Dear Friend,

Just in the past week, 6 cyclists and pedestrians were killed on our streets in Brooklyn. Last year was the deadliest year for pedestrians and cyclists, and yet, we’re about to leave Albany without expanding and renewing lifesaving speed cameras by making them 24 hours, 7 days a week.

Time is running out to save pedestrians' lives.

We have just 12 DAYS until the end of the legislative session in Albany. That means just 12 days to save lives.

We can’t leave Albany without renewing and expanding the speed cameras program. Lives are at stake.

SIGN OUR PETITION FOR 24 HOUR SPEED CAMERAS

Here are the stark numbers:

Road fatalities have surged an alarming 35 percent.
81 drivers, passengers, pedestrians and cyclists have already been killed in traffic-related crashes already this year.
More New Yorkers died in road crashes than in any other year of the last ten.

Behind these numbers are real people and real families. Families who have lost their beloved children, parents, and grandparents just for stepping outside.

And yet one of the city’s most effective tools for keeping our streets safe is set to expire. New York City’s school speed safety camera program, which consists of speed safety cameras across 750 school zones that ticket speeding vehicles that travel at least 11 mph over the posted speed limit, cannot operate beyond this July without legislative approval from Albany.

And speed cameras STILL aren’t 24 hours. Speed cameras get turned off after 10pm, But when speed cameras are on, they work: at locations where cameras are installed, speeding has dropped by over 70 percent on average, reducing fatalities by 55 percent and injuries by 17 percent.

How in the deadliest time for pedestrians can we abandon them?

Tell Albany we need 24 hour speed cameras!