City of Austin, we call on you to create a Living Streets program to bring life and community to Austin's neighborhood streets.
Austin Mayor Steve Adler, Austin City Council, City Manager Cronk
** Sign this petition today and help bring life to Austin's streets! **
Austin’s streets are being used like never before. People are walking and bicycling at historic levels, the Healthy Streets program has been wildly popular, and residents are meeting their neighbors.
It’s time to change our streets too. We need safe, shared streets for everyone - for community, kids, walking and bicycling, and for beauty - not just driving through. And the community should lead the way.
We call on the City of Austin to work with the community to create a Living Streets program to allow the following on neighborhood streets:
- Neighbor-led traffic-calming and placemaking: Neighbors use their own creative materials, such as benches, plants, and street murals, to slow traffic and create gathering spaces
- Resident-led Healthy Streets: Neighbors use City of Austin equipment to create their own Healthy Street for one block or longer
- Play Streets for kids: Residents block off their street to through-traffic for a few hours up to several days a week to allow children to play
- Block parties: Allow neighbors to more easily organize block parties to build community
Find out more about the proposed Living Streets program.
Austinites are ready for vibrant, beautiful streets. Sign this petition and help make this happen!
This campaign is led by Austin residents and by Walk Austin and Bike Austin.
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To:
Austin Mayor Steve Adler, Austin City Council, City Manager Cronk
From:
[Your Name]
I call on you to create and fully fund an Living Streets program that allow Austin residents to create safe, shared neighborhood streets for everyone - for community, kids, walking and bicycling, and for beauty - not just driving through.
The proposed Living Streets program will allow neighbor-led traffic-calming and placemaking (also known as "DIY placemaking"), a Healthy Streets permit for residents that will enable neighbors to create Healthy Streets of one block or longer, a Play Streets permit to allow residents to close their block to traffic for several hours up to several days a week for kids to play, and create more permissive rules around block parties.
These measures will dramatically improve quality of life, community, and safety in Austin and residents are ready to lead the way. Please create and fund a Living Street program in 2021.