Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Livable Streets Community

Sholom and his beloved bike Midwood residents beware: a bike thief is on the loose! Transportation Alternatives Brooklyn Committee member Sholom has a heartening and illuminating tale of the recent theft and recovery of his bicycle near the Kings Highway subway station. With the aid of the police, his laptop, a local restaurant owner, and […]

Lacking high-quality, free photos for use in your livable streets advocacy work? This fall you’ve got two exciting chances to change that (and win big prizes while you’re at it). The Alliance for Biking and Walking has launched their People-Powered Movement Photo Contest to build a photo library for biking and walking advocates. Submit up […]

Taken a look at your Livable Streets profile recently? We’ve added some handy features. Profiles now include an activity feed of everything you do on Livable Streets. Need a quick link to that last page you edited or discussion message someone sent? Now it’s easily on hand.

Want more bike parking in Williamsburg and Greenpoint? Join us for Bike Rack Hunt: a fun afternoon of planning for Brooklyn Community District 1’s bulk order of bike racks. Come help launch the FixCity Bike Racks project we’re building to facilitate this process! Sunday, September 202 – 5 p.m. Wiillamsburg/GreenpointExact location and time TBA FixCity […]

The ease of getting around Portland without a car enriches the city. As Elana Schor wrote here a few weeks ago, transportation reform is health reform. The connection between active transportation and public health took center stage at PA Walks and Bikes this week, where Michele Barrett shared some startling statistics on the huge toll […]

Hang Chau is a future medical student who researched block parties and public health as an undergrad in Philadelphia, and is now organizing more in San Diego. In a new StreetsWiki entry on block parties, she examines the way these public community events encourage people to invest in their neighborhoods by highlighting the positive (outdoor […]