Rebecca Jacobs
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Brooklyn P.S. 8: We’re Walking Here!
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Over the past few months, Livable Streets Education has worked with schools across New York City on We’re Walking Here NYC. Educators were asked to engage students in an exercise that highlights the importance of safety, healthy choices, walkable streets and sustainable transportation, and to share that message with others. This was the pilot run […]
We’re Walking Here: Seeking Students to Promote Healthy Transportation
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With the Walk21 Conference in town next week, New York City will be the focus of this year’s Walk to School Day, and we want New York kids to benefit. To help out, Livable Streets Education is organizing a project to celebrate walking in schools: We’re Walking Here NYC. As you already know, most Americans […]
Safe Routes to School: A Targeted Approach to Our Built Environment Woes
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Image courtesy of Howard Frumkin [PDF]. Last month, more than 500 people gathered in Portland, Oregon for the second National Safe Routes to School Conference. Maybe it’s the fact that Congress might triple national funding for safe routes to school programs. Or maybe it’s the way that walking and biking to school fits so well […]
Zozo Emerges for Celebrate Brooklyn
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Photo: Nick Whitaker. More from Saturday’s event here. The mysterious Zozo came out from hiding to make his first appearance this Saturday at Celebrate Brooklyn’s Family Day in Prospect Park. He reminded kids and families that the green way is also the fun and healthy way to get around the city. Zozo was particularly impressed […]
Seventh Graders Picture a Safer, Livelier School Zone
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Asking kids how they would re-design their streets is a revealing exercise. Students concerned about sustainability have a lot to say about their built environment, and they say it with conviction. This May and June, Livable Streets Education led a six-week project with seventh graders from the Mott Hall II school, a public school located […]
Cartoon Tuesday: Draw Your Own Livable Street
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This past weekend, Livable Streets Education teamed up with educators at the New York Transit Museum to teach families about the past, present, and future of New York City’s streets. With help from their parents, kids designed their own "livable streets" to improve conditions for pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders. The kids also made some […]
Eighth Grade Urban Ecologists Envision Superior Streets
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Clocking car speeds at 92nd Street and Columbus. Photo: Lauren Brooks. If you caught our Streetfilm last week, then you know about Livable Streets Education and our curriculum on urban livability, green transportation, and safer streets. We get a lot of questions about how our lessons work in the classroom, so I wanted to share […]
Get Involved With the Livable Streets Initiative in NYC
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Little-known fact: In addition to publishing Streetsblog, the Livable Streets Initiative does grassroots work in New York City neighborhoods. This year you’ll find us putting on activities at community events all over the city. In particular, Livable Streets Education is organizing a big slate of outdoor family events, art projects and kid-friendly activities in conjunction […]
Get Schooled in Livable Streets
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Students at PS 87 record car speeds. Last September, The Open Planning Project officially launched Livable Streets Education (LSE), to inspire students, teachers, and families to make the changes they want to see on their streets and in their neighborhoods. LSE’s learning units explore a range of topics, including the urban environment, traffic calming, biking […]