The JUST STREET

Every year, traffic fatalities and injuries are reported as cold statistics in the news. But behind every number lies a human story—and a street that could have been designed differently. The Just Street Fieldlab invites us to shift the conversation: away from fatalism, toward a fair and just approach to how our streets are designed. Not only safer, but also more equitable, inclusive, and human-centered.

Who has access to safe mobility? Who decides what the street is for? Research shows that traffic danger and transport poverty disproportionately affect children, the elderly, and lower-income communities (WHO, 2018; KiM, 2021). This week places these questions at the center: how can we design streets that are not only efficient, but also honor diversity, health, and climate?

During the Week of the Just Street, we bring together residents, policymakers, designers, and activists. Through data, stories, and temporary street interventions, we demonstrate that different streets are not only possible—but necessary. Not as an annual memorial of what went wrong, but as a structural call to action. Because a just street isn’t a utopia—it’s a choice.