Members also provided crucial funding that allowed our skilled staff to organize a powerful coalition of 65 civic groups, which backed the law. It is urgent we maintain our hard won political momentum and put the traffic calming law to work for bicyclists and pedestrians. That's why I am asking for your help today. Please make a special year-end contribution to help T.A.'s Neighborhood Streets Campaign get City Hall to quickly install the bike lanes, sidewalk widenings and traffic calming projects allowed by the new law. Your tax-deductible gift will provide a boost when we need it most.
Timing is critical.
Just last month the commissioner of the Department of Transportation erroneously told the City Council that speed humps, the core of the City's traffic calming program, do not work and would no longer be installed. Thanks to T.A., City Hall publicly overruled the commissioner and reaffirmed the construction of hundreds of new speed humps. While we stopped this backsliding, events like this are a warning that we must seize the political moment. The stakes are high. Public concern over increasing car traffic is surging and community leaders are turning to T.A. for leadership.