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📚💬 Join us for an evening exploring The Shoup Doctrine by Dr. Daniel Hess.
Donald Shoup's revolutionary parking reforms, lessons learned, victories hard-won, & goals yet to be reached for cities that put people first. ✨
Thurs, Nov 20 - 6 PM
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
Donald Shoup's revolutionary parking reforms, lessons learned, victories hard-won, & goals yet to be reached for cities that put people first. ✨
Thurs, Nov 20 - 6 PM
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
📚💬 Join us for an evening exploring The Shoup Doctrine by Dr. Daniel Hess.
Donald Shoup's revolutionary parking reforms, lessons learned, victories hard-won, & goals yet to be reached for cities that put people first. ✨
Thurs, Nov 20 - 6 PM
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
Donald Shoup's revolutionary parking reforms, lessons learned, victories hard-won, & goals yet to be reached for cities that put people first. ✨
Thurs, Nov 20 - 6 PM
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
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📈 Driving in NYC is up 16% since 2005, and as VMT rises, so does gridlock, pollution, & traffic fatalities.
🌆 Cities like Paris & Minneapolis are reducing VMT, and it's working. Join our webinar to learn how NYC can too.
📅 Nov 19 | 12-1 PM
🔗RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🌆 Cities like Paris & Minneapolis are reducing VMT, and it's working. Join our webinar to learn how NYC can too.
📅 Nov 19 | 12-1 PM
🔗RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
📈 Driving in NYC is up 16% since 2005, and as VMT rises, so does gridlock, pollution, & traffic fatalities.
🌆 Cities like Paris & Minneapolis are reducing VMT, and it's working. Join our webinar to learn how NYC can too.
📅 Nov 19 | 12-1 PM
🔗RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🌆 Cities like Paris & Minneapolis are reducing VMT, and it's working. Join our webinar to learn how NYC can too.
📅 Nov 19 | 12-1 PM
🔗RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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This is LIVE! And everyone needs to see the benefits of Low Traffic Neighborhoods from London! There is so little good documentation and this needs to be spread far & wide! Thanks for giving it a watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaRc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaRc...
Tour the Tranquility of some of London's Low Traffic Neighborhoods (LTNs)
YouTube video by Streetfilms®
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November 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is LIVE! And everyone needs to see the benefits of Low Traffic Neighborhoods from London! There is so little good documentation and this needs to be spread far & wide! Thanks for giving it a watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaRc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaRc...
BIG congratulations to our next mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! 🎉🧡
Mamdani's campaign promised to make NYC's streets and public spaces more livable and people-centered & we look forward to working together to make that vision a reality! Let's get to work!
Mamdani's campaign promised to make NYC's streets and public spaces more livable and people-centered & we look forward to working together to make that vision a reality! Let's get to work!
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
BIG congratulations to our next mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! 🎉🧡
Mamdani's campaign promised to make NYC's streets and public spaces more livable and people-centered & we look forward to working together to make that vision a reality! Let's get to work!
Mamdani's campaign promised to make NYC's streets and public spaces more livable and people-centered & we look forward to working together to make that vision a reality! Let's get to work!
📢 Join us this Thursday, November 6, from 12–2 PM to phonebank your elected officials in support of Universal Daylighting and show City Council that New Yorkers want safer streets. Register now: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Phone Bank for Daylighting!. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Phone Bank for Daylighting!. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
us02web.zoom.us
November 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
📢 Join us this Thursday, November 6, from 12–2 PM to phonebank your elected officials in support of Universal Daylighting and show City Council that New Yorkers want safer streets. Register now: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
"Trick or Streets is about creating a safe space for our youth and families to celebrate. [...] We're turning community blocks into places of unity, laughter, and empowerment right here in The Bronx."
- Founder and CEO of Theory 9, Shakir Seagers
www.norwoodnews.org/halloween-fe...
- Founder and CEO of Theory 9, Shakir Seagers
www.norwoodnews.org/halloween-fe...
Halloween Festivals held in Kingsbridge Heights, Longwood - Norwood News
Youngsters in Kingsbridge Heights and in Longwood celebrated Halloween early as a large crowd turned out for Theory 9’s Annual “Trick or Streets” Halloween Festival, held on a dead-end (no pun intende...
www.norwoodnews.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"Trick or Streets is about creating a safe space for our youth and families to celebrate. [...] We're turning community blocks into places of unity, laughter, and empowerment right here in The Bronx."
- Founder and CEO of Theory 9, Shakir Seagers
www.norwoodnews.org/halloween-fe...
