The New York City Streets Renaissance engages New Yorkers in the process of reclaiming their streets as places where individuals of all ages can safely walk, play, and gather. A collaboration of Transportation Alternatives, The Open Planning Project, and The Project for Public Spaces, the NYC Streets Renaissance knows that New York City's streets are the souls of its neighborhoods and the pathways to some of the world's most in-demand destinations.

For generations, New Yorkers have strolled, shopped, and socialized on sidewalks and street corners. Pedestrian-friendly spaces are the city's most fundamental asset, yet our streets are managed almost entirely for traffic flow. Neighborhoods and business districts are buckling under increasing amounts of dangerous car and truck traffic.

Streets are more than just car corridors. They are valuable civic spaces, a precious resource which must be wisely allocated. If we continue planning our streets for cars and traffic, we will get more cars and traffic. If we start planning our cities for people and places, we will get more people and places.

The NYC Streets Renaissance Campaign is at the forefront of the movement to re-imagine our streets as lively public places. Through groundbreaking new programs like BlockPartyNYC and the nationally acclaimed Park(ing) Day, New Yorkers are offered a glimpse of how livable their streets could be, and challenged to help make this vision a reality.

For more information about the NYC Streets Renaissance, or to find out how you can help make New York City safer, greener, and more livable please visit us on the web.