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Transforming the streets of NYC to be truly livable
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📈 Driving in NYC is up 16% since 2005 & as VMT rises, so does gridlock, pollution, & traffic fatalities.
Join our webinar TOMORROW to learn how NYC can reduce VMT and why it's so important to do so.
📅 Nov 19 | 12-1 PM
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wghsTNRISuCG3xrs7hTqvA#/registration
Join our webinar TOMORROW to learn how NYC can reduce VMT and why it's so important to do so.
📅 Nov 19 | 12-1 PM
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wghsTNRISuCG3xrs7hTqvA#/registration
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
📈 Driving in NYC is up 16% since 2005 & as VMT rises, so does gridlock, pollution, & traffic fatalities.
Join our webinar TOMORROW to learn how NYC can reduce VMT and why it's so important to do so.
📅 Nov 19 | 12-1 PM
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wghsTNRISuCG3xrs7hTqvA#/registration
Join our webinar TOMORROW to learn how NYC can reduce VMT and why it's so important to do so.
📅 Nov 19 | 12-1 PM
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wghsTNRISuCG3xrs7hTqvA#/registration
Paris cut car use by 45%, cleaned its air, made streets safer, & created vibrant public spaces.
🌇 NYC can do the same. Join our webinar on Wed, Nov 19 at 12 PM to learn proven strategies to reduce VMT.
Register now: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wghsTNRISuCG3xrs7hTqvA#/registration
🌇 NYC can do the same. Join our webinar on Wed, Nov 19 at 12 PM to learn proven strategies to reduce VMT.
Register now: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wghsTNRISuCG3xrs7hTqvA#/registration
November 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Paris cut car use by 45%, cleaned its air, made streets safer, & created vibrant public spaces.
🌇 NYC can do the same. Join our webinar on Wed, Nov 19 at 12 PM to learn proven strategies to reduce VMT.
Register now: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wghsTNRISuCG3xrs7hTqvA#/registration
🌇 NYC can do the same. Join our webinar on Wed, Nov 19 at 12 PM to learn proven strategies to reduce VMT.
Register now: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wghsTNRISuCG3xrs7hTqvA#/registration
📚💬 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-...
📈 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...
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-...
📢 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.
✨School streets✨ closes car traffic on a street next to (or near) a school to be used during arrival and departure times 🎒, recess ⚽️, outdoor learning 🍁, and more!
📢 Join us on October 6 at 12 PM, to learn how to bring them to your school! actionnetwork.org/events/schoo...
📢 Join us on October 6 at 12 PM, to learn how to bring them to your school! actionnetwork.org/events/schoo...
September 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
✨School streets✨ closes car traffic on a street next to (or near) a school to be used during arrival and departure times 🎒, recess ⚽️, outdoor learning 🍁, and more!
📢 Join us on October 6 at 12 PM, to learn how to bring them to your school! actionnetwork.org/events/schoo...
📢 Join us on October 6 at 12 PM, to learn how to bring them to your school! actionnetwork.org/events/schoo...
Low Traffic Neighborhoods make your streets quieter, safer and calmer!
🚗 47% less traffic
🏥 50% fewer car-related casualties
🚲 25% more walking/biking
Less crime & better air quality! 🍃
Join our lunch and learn on Sept 30 at 12pm to learn more!
RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🚗 47% less traffic
🏥 50% fewer car-related casualties
🚲 25% more walking/biking
Less crime & better air quality! 🍃
Join our lunch and learn on Sept 30 at 12pm to learn more!
RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Low Traffic Neighborhoods make your streets quieter, safer and calmer!
🚗 47% less traffic
🏥 50% fewer car-related casualties
🚲 25% more walking/biking
Less crime & better air quality! 🍃
Join our lunch and learn on Sept 30 at 12pm to learn more!
RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🚗 47% less traffic
🏥 50% fewer car-related casualties
🚲 25% more walking/biking
Less crime & better air quality! 🍃
Join our lunch and learn on Sept 30 at 12pm to learn more!
RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📝 Progress report @nyc-dot.bsky.social's curb management update!
Months after our "Curb the Chaos" report released 2 years ago, DOT published a Curb Management Action Plan, which listed 10 specific curb goals.
How are things going? Read our report to learn more: drive.google.com/file/d/1zuNL...
Months after our "Curb the Chaos" report released 2 years ago, DOT published a Curb Management Action Plan, which listed 10 specific curb goals.
How are things going? Read our report to learn more: drive.google.com/file/d/1zuNL...
September 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
📝 Progress report @nyc-dot.bsky.social's curb management update!
Months after our "Curb the Chaos" report released 2 years ago, DOT published a Curb Management Action Plan, which listed 10 specific curb goals.
How are things going? Read our report to learn more: drive.google.com/file/d/1zuNL...
Months after our "Curb the Chaos" report released 2 years ago, DOT published a Curb Management Action Plan, which listed 10 specific curb goals.
How are things going? Read our report to learn more: drive.google.com/file/d/1zuNL...
