What is a Street Ambassador?
From Safer Comm Ave to Keep Rozzie Moving, volunteer Street Ambassadors play a pivotal role in many of LivableStreets' campaigns. Trained by our staff and lead advocates, Street Ambassadors actively engage with people on the street, distributing surveys and information to help put community at the center of street improvement projects.
Street Ambassador Stats - Spring 2018
Roslindale: Street Ambassadors engaged with bus riders on Washington Street during a month long pilot in June, building strong public support and ultimately helping to win the permanent bus-only lane.
Volunteer hours: 70
Volunteers: 16
Allston: Street Ambassadors surveyed bus riders at bus stops during morning rush hour on Brighton Avenue to help put pressure on the City to take action on a bus-only lane pilot.
Volunteer hours: 48
Volunteers: 8
Beacon Street: Street Ambassadors educated people about the newly striped parking protected bike lanes as part of the Vision Zero redesign.
Volunteer hours: 18
Volunteers: 6
Why Street Ambassadors?
The best way to improve a street is to get out there and get people talking about it. Street Ambassadors play a crucial role in demystifying the public process, organizing community concerns, and directly communicating those concerns to officials and decision-makers. Street Ambassadors help to amplify a diversity of voices to ensure that our streets are safe, accessible, and equitable.
Thanks to the support of our Street Ambassadors we collected more than 1500 responses for our Longwood Area Multimodal Survey in 2017. The hard work of our Street Ambassadors helped lay the groundwork for our report "Finding A Cure: Transportation in the Longwood Area."
Street Ambassador duties can include:
- Helping to administer surveys and collect petition signatures
- Communicating goals and benefits of proposed projects
- Handing out informational flyers
- Asking community members for their feedback
Upcoming Opportunities
Check back for fall Street Ambassador opportunities!
Join us on the ground as we educate, advocate, and inspire!
Sign up below or contact andrew@livablestreets.info to learn more about this unique opportunity to influence how people move around Metro Boston.