LTNs!

We recently had a big 12” snowfall in NYC. Of course ANY snowfall of a few inches bring the sneckdowns (a cleaver portmanteau of "snow" +, "neckdown in the Urbanist world) but these monsters have been icy-solid for over a week with temps not predicted to climb above freezing for weeks...

As you know we are big on wanting school streets in every city, all over the world. We have also done the most ambitious documenting with many popular films that are used worldwide to advocate for them. Here’s a great encapsulation and resource that has them all!

Wherever you go in the world you can’t go wrong with making crowded business streets safer and more friendly to pedestrians. Here are five Streetfilms showing the different ways you can achieve that whether 24-7-365, seasonal installations, time limitations or just making designing for local traffic only!

Sean Quinn, NYC DOT's Associate Deputy Commissioner of Office of Livable Streets, gave us an exclusive about recent places systemwide where the department has been adding concrete to better protected bike lanes.