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THE STREET PROJECT is the story about humanity’s relationship to the streets
and the global citizen-led fight to make communities safer.

Documentary by Jennifer Boyd.
A Boyd Productions Film.

4K. Color, 52 minutes, 2022. English and Spanish subtitles available.

AREAS OF ACADEMIC INTEREST

Urban & Regional Planning. Urban Studies. Public Health. Public Policy. Urban Design. Geography. American Studies. Civic Engagement. Civil Engineering. Climate Change. Climatology. Climate Justice. Community Studies. Environmental planning. Environmental Studies. Human Ecology. Environmental Justice. Social Justice Studies. Society & Environment. Suburban Studies. History.

SYNOPSIS

Worldwide, 1.35 million people die in traffic-related crashes each year. Half of those deaths are pedestrians and cyclists. THE STREET PROJECT is an inspiring story about a massive movement across the world to reclaim our largest public spaces, our streets. 

For Dulcie Canton, stopping vehicular violence in New York City has become a life mission. Both Dulcie and her mother were victims of hit-and-run crashes on separate occasions, 10 years apart – Dulcie as a cyclist, her mother as a pedestrian.

For Stacey Champion, inaction at the city council level has led to her fight for change. Five pedestrians were hit by cars over the past 6 months at her neighborhood crosswalk. While deaths soar across the city, little has been done to address the pedestrian death toll.

THE STREET PROJECT is a film that takes viewers on a global journey to discover a better way of doing things.

Powerful film about the root causes of our rising epidemic of roadway fatalities, and how everyday people and community activists are coming together to make changes. Highly recommended for students in history, geography, sociology, urban studies, plus everyone who walks, rolls, or bikes to class. – Professor Jack Dougherty, Director of Educational Studies Program, Trinity College (CT)
The United States is currently experiencing a traffic violence epidemic, with the number of pedestrians killed by cars up 83% over 14 years ago. In the search for solutions, no single resource is more compelling and valuable than The Street Project. – Jeff Speck, FAICP, City planner and author of Walkable City
The Street Project is an eye-opening journey that reveals the very real dangers on our roadways and what we need to do to save lives. – Amy Watkins, Connecticut Children’s Injury Prevention Center

The Street Project is an incredible and engaging resource, helping students with little to no background in urban planning identify causes and consequences of our epidemic of street violence and offering inspiring, community-based solutions that anyone can be a part of.

​- Mary Donegan, Urban and Community Studies Program, University of Connecticut

“The astonishing but preventable epidemic of injuries and death on US streets for people walking or biking—unique in developed countries—is best understood through the lens of a ground-level, up-close, first-person view. That’s exactly the vantage point of this terrific documentary. Those with the ability to prevent these deaths may be asleep at the switch, but the advocates profiled in The Street Project will give you hope that change is still possible.” – Steve Davis, VP of Transportation Strategy, Smart Growth America