FIELD TOURS

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Location: New York University, 4th Floor, Eisner and Lubin Auditorium

9:00am - 11:00am
New York University Kimmel Center | Room 912
Check in at the front desk and proceed to the 9th Floor

Your City, Your Voice is an activist training series developed by Transportation Alternatives’ renowned team of community organizers. Hear the lessons learned in their years of hyper-local, grassroots political activism. Absorb the tools and tactics that contributed to winning campaigns to change New York’s speed limit and introduce innovations like protected bike lanes, bike share, and speed cameras to city streets.

You’ll be taught how to engage with your neighbors and organize a successful local campaign — valuable lessons that could apply to the fight for a protected bike lane, an effort to protect a community garden, or a campaign to advocate for better food access for your community.

Featuring:

• Elizabeth Adams, Deputy Executive Director, Public Affairs, Transportation Alternatives

• Juan Restrepo, Director of Organizing, Transportation Alternatives

9:30am - 11:00am | The Bronx
Start/End: Keltch Park
Next to the 170th Street Station on the 4 Train. Meet in front of Wendy’s.

Join community members and leaders from the disability community for a walking, rolling audit of the Mount Eden Mall neighborhood in the Bronx. Learn with us about what makes streets accessible, usable and safe, and how you can partner with advocates in your community to build stronger coalitions to fight for streets that work better for all of us.

Featuring:

• Jonathan Greenwald, Staff Attorney, Disability Rights New York

• Anna Zivarts, Program Director, Disability Mobility Initiative, Disability Rights Washington

12:00pm - 1:00pm | The Bronx
Start: Citi Bike: River Ave & E 151 St
End: Roberto Clemente State Park

We will lead a bike tour of the Harlem River Waterfront, highlighting the current challenging conditions and the importance of the access points to the future greenway, including the Depot Bridge Access and later the Tremont Bridge Access.

Participants will have the opportunity to participate in a canoe ride on the Harlem River with the Harlem River Working Group and Wilderness Inquiry at the end of the tour.

Featuring:

• Brian Hedden, Advocacy and Greenway Projects Coordinator, Brooklyn Greenway Initiative

• Chauncy Young, Coordinator, Harlem River Working Group

12:30pm - 2:30pm | Brooklyn
Start: Brower Park - Citi Bike: Kingston Ave & Park Place
End: Park Slope Plaza

2023 is the year of the Bike Bus! We want you to get fired up about the most effective kid-centric city building strategy. Join early Bike Bus pioneers, Coach Sam Balto from Portland, Megan Ramey from Hood River Oregon and local Emily Stutts for a ride in Brooklyn's beloved and diverse neighborhoods to see the need and solution. Riders are encouraged to come with your burning questions so we can help you eliminate your barriers and leave feeling pumped to start a bike bus in your own city or neighborhood.

Featuring:

• Sam Balto, Physical Education Teacher, Alameda Elementary, Portland

• Kathy Park Price, Brooklyn Organizer, Transportation Alternatives

• Megan Ramey, Safe Routes to School Manager, Hood River County School District

• Emily Stutts, Teacher, P.S. 372, Bergen Bike Bus Coordinator

Tour One | 3:00pm - 4:00pm | Manhattan
Tour Two | 4:00pm - 5:00pm | Manhattan

Start/End: Sutton Place Park

BOOTS ARE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE. PLEASE BRING HIKING OR WORK BOOTS. WITHOUT THESE YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE.

The East Midtown Greenway is a waterfront project that visions to “close the loop” of the Manhattan Waterfront Greenway, creating a contiguous greenway and open space network around Manhattan. The project fills a major gap between East 53rd and East 61st Streets along the East River through the use of innovative infrastructural systems that improve access while also anticipating sea level rise. The project also features an overlook, seating nooks, lush planting, and integrated art from Stacy Levy.

The tour will begin at Andrew Haswell Green Park which is still an active construction site, so PPE (work boots, hard hats, vests, safety glasses, and gloves) will be required.

Featuring:

• Gentry Lock, Principal, Landscape Architect, Stantec

• Ankita Nalavade, Project Director, Capital Division, New York City Economic Development Corporation

• Amy Seek, Design Director, Stantec

5:00pm - 7:00pm | Newlab Brooklyn
Address: 19 Morris Ave. Brooklyn, NY

Mingle with your fellow Vision Zero Cities attendees for a casual Happy Hour at Newlab. Enjoy drinks from Brooklyn Brewery, and City Winery snacks, and test rides from micromobility partners including Lime, CLIP, Vela, Pave Motors, Civilized Cycles, Brompton, bike repairs from Velofix, and more!