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Open Plans @openplans.org · 2h
The DOT is presenting us with a false choice on the BQE. If repairs to this roadway are so critical, we should be able to close ramps and redirect traffic to do them, rather than overcommitting to temporary car infrastructure. We have better alternatives at our disposal.
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 24/09/2026
Council Members @shaunabreu.bsky.social, @powers4queens.bsky.social, and @shahanafrombk.bsky.social's new bill to pilot Low Traffic Neighborhoods has the potential to transform our streets to the benefit of all New Yorkers.
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 23/09/2026
Cars emit 3.5x more than freight, 13.5x more than buses, despite moving fewer people. Policymakers focused on climate can’t ignore their impact. 🌎 Join our Climate Week panel TOMORROW to see what's worked to cut driving and clean up our air. RSVP: luma.com/parking-70cz
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 22/09/2026
🚗 Private cars are NYC's 3rd-largest source of emissions, right behind homes and businesses. Join our Climate Week panel "Reducing Driving as Climate Action" to explore what's worked to cut driving and clean up our air. 🗓️ 9/24 | 📍 Brooklyn Borough Hall RSVP: luma.com/parking-70cz
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 21/09/2026
Happy Climate Week! Join us on Thursday at Brooklyn Borough Hall where we’ll be tackling the climate elephant in the room; driving. RSVP here: luma.com/parking-70cz
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 19/09/2026
When Seoul removed its Cheonggyecheon elevated highway, the city got reconnected communities, better air, a thriving public space and less traffic congestion. If New York rethinks the future of the BQE, we can notch a similar win-win-win-win for our city.
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 18/09/2026
A community-centered street is coming soon…thank you to our partners at Hudson Square BID for giving us a sneak peak of how beautiful it will be!! 🌻🌹🌷
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 17/09/2026
Drop by the NYC PIT Pop-Up during Climate Week 2026 on Sept 24 at the Oculus, where we’ll be sharing our new Neighborhood Needs Assessment Dashboard! Learn more: nycpitpopup.org/event/climate-week-…
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 17/09/2026
Improving our streets also lets us rethink how we use the space. Our curbs and roadways can be used for pedestrians, micromobility, buses, more public space like parklets and plazas, and so much more. Vision Zero will help us use our limited public space more efficiently.
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 17/09/2026
Curb management prevents illegal parking and will help us get a grasp on our chaotic curbs. With deliveries, taxis, double parking, conflicts with pedestrians, bikes, and more, a dedicated team is critical to creating better streets with enhanced safety and mobility.
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 17/09/2026
Keeping the streets around our schools safe is a no-brainer for our kids. They deserve spaces to hang out, exercise, and play, along with safer pick-up and drop-off. We need School Streets to improve our children’s quality of life, and we’re thrilled to help make it happen citywide.
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 17/09/2026
Daylighting is a common-sense way to make crossing the street, which we all do countless times a day, safer. Keeping intersections visible makes pedestrians and drivers safer. Paired with better signals and hardened crossings, this is a big win for all New Yorkers.
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 17/09/2026
Automated enforcement is an efficient and effective tool for keeping our streets safe. Expanding automated enforcement on all streets to include illegal parking like occupying a bike lane or loading zone is key to a safer New York.
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 16/09/2026
Cars emit 3.5x more than freight & 13.5x more than buses, despite moving fewer people. They make up 64% of NYC's transportation emissions. Join our Climate Week panel, Reducing Driving as Climate Action, on policies that cut driving & emissions. 🌎 RSVP: luma.com/parking-70cz
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 02/09/2026
Our new tool is out and ready to be used! This dashboard lets you analyze which communities need an LTN the most by using data like percentage of car-free households, commuting method, air pollution levels, recent crashes, & much more! Access it: neighborhoods.openplans.org
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 31/08/2026
📷 It’s official: Mayor Mamdani has signed Int. 655, making outdoor dining year-round in NYC! Thank you @mayor.nyc.gov, @cmrestler.bsky.social & @speakermenin.bsky.social; outdoor dining means more places to eat, gather, and enjoy our neighborhoods. This is a big win for people-centered streets. 📷📷
Mayor Zohran Mamdani signs Int. 655, making outdoor dining year-round across New York City.Mayor Zohran Mamdani signs Int. 655, making outdoor dining year-round across New York City.