- Founder and CEO of Theory 9, Shakir Seagers
www.norwoodnews.org/halloween-fe...
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Parking policies can make our streets more livable & people-centered. 🅿️
📚 Join us Nov 20 at 6 PM for a book talk on Donald Shoup's revolutionary parking reforms that are shaping the future of urban planning and how cities think about their streets.
RSVP:
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
📚 Join us Nov 20 at 6 PM for a book talk on Donald Shoup's revolutionary parking reforms that are shaping the future of urban planning and how cities think about their streets.
RSVP:
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
October 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Parking policies can make our streets more livable & people-centered. 🅿️
📚 Join us Nov 20 at 6 PM for a book talk on Donald Shoup's revolutionary parking reforms that are shaping the future of urban planning and how cities think about their streets.
RSVP:
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
📚 Join us Nov 20 at 6 PM for a book talk on Donald Shoup's revolutionary parking reforms that are shaping the future of urban planning and how cities think about their streets.
RSVP:
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
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Hey all! I hope you enjoy this @hellgatenyc.com article on me written by @johnsurico.bsky.social and my 20 years with Streetfilms (and even longer than that.) I got a little emotional from reading all the kind words. @openplans.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
hellgatenyc.com/livable-stre...
hellgatenyc.com/livable-stre...
The Livable Streets Revolution Has Been Televised—By This Guy
For more than two decades, Clarence Eckerson Jr.'s videos have shown that walkable, bike-friendly streets are possible. Now, he's thinking about hanging up his camera.
hellgatenyc.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Hey all! I hope you enjoy this @hellgatenyc.com article on me written by @johnsurico.bsky.social and my 20 years with Streetfilms (and even longer than that.) I got a little emotional from reading all the kind words. @openplans.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
hellgatenyc.com/livable-stre...
hellgatenyc.com/livable-stre...
📈 Driving in NYC is up 16% since 2005, and as VMT rises, so does gridlock, pollution, & traffic fatalities.
🌆 Cities like Paris & Minneapolis are reducing VMT, and it's working. Join our webinar to learn how NYC can too.
📅 Nov 19 | 12-1 PM
🔗RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🌆 Cities like Paris & Minneapolis are reducing VMT, and it's working. Join our webinar to learn how NYC can too.
📅 Nov 19 | 12-1 PM
🔗RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
📈 Driving in NYC is up 16% since 2005, and as VMT rises, so does gridlock, pollution, & traffic fatalities.
🌆 Cities like Paris & Minneapolis are reducing VMT, and it's working. Join our webinar to learn how NYC can too.
📅 Nov 19 | 12-1 PM
🔗RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🌆 Cities like Paris & Minneapolis are reducing VMT, and it's working. Join our webinar to learn how NYC can too.
📅 Nov 19 | 12-1 PM
🔗RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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The value of #schoolstreets #openstreets #plazas cannot be measured by cranks. But ask children - they know our streets are out of balance. Broadway near UnionSquareNY! #Urbanism
October 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The value of #schoolstreets #openstreets #plazas cannot be measured by cranks. But ask children - they know our streets are out of balance. Broadway near UnionSquareNY! #Urbanism
Parking policies can make our streets more livable & people-centered. 🅿️
📚 Join us Nov 20 at 6 PM for a book talk on Donald Shoup's revolutionary parking reforms that are shaping the future of urban planning and how cities think about their streets.
RSVP:
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
📚 Join us Nov 20 at 6 PM for a book talk on Donald Shoup's revolutionary parking reforms that are shaping the future of urban planning and how cities think about their streets.
RSVP:
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
October 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Parking policies can make our streets more livable & people-centered. 🅿️
📚 Join us Nov 20 at 6 PM for a book talk on Donald Shoup's revolutionary parking reforms that are shaping the future of urban planning and how cities think about their streets.
RSVP:
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
📚 Join us Nov 20 at 6 PM for a book talk on Donald Shoup's revolutionary parking reforms that are shaping the future of urban planning and how cities think about their streets.
RSVP:
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
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Very impressive for a Business Improvement District to LEAD the charge to make this happen and contribute $1 million of the cost! It's made SUCH a difference. The seating and relaxing areas are impressively designed! @nyc.streetsblog.org @mikelydon.bsky.social @bfurnas.bsky.social @openplans.org
NYC's Meatpacking District Converts 14th Street to a Pleasant Promenade with Public Porches
YouTube video by Streetfilms®
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October 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Very impressive for a Business Improvement District to LEAD the charge to make this happen and contribute $1 million of the cost! It's made SUCH a difference. The seating and relaxing areas are impressively designed! @nyc.streetsblog.org @mikelydon.bsky.social @bfurnas.bsky.social @openplans.org
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7 minutes to become a #daylighting expert!
#Urbanism @openplans.org @jacksonchabot.bsky.social
www.openplans.org/blog/df1ubub...
#Urbanism @openplans.org @jacksonchabot.bsky.social
www.openplans.org/blog/df1ubub...
Streetfilms: seven minutes to become a daylighting expert — Open Plans
Learn exactly what daylighting is, why it’s so great for drivers and pedestrians, and how to get more of it in your neighborhood with this new Streetfilm.
www.openplans.org
October 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
7 minutes to become a #daylighting expert!
#Urbanism @openplans.org @jacksonchabot.bsky.social
www.openplans.org/blog/df1ubub...
#Urbanism @openplans.org @jacksonchabot.bsky.social
www.openplans.org/blog/df1ubub...
We're elated to support Park Slope 5th Ave BID's people-first vision for BK's 5th Ave: safer for walking, better for business, faster for buses. Prioritizing neighbors over congestion, creating a vibrant place to walk, shop, & connect. @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/22/s...
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/22/s...
Redesign for Brooklyn's Fifth Ave. Shopping Strip Puts Customers First - Streetsblog New York City
"The core takeaway from the small business community on this strip is that they want a pedestrian- and transit-priority street," said the architect.
nyc.streetsblog.org
October 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We're elated to support Park Slope 5th Ave BID's people-first vision for BK's 5th Ave: safer for walking, better for business, faster for buses. Prioritizing neighbors over congestion, creating a vibrant place to walk, shop, & connect. @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/22/s...
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/22/s...
Safer streets. Fewer crashes. Lives saved. Daylighting works, it’s proven and it’s common sense. 200 groups support Int. 1138... City Council let's pass CM Won's bill! @council.nyc.gov @cmjuliewon.bsky.social
200 local groups — from NYC DSA to the Staten Island Conservative Party — joined the growing chorus for banning parking at corners in order to improve safety and visibility in hopes of pushing forward a stalled Council bill to mandate the street redesign known as daylighting.
Hundreds of Community Groups — From the Far Right to the Socialists! — Demand Daylighting - Streetsblog New York City
Two hundred New York City groups joined calls to ban parking at corners in order to improve safety and visibility, also known as daylighting.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Safer streets. Fewer crashes. Lives saved. Daylighting works, it’s proven and it’s common sense. 200 groups support Int. 1138... City Council let's pass CM Won's bill! @council.nyc.gov @cmjuliewon.bsky.social
NYC has plenty of great candidates for this... Times Square, for example, where the sidewalks are already way past their capacity.
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
NYC has plenty of great candidates for this... Times Square, for example, where the sidewalks are already way past their capacity.
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200 local groups — from NYC DSA to the Staten Island Conservative Party — joined the growing chorus for banning parking at corners in order to improve safety and visibility in hopes of pushing forward a stalled Council bill to mandate the street redesign known as daylighting.
Hundreds of Community Groups — From the Far Right to the Socialists! — Demand Daylighting - Streetsblog New York City
Two hundred New York City groups joined calls to ban parking at corners in order to improve safety and visibility, also known as daylighting.
buff.ly
October 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
200 local groups — from NYC DSA to the Staten Island Conservative Party — joined the growing chorus for banning parking at corners in order to improve safety and visibility in hopes of pushing forward a stalled Council bill to mandate the street redesign known as daylighting.
Personal vehicles dominate city traffic, so to lower VMT, we need a lot more strategies like congestion pricing to get New Yorkers to stop driving so much. Low traffic neighborhoods and bus rapid transit aren't just nice-to-haves, they're how we win.
New Yorkers are driving their personal cars a lot more.
This is bad.
Today's Morning Spew:
This is bad.
Today's Morning Spew:
NYC Is Losing the War on Cars
New Yorkers are driving a lot more—plus some links to rev up your Wednesday.
hellgatenyc.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Personal vehicles dominate city traffic, so to lower VMT, we need a lot more strategies like congestion pricing to get New Yorkers to stop driving so much. Low traffic neighborhoods and bus rapid transit aren't just nice-to-haves, they're how we win.
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New Yorkers are driving their personal cars a lot more.
This is bad.
Today's Morning Spew:
This is bad.
Today's Morning Spew:
NYC Is Losing the War on Cars
New Yorkers are driving a lot more—plus some links to rev up your Wednesday.
hellgatenyc.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
New Yorkers are driving their personal cars a lot more.
This is bad.
Today's Morning Spew:
This is bad.
