The effect of traffic violence is devastating in L.A., and the events of August 4th were a reminder of how necessary the push for safer streets is and that city officials must stand up and fight to stop these horrific crashes from occurring.

Streets Are For Everyone will observe National Stop on Red Week 2022, which runs Aug. 7-13. Red-light safety cameras are part of a comprehensive effort to improve traffic safety for all motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians who use our roads.

“So you do have to evaluate, you know: Is it better to cater to people so that they can get home one minute faster? Or better to make sure a park is after to that a person doesn’t die? This is not a highway. This is a park.”

— Damian Kevitt, SAFE Executive Director

It might be odd for some when I say this, but cycling nearly killed me, and at the same time, it brought me life. More importantly, I’ve been able to save others’ lives as a result of what the team at Streets Are For Everyone does.

At Streets Are For Everyone, we operate with the support of several sponsors who are united in their quest for making the streets safer for all road users. Below is an article released by one of those sponsors, Motional, and details their efforts in working to reduce injuries and deaths on our streets. Article credit goes to Karl Iagnemma, President and CEO of Motional.

Looking for some ways to support Streets Are For Everyone’s mission throughout the year? We have some ideas for you! From ordering produce, shopping for gifts through Amazon, donating your car, becoming a member of SAFE, buying or selling on eBay, or purchasing official SAFE merchandise … we have an option for everyone!

Our Streets, Art, SAFE Film Competition 2022 was a success!! Thank you to everyone that supported, participated, and attended!

Each year, our Streets, Art, SAFE Film Competition honors high school students helping to combat the #1 killer of children in the United States — traffic collisions.

Last year, the Los Angeles Department of Transportation selected Foothill Boulevard between Sherman Grove and Apperson as a Vision Zero ‘Priority Corridor’, due to the high number of injury and fatality collisions along this corridor in the past, securing additional funding and design improvements for this stretch. Find out more about their plans…

The non-profit street-safety organization, Streets Are For Everyone (SAFE), is demanding that the City of Los Angeles and specifically the Department of Recs and Parks return Griffith Park to the community - making it safe for the people who use it the most, not the speeding cars who use it as a cut-through. Please phase out private cars traveling through Griffith Park (excluding Park Rangers and public shuttles).

Dozens of cyclists, neighbors, community members and civic leaders gathered in Sunland on Saturday to remember the life of Jeff Knopp as part of the first Yellow Bike Project Memorial installation.

The SAFE Legislative Advocacy Team is hard at work advancing policies to create safer streets for all road users. Read on to find out all our recent activities focused on Policy and Legislation.

We (along with multiple organizations and advocates) are celebrating after the California State Senate passed a resolution declaring February 2022 as Speed Safety Awareness Month in California! The resolution, SR 60, encourages…

More than five years after top Los Angeles officials vowed to eliminate traffic fatalities in the city, 2021 instead marked the highest death toll on L.A. streets in nearly two decades.

Last year, 294 people were killed in collisions, according to preliminary data provided by the Los Angeles Police Department. Traffic deaths rose about 22% from 2020. By comparison, there were 379 homicides reported last year in the city of L.A…

Melinda Lynam will never forget the day when she learned that her daughter, Laura, was killed in a crash as a passenger in a car with 7 teens including the 16-year-old driver…

SAFE did not slow down this year, and our team is very proud of what we produced in 2021! Through our advocacy efforts, awareness events, media, legislative efforts, and other activities, SAFE reached over 16 million nationwide with the message of making safer streets! Our 2021 Year in Review highlights just some of our best accomplishments.

We want to give a massive shout-out to our volunteers who help us keep our doors open and all of our programming and actions going throughout the year. Now that the year is coming to a close, we want to highlight two volunteers who consistently go above and beyond what they are asked to do. Please meet Karl Eggers and Pastor Patricia Strong-Fargas. Both of them are champion volunteers that are ready to go at any time and are always looking for ways of improving their communities.

In 49 other states, drivers have the option to use driving behavior (or "telematics") to determine their monthly premium. By using a mobile app, "dongle", or other technology, drivers can choose to enroll in a program that measures their vehicle speed, distracted driving, and other on-the-road factors. The result? Read on to find out what SAFE is doing to implement this in CA.

On November 20th, 2021, Streets Are For Everyone came together with civic leaders and faith leaders in South Los Angeles to say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! It’s time to end traffic violence in L.A. and across the U.S.