What if the streets outside your front door were calmer, quieter, and truly local? Join us for an evening on Low Traffic Neighborhoods (LTNs)—co-hosted by the Brooklyn Borough President’s Office and Open Plans—a proven, neighborhood-wide approach to reducing unnecessary cut-through traffic and making streets safer, healthier, and more community-oriented. LTNs offer a way to knit together concerns about speeding, congestion, air quality, and public space into a coherent neighborhood-wide vision for calmer, more livable streets. Doors open at 6:00 PM for arrival and mingling, with the panel beginning at 6:30 PM.
We’ll hear from local leaders, advocates, and experts about how LTNs work, what they’ve accomplished in cities like London, and why they’re a powerful tool for Brooklyn neighborhoods facing speeding, congestion, and unsafe conditions. Our guest panel will include Christ Roberti, parent advocate from PS110; David Vega-Barachowitz from WXY Studio; and Talya Schwartz, Senior Strategist at Open Plans.
Together, we’ll explore how design changes like diverters and traffic calming can:
Reduce through-traffic and speeding
Improve air quality and safety
Support walking, biking, and public space
Keep essential access for residents, deliveries, and emergency services
Attendees will learn concrete ways to get involved—from identifying priority areas to organizing locally and working with city agencies—so that Brooklyn communities can shape LTNs that reflect their own needs, histories, and visions. This convening is an opportunity to imagine what our blocks could be like with fewer cars cutting through, and how a unified LTN vision can bring together many small street safety and public space campaigns into one shared neighborhood vision.
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