Today's Morning Spew:
Driving in NYC is increasing every year, but our streets CANNOT get any wider.
📈 Between 2004 and 2023, Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) jumped at least 16%.
This is causing: more gridlock 🚙, air & noise pollution 💨, more fatalities & serious injuries 🏥…
📈 Between 2004 and 2023, Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) jumped at least 16%.
This is causing: more gridlock 🚙, air & noise pollution 💨, more fatalities & serious injuries 🏥…
October 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Driving in NYC is increasing every year, but our streets CANNOT get any wider.
📈 Between 2004 and 2023, Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) jumped at least 16%.
This is causing: more gridlock 🚙, air & noise pollution 💨, more fatalities & serious injuries 🏥…
📈 Between 2004 and 2023, Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) jumped at least 16%.
This is causing: more gridlock 🚙, air & noise pollution 💨, more fatalities & serious injuries 🏥…
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How to incentivize the 34% who drive (and make up 80% of NYC's traffic) to join the 65% who get around car-free?
@openplans.org's @saraklind.bsky.social says "Bus Rapid Transit would be a huge game changer in terms of getting people out of cars," — and we agree! hellgatenyc.com/nyc-is-losin...
@openplans.org's @saraklind.bsky.social says "Bus Rapid Transit would be a huge game changer in terms of getting people out of cars," — and we agree! hellgatenyc.com/nyc-is-losin...
NYC Is Losing the War on Cars
New Yorkers are driving a lot more—plus some links to rev up your Wednesday.
hellgatenyc.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
How to incentivize the 34% who drive (and make up 80% of NYC's traffic) to join the 65% who get around car-free?
@openplans.org's @saraklind.bsky.social says "Bus Rapid Transit would be a huge game changer in terms of getting people out of cars," — and we agree! hellgatenyc.com/nyc-is-losin...
@openplans.org's @saraklind.bsky.social says "Bus Rapid Transit would be a huge game changer in terms of getting people out of cars," — and we agree! hellgatenyc.com/nyc-is-losin...
📢 Bronx youth rallied against the Cross Bronx Expressway widening, demanding cleaner air & a healthier future.
NYC's next generations deserve healthier communities & pollution-free air instead of more highways. Let's listen to their vision for a better Bronx.
NYC's next generations deserve healthier communities & pollution-free air instead of more highways. Let's listen to their vision for a better Bronx.
October 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
📢 Bronx youth rallied against the Cross Bronx Expressway widening, demanding cleaner air & a healthier future.
NYC's next generations deserve healthier communities & pollution-free air instead of more highways. Let's listen to their vision for a better Bronx.
NYC's next generations deserve healthier communities & pollution-free air instead of more highways. Let's listen to their vision for a better Bronx.
Thank you @governor.ny.gov & NYS DOT for pausing the Hudson Valley Highway expansion & for scrapping plans to build a traffic diversion structure along the Cross Bronx Expressway! Now, instead of widening the Cross Bronx, we need more investment in public transit & public space.
October 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Thank you @governor.ny.gov & NYS DOT for pausing the Hudson Valley Highway expansion & for scrapping plans to build a traffic diversion structure along the Cross Bronx Expressway! Now, instead of widening the Cross Bronx, we need more investment in public transit & public space.
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One of NYC’s most beautiful places - Queens’ @34ave.bsky.social open street - is getting its fall colors today up and down the 1.3 mile corridor!
@cathytuttle.bsky.social @nyc-dot.bsky.social @openplans.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
@cathytuttle.bsky.social @nyc-dot.bsky.social @openplans.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
October 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
One of NYC’s most beautiful places - Queens’ @34ave.bsky.social open street - is getting its fall colors today up and down the 1.3 mile corridor!
@cathytuttle.bsky.social @nyc-dot.bsky.social @openplans.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
@cathytuttle.bsky.social @nyc-dot.bsky.social @openplans.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
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“You can’t tell me a parking space at the corner of a street is worth a life.”
Advocates are in front of the district office of @galeabrewer.bsky.social this morning to ask her why she changed her mind and no longer supports universal daylighting in NYC.
Advocates are in front of the district office of @galeabrewer.bsky.social this morning to ask her why she changed her mind and no longer supports universal daylighting in NYC.
October 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“You can’t tell me a parking space at the corner of a street is worth a life.”
Advocates are in front of the district office of @galeabrewer.bsky.social this morning to ask her why she changed her mind and no longer supports universal daylighting in NYC.
Advocates are in front of the district office of @galeabrewer.bsky.social this morning to ask her why she changed her mind and no longer supports universal daylighting in NYC.