Cecil Brooks habló con Quadratin Hispano sobre la ✨Semana de Comida al Aire Libre✨, nuestra iniciativa para revitalizar el sector gastronómico local. Únete comiendo afuera y apoya a tus restaurantes locales para espacios exteriores todo el año.
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September 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Cecil Brooks habló con Quadratin Hispano sobre la ✨Semana de Comida al Aire Libre✨, nuestra iniciativa para revitalizar el sector gastronómico local. Únete comiendo afuera y apoya a tus restaurantes locales para espacios exteriores todo el año.
quadratin.com/nueva-york/p...
quadratin.com/nueva-york/p...
Our @saraklind.bsky.social joined @fox5ny.bsky.social last night to talk about our upcoming Curbside Restaurant Week. NYers love outdoor dining & this campaign will encourage them to advocate for a year-round outdoor dining program that works for all restaurants.
www.openplans.org/curbside-res...
www.openplans.org/curbside-res...
September 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Our @saraklind.bsky.social joined @fox5ny.bsky.social last night to talk about our upcoming Curbside Restaurant Week. NYers love outdoor dining & this campaign will encourage them to advocate for a year-round outdoor dining program that works for all restaurants.
www.openplans.org/curbside-res...
www.openplans.org/curbside-res...
Today in the @nytimes.com: Curbside Restaurant Week starts this Friday Sept 5!
Dine outside, get discounts and special treats, and support our year-round outdoor dining campaign!
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/d...
Dine outside, get discounts and special treats, and support our year-round outdoor dining campaign!
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/d...
September 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Today in the @nytimes.com: Curbside Restaurant Week starts this Friday Sept 5!
Dine outside, get discounts and special treats, and support our year-round outdoor dining campaign!
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/d...
Dine outside, get discounts and special treats, and support our year-round outdoor dining campaign!
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/d...
Hundreds of New Yorkers asked for better Summer Streets and the DOT listened! Thanks to YOUR support, this year we got more hours & a longer route in Manhattan! ☀️ Keep the momentum going, send your letter now!
action.openplans.org/thank-nyc-fo...
action.openplans.org/thank-nyc-fo...
August 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Hundreds of New Yorkers asked for better Summer Streets and the DOT listened! Thanks to YOUR support, this year we got more hours & a longer route in Manhattan! ☀️ Keep the momentum going, send your letter now!
action.openplans.org/thank-nyc-fo...
action.openplans.org/thank-nyc-fo...
Outdoor dining can help create thousands of jobs while saving the restaurant industry. People are struggling & a year-round program with less a expensive & bureaucratic application process can be part of the solution. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/n...
August 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Outdoor dining can help create thousands of jobs while saving the restaurant industry. People are struggling & a year-round program with less a expensive & bureaucratic application process can be part of the solution. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/n...
🍽️ Mark your calendars for CURBSIDE RESTAURANT WEEK from Sept 5-12! 🧡 Enjoy discounts & special treats when you dine outside at participating restaurants across the city as we advocate for a year-round curbside dining program! More info: www.openplans.org/curbside-res...
August 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
🍽️ Mark your calendars for CURBSIDE RESTAURANT WEEK from Sept 5-12! 🧡 Enjoy discounts & special treats when you dine outside at participating restaurants across the city as we advocate for a year-round curbside dining program! More info: www.openplans.org/curbside-res...
This program has an equity problem: wealthy neighborhoods get 80% of outdoor dining while areas under $80K income get 8.5%. Restaurants told us why they don't apply: expensive seasonal setup/teardown + storage costs. Our solution? Cut red tape & make it year-round. @nbcnewyork.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This program has an equity problem: wealthy neighborhoods get 80% of outdoor dining while areas under $80K income get 8.5%. Restaurants told us why they don't apply: expensive seasonal setup/teardown + storage costs. Our solution? Cut red tape & make it year-round. @nbcnewyork.com
As we continue to enjoy this year’s Summer Streets, we are sending a BIG thank you to the NYC electeds who backed its expansion! These aren’t just car-free roads, they are spaces for community & connectivity. Let’s keep expanding Summer Streets for all NYers! 🌆☀️
July 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
As we continue to enjoy this year’s Summer Streets, we are sending a BIG thank you to the NYC electeds who backed its expansion! These aren’t just car-free roads, they are spaces for community & connectivity. Let’s keep expanding Summer Streets for all NYers! 🌆☀️
📢 Thanks to your advocacy, Summer Streets expanded an extra hour, and the Manhattan route now stretches from the Brooklyn Bridge to the George Washington Bridge! Thank you @nyc-dot.bsky.social for these improvements to the program!
We will be tabling at all the locations so come say hi! 🚴🏾♀️🎉🕺🏻☀️
We will be tabling at all the locations so come say hi! 🚴🏾♀️🎉🕺🏻☀️
July 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
📢 Thanks to your advocacy, Summer Streets expanded an extra hour, and the Manhattan route now stretches from the Brooklyn Bridge to the George Washington Bridge! Thank you @nyc-dot.bsky.social for these improvements to the program!
