Streetfilms and the Livable Streets Initiative joined Manhattan Community Boards 2 and 4 and NYU's Office of Government and Community Affairs on Tuesday evening to present, A Streetfilms Festival: Selected Shorts on Community-Building Streets. Gracefully MC'ed by Shirley Secunda of Manhattan Community Board 2, the program placed emphasis on how individuals and communities can engage [...]
Manhattan Community Boards 2 & 4 and NYU's Department of Government and Community Affairs, are sponsoring a "Streetfilms Festival: Selected Shorts on Community-Building Streets," on Tuesday February 3 at NYU's Casa Italiana. DOT commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan will be introducing the films and other special guests will speak on a panel following. Click the flyer below [...]
Daylighting is a simple pedestrian safety strategy which removes parking spaces surrounding an intersection in order to create better visibility for all street users and reduce the risk of conflict.
The Museum of the City of New York debuted it’s exhibit, “Growing and Greening New York: PlaNYC and the Future of the City” last night, on an unusually balmy December evening. The exhibit guides visitors through a 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekday, using elements of everyday life to help people explore, imagine and realize [...]
See how one community organized to create a plan for safer, healthier and more livable streets and public spaces.
A Bronx elementary school implements a bike safety curriculum and celebrates its culmination with a good old-fashioned bike rodeo.
A group of concerned Moms rally to get the word out, “No More Cars in Central Park!”
Wiki and free-culture enthusiasts travel around the five boroughs to snap photos for use in Streetswiki and Wikipedia articles.
Four young Brooklynites launch an impressive summer-long campaign for a Car-Free Prospect Park.
Watch what happens when one neighborhood in Queens closes its street to cars.
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