Opening Up about Open Plans with Sara Lind

About this episode

In this episode, John Simmerman interviews Sara Lind about Open Plans and their initiatives aimed at transforming urban spaces in car-centric cities.

New York City is on the cutting edge of many amazing "Streets Are For People" initiatives, and Open Plans is increasingly front and center in this movement with campaigns such as School Streets, Low Traffic Neighborhoods (LTNs), Public Space Management, Intersection Daylighting, and many more. In this episode, I connect with Sara Lind, Co-Executive Director of Open Plans, to discuss the projects they are working on and their universal applicability to car-centric cities worldwide. Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel): 👉 Open Plans website 👉 Streetsblog NYC 👉 Streetfilms on YouTube 👉 Streetfilms website 👉 My Low Traffic Neighborhood (LTN) videos 👉 My Donald Shoup playlist 👉 My first episode with Donald Shoup (audio-only) 👉 Streetfilms Ghent School Street 👉 My Short Paris School Street Video 👉 No Garbage Day Not Just Bikes Video 👉 The Bruntlett’s Women Changing Cities Episode If you are a fan of the Active Towns Podcast, please consider supporting the effort as an Active Towns Ambassador in the following ways: 1. Become an Active Towns Member on YouTube for exclusive member-only content and Livestreams 2. Join the…

People in this episode

Host: John Simmerman

Guest: Sara Lind

Topics covered

• urban planning
• transportation
• public spaces
• community initiatives
• car-centric cities

Keywords

• Streets Are For People
• School Streets
• Low Traffic Neighborhoods
• Public Space Management
• Intersection Daylighting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Open Plans, Advocates for Healthy Communities, Inc., Streetsblog NYC, Streetfilms

Places: New York City

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