About the Livable Streets Network

With the majority of the world's 6.5 billion human beings now living in cities, building healthy, livable and affordable urban environments is critical to the mission of today's global environmental movement.

The Livable Streets Network is an online community for people working to create sustainable cities through sensible urban planning, design, and transportation policy. We provide free, open source, web-based, resources to citizens working to create a greener economy, address climate change, reduce oil dependence, alleviate traffic congestion, and provide better access to good jobs in healthy communities.

We believe that people make a city great. Yet, so many of the world's great cities dedicate too much of their precious, limited public space - their streets - to motor vehicles rather than people. We are working to redesign our communities around public transportation and walkable, bikeable streets. We are transforming parking lots into public plazas, busy intersections into town squares, and congested highways into bike paths. We are taking back our cities, one street at a time. We invite you to join us!

Streetsblog

Streetsblog is a daily news source, online community and political mobilizer for the global Livable Streets movement. Launched in New York City in 2006, Streetsblog is building a network of Livable Streets bloggers throughout North America and around the world.

Streetfilms

Streetfilms is the video arm of the Livable Streets Network: producing educational, entertaining, and inspiring films for a sustainable urban environment. Our short, on-line videos on topics such as bus rapid transit in Bogota, Colombia, neighborhood traffic-calming in Portland, Oregon, and bike lane design in Copenhagen, Denmark have been viewed more than half a million times and used to support advocacy projects in communities from Toronto to Tasmania.

Streetswiki

StreetsWiki is a free, community-created, online encyclopedia where you can read, write, and learn about sustainable urban policies from around the world. If you want find out what a woonerf is or learn which cities have the best bike-sharing programs, StreetsWiki is the spot. Share your knowledge on StreetsWiki and help our encyclopedia grow. The only think you'll need to contribute is a Livable Streets account.

Groups

Groups is a free, open source, online meeting space designed to help people organize and manage their own local Livable Streets projects. By creating or joining a group, members have access to a growing collection of online tools including mailing lists, blogs, and wikis (virtual bulletin boards), all geared towards helping small movements achieve their goals in collaboration with the larger Livable Streets community. Create an account and become a member today!