinmalibu.vhx.tv
21milesinmalibu.vhx.tv
December 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
How many people have to die for a deadly road to get fixed? Our member, Michel Shane, who lost his daughter Emily on Pacific Coast Highway, has a new documentary exploring the problem that's worth checking out.
21milesinmalibu.vhx.tv
21milesinmalibu.vhx.tv
In New York City, where Vision Zero has been backed by real resources and serious policy changes (speed cameras, congestion pricing) made possible in part by the work of Families for Safe Streets -- it IS working. www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
December 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
In New York City, where Vision Zero has been backed by real resources and serious policy changes (speed cameras, congestion pricing) made possible in part by the work of Families for Safe Streets -- it IS working. www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
Los Angeles is failing so badly at Vision Zero that it sullies the whole program.
This Washington Post investigation, where the city undid a road diet and then a woman got killed walking her dog 🤯 it's political malpractice!
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
This Washington Post investigation, where the city undid a road diet and then a woman got killed walking her dog 🤯 it's political malpractice!
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
December 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Los Angeles is failing so badly at Vision Zero that it sullies the whole program.
This Washington Post investigation, where the city undid a road diet and then a woman got killed walking her dog 🤯 it's political malpractice!
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
This Washington Post investigation, where the city undid a road diet and then a woman got killed walking her dog 🤯 it's political malpractice!
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
Residents of Atlanta are almost 3Xs more likely to be killed in traffic than residents of Chicago.
This demonstrates how much land use, transit and road design dictate traffic safety outcomes. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/18e9...
This demonstrates how much land use, transit and road design dictate traffic safety outcomes. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/18e9...
December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Residents of Atlanta are almost 3Xs more likely to be killed in traffic than residents of Chicago.
This demonstrates how much land use, transit and road design dictate traffic safety outcomes. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/18e9...
This demonstrates how much land use, transit and road design dictate traffic safety outcomes. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/18e9...
What was already a huge problem -- rampant traffic deaths -- has gotten worse and stayed worse in metro Atlanta (like many other metro areas) since the pandemic.
Great analysis by @letspropelatl.bsky.social
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/18e9...
Great analysis by @letspropelatl.bsky.social
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/18e9...
December 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
What was already a huge problem -- rampant traffic deaths -- has gotten worse and stayed worse in metro Atlanta (like many other metro areas) since the pandemic.
Great analysis by @letspropelatl.bsky.social
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/18e9...
Great analysis by @letspropelatl.bsky.social
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/18e9...
What was already a huge problem -- rampant traffic deaths -- has gotten worse and stayed worse in metro Atlanta (like many other metro areas) since the pandemic.
Great analysis by @letspropelatl.bsky.social
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/18e9...
Great analysis by @letspropelatl.bsky.social
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/18e9...
December 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
What was already a huge problem -- rampant traffic deaths -- has gotten worse and stayed worse in metro Atlanta (like many other metro areas) since the pandemic.
Great analysis by @letspropelatl.bsky.social
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/18e9...
Great analysis by @letspropelatl.bsky.social
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/18e9...
Just a few of the productive, beloved people taken from their families and communities over the last year, among 425 across the greater Atlanta area 😭
Thanks for your great work on this @letspropelatl.bsky.social We cannot continue to tolerate this
www.letspropelatl.org/five_county_...
Thanks for your great work on this @letspropelatl.bsky.social We cannot continue to tolerate this
www.letspropelatl.org/five_county_...
December 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Just a few of the productive, beloved people taken from their families and communities over the last year, among 425 across the greater Atlanta area 😭
Thanks for your great work on this @letspropelatl.bsky.social We cannot continue to tolerate this
www.letspropelatl.org/five_county_...
Thanks for your great work on this @letspropelatl.bsky.social We cannot continue to tolerate this
www.letspropelatl.org/five_county_...
"Booker, 35, was the 11th pedestrian killed in the past decade on a 1½-mile stretch of Jackson Avenue."
SMDH
"Within two years of Booker’s death, two more people were killed by drivers at the same intersection."
SMDH
"Within two years of Booker’s death, two more people were killed by drivers at the same intersection."
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"Booker, 35, was the 11th pedestrian killed in the past decade on a 1½-mile stretch of Jackson Avenue."
SMDH
"Within two years of Booker’s death, two more people were killed by drivers at the same intersection."
SMDH
"Within two years of Booker’s death, two more people were killed by drivers at the same intersection."
RIP David Booker, killed trying to cross a 7 lane road in Memphis by a hit-and-run driver.
This story by the @washingtonpost.com is powerful about institutional indifference to these horrifying cases. #Memphis in particular singled out as deadly...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
This story by the @washingtonpost.com is powerful about institutional indifference to these horrifying cases. #Memphis in particular singled out as deadly...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
RIP David Booker, killed trying to cross a 7 lane road in Memphis by a hit-and-run driver.
This story by the @washingtonpost.com is powerful about institutional indifference to these horrifying cases. #Memphis in particular singled out as deadly...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
This story by the @washingtonpost.com is powerful about institutional indifference to these horrifying cases. #Memphis in particular singled out as deadly...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
This would also threaten DC's status as an early adopter of Intelligent Speed Assistance and the movement to #StopSuperSpeeders
Our federal leaders shouldn't be playing politics with people's lives this way. 😡
cc @usa.streetsblog.org @bikeleague.org
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/14/s...
Our federal leaders shouldn't be playing politics with people's lives this way. 😡
cc @usa.streetsblog.org @bikeleague.org
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/14/s...
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This would also threaten DC's status as an early adopter of Intelligent Speed Assistance and the movement to #StopSuperSpeeders
Our federal leaders shouldn't be playing politics with people's lives this way. 😡
cc @usa.streetsblog.org @bikeleague.org
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/14/s...
Our federal leaders shouldn't be playing politics with people's lives this way. 😡
cc @usa.streetsblog.org @bikeleague.org
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/14/s...
We stand with the families and coalition organizations like #BendBikes who are building power across the state to curb reckless speeding and pushing for complete streets for all vulnerable road users.
November 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
We stand with the families and coalition organizations like #BendBikes who are building power across the state to curb reckless speeding and pushing for complete streets for all vulnerable road users.
These are just a few of the names we know who have lost their lives or been injured due to traffic violence in #Oregon #WDOR2025
#SayTheirNames #DamonCousins #JasonRuhmshottel #JoeStone #MarkAngeles
#SayTheirNames #DamonCousins #JasonRuhmshottel #JoeStone #MarkAngeles
November 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
These are just a few of the names we know who have lost their lives or been injured due to traffic violence in #Oregon #WDOR2025
#SayTheirNames #DamonCousins #JasonRuhmshottel #JoeStone #MarkAngeles
#SayTheirNames #DamonCousins #JasonRuhmshottel #JoeStone #MarkAngeles
🕯 OREGON - Crash survivors and victims' families urge lawmakers to #StopSuperSpeeders using proven anti-speeding technology, protect cyclists and pedestrians with better infrastructure throughout Oregon.
Join the FSS chapters and ambassadors in Portland and Bend to plug in!
Join the FSS chapters and ambassadors in Portland and Bend to plug in!
November 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🕯 OREGON - Crash survivors and victims' families urge lawmakers to #StopSuperSpeeders using proven anti-speeding technology, protect cyclists and pedestrians with better infrastructure throughout Oregon.
Join the FSS chapters and ambassadors in Portland and Bend to plug in!
Join the FSS chapters and ambassadors in Portland and Bend to plug in!