Today

  • Streetsblog readership tops 175,000 people per month.
  • More than 2.5 million people have watched Streetfilms videos online, and individual videos have been used to change policies in dozens of cities.
  • Scores of outside developers have contributed to the GeoServer code base.
  • Satisfied OpenGeo clients include Google, Portland TriMet, and Australia’s Landgate.
  • Headquartered in New York City, our team is spread out over 5 countries and 4 US states.

2009

2008

  • The Livable Streets Initiative emerges, combining Streetsblog and Streetfilms with collaborative tools to connect Livable Streets advocates everywhere.
  • Launch of Streetsblog Network, the national blog network for sustainable transport, smart growth, and livable streets.
  • Launch of Streetsblog Los Angeles, a west coast affiliate of Streetsblog.
  • Launch of Gotham Schools, an advocacy blog helping NYC education stakeholders improve the city's massive school system.
  • TOPP launches Livable Streets Education, a program that brings transportation and engaged citizenship into schools via age-appropriate curricula.
  • TOPP formally launches OpenGeo, our geospatial software wing that has been providing boutique consulting services for the previous 7 years.

2007

  • Work begins on Melkjug, a newsfeed tool that helps active citizens stay current and save time.
  • Launch of Streetfilms, a video blog highlighting Livable Streets news and best practices. In Streetfilms’ first year, its videos were watched over 500,000 times.

2006

  • Launch of Streetsblog, a blog providing daily coverage of transportation, land use, and environmental issues in NYC. Early scoops include The $46 Million Parking Perk.
  • TOPP founds OpenPlans, a toolbox for grassroots campaign websites. Today, this software powers the Livable Streets Network, other social change efforts, and scientific research groups.

2005

  • TOPP launches the NYC Streets Renaissance, a campaign to transform transportation planning in New York City. Over the next three years, NYCSR will help usher in a forward-thinking Department of Transportation, redirect millions of city planning dollars, and bring New Yorkers of all stripes into the transportation planning process.

2002

2001

  • TOPP founds GeoServer. Today, GeoServer helps people around the world to manage, share and use geospatial information.