Open Streets

Orton Family Foundation

You might not know it to look at them, but streets can do a whole lot more than shuttle cars. The Open Streets Project aims to make streets less about driving and more about "walking, bicycling, dancing, playing and socializing." Fun, right? But opening up streets to other uses also has serious benefits for health, the environment, community, and the economy. Join us to hear how communities across the country are democratizing and diversifying their streets, from the biggest cities to the smallest towns. Featuring Mike Lydon, Principal at the Street Plans Collaborative and the Open Streets Project and Rory Beil, Co-Director of Fargo StreetsAlive! and Cass Clay Healthy People Initiative Director at the Dakota Medical Foundation. Recorded on November 8, 2012. Notes available online at bit.ly/O7WGiw. Photo Credit: Minneapolis Open Streets, Bethany Heemyer