Creating healthy, sustainable urban places is a critical challenge for today's environmental movement.
The Livable Streets Initiative uses advocacy media, online tools, and strategic partnerships to rebalance public space away from private vehicles and toward community neeeds.
In New York City, this work has shifted transportation policy - and millions of city dollars - toward livable streets projects.
Using this success as a model, we are working to help other cities plan for travel by foot, bike, and transit.
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The New York City Streets Renaissance tapped the power of city residents to reimagine their streets and redirect the city's transportation planning.
Streetsblog is advocacy journalism at its best. Streetsblogs cover the connected issues of urban mobility, sustainable transportation, and neighborhood planning, fueling the public appetite for livable streets and healthy, connected neighborhoods.
Streetsblog New York has been instrumental in reforming New York's transportation culture.
Streetsblog Los Angeles began in 2008, and it already plays an influential role in the City of Angels.
Streetsblog San Francisco.is a leading voice for the Bay Area Livable Streets movement.
In the summer of 2009, we launched Streetsblog Capitol Hill to shed light on federal transportation mechanisms and to connect national policies with local issues.
Streetsblog.net, the Streetsblog Network, connects nearly 400 high-quality blogs from around the country. This community connects local efforts with one another and with the national movement.
Streetfilms.org produces fun and educational videos on urban transportation issues. More than two million people have viewed Streetfilms online, and these videos have changed policies in dozens of cities.
Livable Streets is the umbrella site that connects Streetsblog and Streetfilms with collaborative tools that help advocates everywhere come together to improve their streets.
Livable Streets Education is a school program that weaves ideas about sustainability, transportation and civic engagement into the classroom curriculum.
We also produce tactical web sites like Uncivil Servants and GasTaxScam.