American streets can be places of routine mobility, powerful movement-building, and brutal oppression. But more than anything else, American streets are made for cars. With transportation emissions rising and pedestrian deaths increasing across the country, it's time to rethink our relationships to the streets we use everyday and start collaborating on making it easier for people of all ages and abilities to walk, bike, ride public transportation, and move about freely, comfortably, and without fear. Darcy Kitching is a transportation planner and researcher focused on the intersection of transportation, housing, and education in the lives of young people and their families. She believes that walking is the best way to understand places and the people who live there. In 2015, Darcy joined the member-owner team of the Denver-based Walk2Connect Cooperative, and she began leading grassroots walking events and community engagement walks with a variety of partners. Through Walk2Connect, she worked for five years as a consultant to the City of Boulder (Colorado) GO Boulder program, developing the Boulder Walks community and working with the city’s Pedestrian Action Committee. In 2020, Darcy authored her first trail guide, The Best Urban Hikes: Boulder, published by the Colorado Mountain Club Press. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx