Imagine twelve 777s ✈️ crashing, with no survivors every day. That's how many individuals die on roads worldwide every 24 hours.

A beautiful project from Colombia!

This used to be space for 2 parked cars

Ultimately, we need fewer cars and slower speeds in residential areas but in the meantime authorities could make it far easier for communities to make low-cost creative changes to their streets. Reasons to be Cheerful reasonstobecheerful.world/safer-streets-…

The future of urban transportation isn't driverless cars, flying cars and drones. The most inspiring trend before, during and after the pandemic has been the rise of the 'car-free' city, where people, not cars , are the central planning principle.

In Kansas City, Missouri, artists are transforming an infamous intersection into the picture of safety. Steve Patterson shares more details about how the initiative is making cities safer.

Kansas City's street art traffic calming getting national attention on NBC Nightly News last night. See how asphalt art is reducing crashes and injuries in Kansas City and across the nation. Street Smarts Design + Build Mayor Quinton Lucas and DuRon Netsell 🌲🚶‍♂️🚲🛴 youtu.be/WNVKzxfC9ac?t=…

If your cycling infrastructure isn’t good enough for them, it isn’t good enough.

Cuanto menos estacionamiento, más bonita Amsterdam. 📷 Thomas Schlijper

Amsterdam’s plan to remove 11,200 parking spaces from its streets by the end of 2025 is even more inspiring when we realize the kind of people places that are possible where cars used to be. Example — #Amsterdam’s Elandsgracht between 2014 & 2019, via Thomas Schlijper’s great pics.

If only it were that easy! Truthfully, designing and constructing our roadways for increased safety is actually easy, it’s the cutting through red tape that is so difficult! If your community is having trouble moving projects forward, we can help you get over the hurdles!

.Bloomberg Philanthropies’s #AsphaltArt Initiative project in Kansas City showcases how art can help improve street safety. DuRon Netsell 🌲🚶‍♂️🚲🛴 of Street Smarts Design + Build describes the impact this project is making in his community: bloombg.org/3y1ugBs

The incredible thing about these types of projects, aside from the immediate drastic safety improvements created with a relatively small amount of money, is they serve as a catalyst for larger permanent projects…

This used to be traffic. 📍 Herald Square, NYC

Why don't we build more streets like this?

Community-led streetscape improvements at 40th & Walnut made this area safer for pedestrians! The project includes: • New stop signs 🛑 • Crosswalks 👟 • 1,400 square feet of reclaimed asphalt for landscaping (which helps slow down traffic) 🌳🚘

#Bikeshare, e-scooters and other #micromobility systems have become a crucial part of transportation networks across the U.S. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Now, this is a greenway. 📍 Baton Rouge

More landscaping / beautification improvements to Main Street in Midtown. New, large tree wells and trees next to Major Murray Davis Park at 40th Street. Paid for by Main Street CID, coordination with KC Streetcar 🚊💙 & City of KCMO Midtown KC Now Street Smarts Design + Build

#KCMO’s Main Street got a few new street trees last week along the streetcar extension thanks to Kevin Klinkenberg and the Main Street CID! Great coordination from @midtownkcnow, KC Streetcar 🚊💙, and Street Smarts Design + Build to get them in before rail construction began this week!