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 28/08/2026
Quote from our co-executive director @saraklind.bsky.social:
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 26/08/2026
Join us Sept 29 for this year’s NYC Climate Week w/ @bkbpreynoso.bsky.social, @rpa.org & @parkingreform.org, where we’ll be leading discussions on why streets are at the forefront of addressing climate change and how cities must act to reduce emissions by targeting their source: cars.
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 25/08/2026
One week left to apply for a Trick or Street! Check out the link below to transform your block into a fall-festive and pedestrian-friendly open street. If you'd like help setting up a Trick or Street, don't hesitate to reach out! We’d love to help. 🎃https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/trickorstreets2026
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 25/08/2026
The BQE replacement project is a misuse of public funds that preserves a status quo with little benefit to New Yorkers at great expense. See our full statement:
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 13/08/2026
We’re thrilled that the @council.nyc.gov just voted to restore year-round curbside dining! Open Plans led the charge, working alongside restaurant owners, advocates, and partners across the city. For years, we organized, researched, testified, and built the coalition that made today’s win a reality!
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 13/08/2026
By making the program year-round, we can make sure every neighborhood benefits from curbside dining! Learn more: www.openplans.org/blog/the-dat...
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 03/08/2026
We are hiring a Creative Director! 📌🎨✨ Lead creative strategy for a bold new project reimagining NYC streets, working with nonprofits, design firms, urban planners & more to inspire the next 20 years of advocacy. 🗓️ Apply by Aug 19: www.openplans.org/careers
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 29/07/2026
Streets for people!! 👏🏼👏🏼
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 23/07/2026
DSNY is holding a virtual public hearing on Tuesday, July 28, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM for the city’s proposed expansion of the trash containerization program. 📢 Comment on the program before it expands citywide! Attend the hearing: bit.ly/3RkJPRJ
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 21/07/2026
This is what it looks like when government listens. ⭐️ O.P.E.N. is helping small businesses operate with fewer hurdles, including by streamlining outdoor dining approvals, an issue raised more than almost any other. Great news! We applaud our leaders and urge COGE to follow suit.
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 10/07/2026
🌿 @nyc-dot.bsky.social's Summer Streets are coming to all 5 boroughs! Major streets will open up for people to stay active and connect with their community! ☀️ We will be tabling at every location, so come say hi!
 More info: www.nyc.gov/html/dot/htm...
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 08/07/2026
📢 Priority Corridor, Bus Rapid Transit, Lane Enforcement, and All-Door Boarding!! Bus riders will finally receive the faster, more reliable service they were promised and have long deserved! ✨ Read more: nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/08/t...
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 28/06/2026
🌈 Today’s PRIDE March is one of the largest LGBTQ+ demonstrations in the world and it happens on our streets! Whether in celebration or in resistance, NYC streets have always belonged to EVERYONE and they always will. Happy PRIDE! 🏳️‍🌈
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 27/06/2026
✨Young Professionals Summer Garden Party ✨ Join us & fellow urbanists who are shaping NYC's future! 🌿 Come support the movement for vibrant, people-centered streets & public spaces! 📅 July 31st at 6 PM 🧡 ​Young and young-ish welcomed! 21+ 🔗 RSVP: luma.com/hepde6b5
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 26/06/2026
Today is the last day of school for NYC students and it is super important that kids and teenagers all across the city have access to quality public spaces during the summer! ☀️ This means open spaces that are well maintained, clean and safe for them to play around and hang out!
