Heyden Black Walker (MSCRP, CNU-A) is Director of Planning at Black + Vernooy, 2016 Walking College Fellow, mother, former pre-K teacher & native Austinite.
Austin, TX
Joined June 2014
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Our annual Safe Streets For All Party is coming NEXT Wednesday November 20th! 🎉 😆 🚲
Come enjoy food, drinks, special guests, & more. Let's celebrate an incredible year for our movement and get ready for 2025.
Don't miss out! Get your ticket: safestreetsaustin.org/party-…
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Join us for our second annual Safe Streets For All Party on November 20th!
Come celebrate with us and help support our important work in 2025.
Get your ticket now: safestreetsaustin.org/party-…
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Announcing our second annual Safe Streets For All Party on November 20th! 🎉 🥳
Come celebrate an incredible 2024 and get ready for an exciting 2025!
More information and get your ticket: safestreetsaustin.org/party-…
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Today kicks off #WeekWithoutDriving! For about 1/3 of our community, including people w/ disabilities, youth, & low-income families, daily travel means no driving. (1/2)
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Week Without Driving is here! 🚶🏾🚴🏿♂️🚊😀
If you're participating, please share your experiences and tag #WeekWithoutDrivingATX.
More info & sign up here: weekwithoutdriving.org/
Very proud of the team that put this together. Video is a great way to tell the story of what will be bulldozed for TxDOT's I-35 expansion to 20 lanes through central Austin.
TxDOT’s planned expansion of I-35 will demolish local homes & businesses, compounding on a historical legacy of eminent domain & property takings. Watch the full video: youtu.be/miwiEF0pOuc
This video is inspired by @SegByDesign and @SmartGrowthUSA
Video by Reconnect Austin
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The Week Without Driving starts this Monday. People from across the country are participating and so is Austin.
Sign up to participate and help raise awareness about the need for transportation choice in Austin and beyond: centraltexascnu.org/week-wit…
The City of Austin Pedestrian Advisory Council does amazing work. Interested in making Austin more walkable & safer for people walking?
Apply to join the PAC: bit.ly/PAC-App
Applications due by Sept. 29.
For more information click here: bit.ly/3mCy7Ae
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Please join us for WeekWithoutDrivingATX! September 30-October 6! To learn more go to centraltexascnu.org/week-wit…
The annual Congress for the New Urbanism Central Texas Chapter luncheon is just 5 days away! Please join us next Wednesday 4/17. We have a dynamic keynote speaker, Veronica O. Davis. Copies of her book, Inclusive Transportation, come with your ticket: members.cnu.org/cnu_ctx_annu…
Just one more week until our 2024 Annual Luncheon on Wednesday, April 17! We are so excited to hear from keynote speaker @VeronicaODavis all about her book Inclusive Transportation and how Austin can improve its own transportation landscape. Don’t miss this opportunity!
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In case you thought this was a historical problem, here are cities where new or expanded urban freeways are planned or underway: Denver, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Shreveport, Orlando, Milwaukee, Duluth, Salt Lake City, NYC, Portland OR, Portland ME, Covington/Cincinnati, Phoenix.
Construction of I-35 through Austin, TX destroyed Black neighborhoods and divided the city. Watch the full video here: youtu.be/e5T-jnVR6Fw
This video is inspired by the amazing work of @SegByDesign and @SmartGrowthUSA
Video by Reconnect Austin
Heyden Black Walker retweeted
Just one more week until our 2024 Annual Luncheon on Wednesday, April 17! We are so excited to hear from keynote speaker @VeronicaODavis all about her book Inclusive Transportation and how Austin can improve its own transportation landscape. Don’t miss this opportunity!
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Seventy years ago, highways were sold as progress, essential to our future prosperity. Today, we're uncovering a different story. Join this conversation with journalist and author, Megan Kimble to discuss her new book.
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Construction of I-35 through Austin, TX destroyed Black neighborhoods and divided the city. Watch the full video here: youtu.be/e5T-jnVR6Fw
This video is inspired by the amazing work of @SegByDesign and @SmartGrowthUSA
Video by Reconnect Austin
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The big day is here! 🥳
Join us tonight, 6-9pm, at the Safe Streets Austin Founders Reception. Come enjoy food, drinks, and special guests.
Your support will help us push for a citywide bike & pedestrian network in 2024. Come join us!
RSVP & info: safestreetsaustin.org/fall-f…
Safe and welcoming streets for everyone is a priority for me. That is why I am supporting Safe Streets Austin with a recurring monthly donation (and as a board member). If you can, please support the good work of this organization. donorbox.org/kick-off-fundra…
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If you liked my @CityLab article about the new generation of freeway fighters, boy, do I have the book for you! Preorder here: penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
Check out this new article in @Bloomberg from CITY LIMITS author, @megankimble on the growing freeway fighters movement.
bloomberg.com/news/features/…
Tonight! Free and open to the public. @clmarohn always has powerful ideas to share. strongtowns.org/eventspage/a…
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This single graph is all you need to know about US transportation policy since I was born (1981). – at Brooklyn, NY
Amazing article by the incomparable @megankimble So proud to be part of this movement. There is great benefit in sharing experiences, resources, networks, and friendships.
There's a new generation of freeway fighters. They are young and old, increasingly diverse, and galvanized by climate change. And they are going national.
I went to Cincinnati last month to cover the first-ever freeway fighters summit for @CityLab bloomberg.com/news/features/…