Pedaling the Waterfront: Red Hook Greenway Bike Tour

Location: Old Fulton Street Citi Bike Station

Ride through Red Hook to explore how safer streets, connected greenways, and resilient waterfront design can shape a healthier, more accessible neighborhood. This tour highlights ongoing efforts to expand bike and pedestrian infrastructure, improve park access, and create a safer, more connected Red Hook for all.

Featuring:

Hunter Armstrong, Executive Director, Brooklyn Greenway Initiative

Kathy Park Price, Director of Advocacy and Policy, New Yorkers for Parks

On the Ground with E-Bikes Workshop + Walking Tour

Location: NYU Kimmel Center Room 907
60 Washington Square S

Cities are strategizing on how to integrate e-bikes into their transportation networks—balancing safety, equity, and economic realities. This field tour begins with a roundtable on the policy landscape: what tools cities have to regulate e-bikes fairly, how to ensure safety without criminalizing riders, and where infrastructure can support both delivery workers and the public good. Participants will then visit a Popwheels battery-swapping station to observe how delivery workers access fresh batteries between trips. Seeing this infrastructure in action highlights the people impacted by policy decisions and will spark discussion about how cities can design systems that work for everyone.

Featuring:

Melinda Hanson, Founder & Principal, Brightside Strategies

Baruch Herzfeld, Co-Founder, Popwheels

Mike Peregudov, Co-Founder, Whizz

Austin Pferd, Director of Safety and Zero Emission Vehicles, DutchX

Ben Rosenn, Manager of Deployments and External Affairs, Popwheels

Peter Yuskauskas, Head of Community, Brompton Bicycles

Palettes of a Public Realm Renaissance: Lessons from an Incremental Revolution Above 14th Street

Location: Time Out Market Union Square

Manhattan’s streets have undergone a remarkable transformation in the past two decades. This walking tour will explore how the continued reclamation of space for pedestrians and transit riders, from the 14th Street Busway to Union Square, the Broadway Vision, up to Herald Square and 34th Street has reshaped New York City’s streetscape in one of the densest neighborhoods in the nation.

These changes didn’t happen overnight. They emerged through years of collaboration among community partners, city agencies, and advocates working across multiple administrations to advance a new vision for Manhattan’s public realm.

Together, we’ll trace a history and topography of car-free busways, bustling markets, outdoor dining zones, and shared pedestrian plazas. While transformative, these improvements were incremental and remain an ongoing, people-centered evolution. This walk invites reflection on the lessons learned from this collaborative renaissance unfolding across Manhattan’s most vibrant blocks as we enter a new era for New York City's streets.

Featuring:

Emily Jacobi, Manhattan Organizer, Transportation Alternatives

Ed Janoff, Chief Strategy Officer, Union Square Partnership

Emily Weidenhof, Assistant Commissioner, Public Realm, New York City DOT

Rachel Zurier, VP Constituent Services, 34th Street Partnership

Your City, Your Voice Activist Training

New York University Kimmel Center | Room 907
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:

Shawn Garcia, Director of Organizing, Transportation Alternatives

Eyes on the Heat Chelsea Walk Audit

Location: Hudson River Park Pier 62 Carousel

This event will be a remix on the traditional walk audit structure by expanding what participants are asked to notice while analyzing their surroundings. The questions and points of conversation will focus on water management, noise pollution, air quality, temperature, in addition to the conditions and general accessibility of nearby infrastructure.

Featuring:

Em Friedenberg, Research Manager, Transportation Alternatives

Lauren Newman, Youth & Schools Organizer, Transportation Alternatives

Moving Millions: Inside the New York Transit Museum

Location: New York Transit Museum - 99 Schermerhorn St, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Discover the history and future of New York’s transit system on this guided tour. Explore how subways, buses, and ferries move millions of people every day, and learn how thoughtful transit planning shapes a more connected, accessible, and livable city.

4:00pm - 6:00pm | Center for Architecture
Address: 536 LaGuardia Pl, New York, NY 10012

Cap off Vision Zero Cities with a happy hour! Mingle with fellow Vision Zero champions, swap stories, and enjoy a few “stop-and-go” surprises. It’s the perfect way to signal your commitment to safer streets. Streets themed costumes are encouraged!