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 25/06/2026
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 23/06/2026
📢 NEW DATE‼️ What does LTN mean to you? Join us for a social hour with curious conversations and intriguing ideas about Low Traffic Neighborhoods. 📅 June 29, 6-8 PM 📍The Laurels, East Village RSVP: www.openplans.org/events/block-talk…
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 15/06/2026
Deadline extended! 🧡 Our Comms Director role is still open. Apply today: openplans.org/careers
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 08/06/2026
KNICKS IN 4!!!!!
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 08/06/2026
"And now, in a redesign of New York City’s truck route network... the proposed truck route redesign will further mire Third Avenue with congestion, pollution, and dangerous truck traffic. And to add to that: a new truck route on Second Avenue." www.sunsetpost.org/en/stories/n...
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 04/06/2026
UWS Community Board Votes To Support New 72nd Street 2-Way Bike Lane at Lively Meeting Read more: www.westsiderag.com/2026/06/03/u...
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 02/06/2026
🧡 Join our team: www.openplans.org/careers
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 02/06/2026
🚲 We were out on West 72nd Street asking Citi Bike riders what businesses they bike to, and we learned that biking is not only practical (people ride pretty much everywhere), but that everyone we spoke with was also eager for the improvements on West 72nd Street. 💚 🧡
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 01/06/2026
What does LTN mean to you? Liberating The Neighborhood? Lovely Transportation Networks? Let's Trim Noise? Join us at The Laurels for a social hour with curious conversations and intriguing ideas about Low Traffic Neighborhoods. 📅 June 22, 6 PM 📍The Laurels, East Village
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 01/06/2026
"A recent heat map graphic makes it vividly obvious why the mayor should keep his landmark campaign promise to pedestrianize FiDi. During the weekday evening rush, key arteries like Nassau, William and Fulton Streets exceed 2,100 walkers per hour."
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 28/05/2026
Data Show Why Mamdani Must Pedestrianize the Financial District by @nyc.streetsblog.org Read more: nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/05/28/d...
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 26/05/2026
"Every single home, business, and address within an LTN remains fully accessible by car, delivery van, and emergency vehicle. However, drivers can no longer drive straight through the neighborhood from one main peripheral road to another." plaistovian.substack.com/p/low-traffi...
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 21/05/2026
Behind every rider, runner, & walker there is a story. What's yours? The ☀️Summer Streets☀️ program is now in all five boroughs, but there's still huge potential for longer routes, more weekends, longer hours, & more! Share your thoughts & feedback: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 20/05/2026
Red tape is killing NYC outdoor dining by amNewYork www.amny.com/opinion/edit...
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 11/05/2026
Lower Manhattan's pedestrian volumes are some of the highest in the city, but the streets are still designed almost exclusively for cars, sidewalks included... This study shows how critical it is to transform these streets into people-first public spaces! myemail.constantcontact.com/Street-Smart...
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 29/04/2026
Park Ave in 1924! Let’s give the space back to people!! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/n...
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 23/04/2026
🚸 Can you imagine a neighborhood that promotes cycling, walking, & socializing over traffic? Join us & @parkingreform.org on this webinar to learn what a LTN is, how to approach it, & what parking has to do with it! 📆 April 28 - 12PM EDT RSVP : luma.com/ahctj7wp
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 23/04/2026
@saraklind.bsky.social nuestra codirectora ejecutiva estuvo en @univisionny.bsky.social hablando de la importancia de reducir el manejo y otros pequeños hábitos que tienen grandes beneficios para nuestro medio ambiente! 🌿 www.univision.com/local/nueva-...
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Open Plans @openplans.org · 22/04/2026
"We have to reduce driving in order to meet our climate goals." 🌱 Our Co-Executive Director Sara Lind joined Pix11 this morning to talk Car-Free Earth Day, reducing VMT, and what it will take to get there. Watch the full interview: pix11.com/new-york-liv...
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