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.org is advocacy journalism at its best. This news source covers transportation issues in New York, and its articles have been instrumental in reforming New York's transportation culture. We recently launched Streetsblog Los Angeles and Streetsblog San Francisco.
Streetfilms.org produces fun and educational videos on urban transportation issues. More than a 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.