We will be tabling at all the locations so come say hi! 🚴🏾♀️🎉🕺🏻☀️
We will be tabling at all the locations so come say hi! 🚴🏾♀️🎉🕺🏻☀️
1 week ~ until our young professionals summer garden party! ✨🌷🌞
Food, drinks, games, music, and fellow urbanists who are advocating for a people-centered city like YOU!! 🍹🌇🎉
📅 Friday July 25
⏰ 6 PM
RSVP now: partiful.com/e/oK4gxERLqq...
Food, drinks, games, music, and fellow urbanists who are advocating for a people-centered city like YOU!! 🍹🌇🎉
📅 Friday July 25
⏰ 6 PM
RSVP now: partiful.com/e/oK4gxERLqq...
July 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
1 week ~ until our young professionals summer garden party! ✨🌷🌞
Food, drinks, games, music, and fellow urbanists who are advocating for a people-centered city like YOU!! 🍹🌇🎉
📅 Friday July 25
⏰ 6 PM
RSVP now: partiful.com/e/oK4gxERLqq...
Food, drinks, games, music, and fellow urbanists who are advocating for a people-centered city like YOU!! 🍹🌇🎉
📅 Friday July 25
⏰ 6 PM
RSVP now: partiful.com/e/oK4gxERLqq...
📢🌞This summer you will be able to bike🚴🏾♀️, walk🚶🏻♂️, or run🏃🏽♀️ from the Brooklyn Bridge to the George Washington Bridge as part of @nyc-dot.bsky.social’s Summer Streets!
& great news: they will now last until 3PM!!
For more info: www.nyc.gov/html/dot/htm...
& great news: they will now last until 3PM!!
For more info: www.nyc.gov/html/dot/htm...
July 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
📢🌞This summer you will be able to bike🚴🏾♀️, walk🚶🏻♂️, or run🏃🏽♀️ from the Brooklyn Bridge to the George Washington Bridge as part of @nyc-dot.bsky.social’s Summer Streets!
& great news: they will now last until 3PM!!
For more info: www.nyc.gov/html/dot/htm...
& great news: they will now last until 3PM!!
For more info: www.nyc.gov/html/dot/htm...
Our neighbors in Washington D.C. get it. Year-round outdoor dining works for everyone–the City, businesses, and people.
D.C. is doing it successfully, so can NYC.
D.C. is doing it successfully, so can NYC.
June 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Our neighbors in Washington D.C. get it. Year-round outdoor dining works for everyone–the City, businesses, and people.
D.C. is doing it successfully, so can NYC.
D.C. is doing it successfully, so can NYC.
How can we reclaim our streets with Low-Traffic Neighborhoods?
Join the conversation with Jon Jon Wesolowski this Tuesday July 1st at 6:30PM to learn how we can create safer, more local streets.
📍Hi-Note - 188 Ave B
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/what-europ...
@1014nyc.bsky.social
Join the conversation with Jon Jon Wesolowski this Tuesday July 1st at 6:30PM to learn how we can create safer, more local streets.
📍Hi-Note - 188 Ave B
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/what-europ...
@1014nyc.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
How can we reclaim our streets with Low-Traffic Neighborhoods?
Join the conversation with Jon Jon Wesolowski this Tuesday July 1st at 6:30PM to learn how we can create safer, more local streets.
📍Hi-Note - 188 Ave B
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/what-europ...
@1014nyc.bsky.social
Join the conversation with Jon Jon Wesolowski this Tuesday July 1st at 6:30PM to learn how we can create safer, more local streets.
📍Hi-Note - 188 Ave B
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/what-europ...
@1014nyc.bsky.social
We're throwing young professionals a garden party this summer & you're invited! 🌞🎉🥂🌇 Meet and mingle with fellow urbanists that are shaping NYC's future!
🗓Friday, July 25, 2025
⏰6:00 - 9:00 PM
🗓Friday, July 25, 2025
⏰6:00 - 9:00 PM
June 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
We're throwing young professionals a garden party this summer & you're invited! 🌞🎉🥂🌇 Meet and mingle with fellow urbanists that are shaping NYC's future!
🗓Friday, July 25, 2025
⏰6:00 - 9:00 PM
🗓Friday, July 25, 2025
⏰6:00 - 9:00 PM
Outdoor dining in NYC is struggling and we’re on a mission to save it!
We’re going around the city, connecting with businesses to help them and NYers tell the City they want a year-round outdoor dining program! Join the movement & take action now: action.openplans.org/year-round-o...
We’re going around the city, connecting with businesses to help them and NYers tell the City they want a year-round outdoor dining program! Join the movement & take action now: action.openplans.org/year-round-o...
June 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Outdoor dining in NYC is struggling and we’re on a mission to save it!
We’re going around the city, connecting with businesses to help them and NYers tell the City they want a year-round outdoor dining program! Join the movement & take action now: action.openplans.org/year-round-o...
We’re going around the city, connecting with businesses to help them and NYers tell the City they want a year-round outdoor dining program! Join the movement & take action now: action.openplans.org/year-round-o...