We are a non-profit organization. We bring citizens together to enhance mobility and public space so that together we can create more vibrant, healthy, and equitable communities.
Our team can help your community’s streets and public spaces thrive.
Everyone has a voice, we provide the megaphone. Our expertise is in creating unconventional engagement strategies that get people informed, involved, and excited about new initiatives in their cities.
Changing cities starts by harnessing exceptional new ideas and taking action. That’s what 8 80 Idea Labs are all about. We will share our knowledge of best practices from cities around the world to generate new and exciting ideas and action plans for your community.
We are international experts in Open Streets design and implementation. ‘Open Streets’ are community-based programs that temporarily open selected streets to people, by closing them to cars. Streets become places where people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds can come out and improve their health.
We love to break the mold. That’s why we take on Special Projects- these are projects that go beyond our other services. Our Special Projects incubate new strategies and ideas to elevate people-centred urbanism. We develop these projects in collaboration with our partners and clients.
The 8 80 concept is universal. From communities of 5,000 to 5 million, our projects always start at the same place; how do we meaningfully engage people in urban transformation.
8 80 Streets is a project which aims to accelerate action on reducing pedestrian fatalities.
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Toronto, ON (Canada)My City Too is an initiative by 8 80 Cities and EcoKids to develop a strategy that advances outdoor free play and independent m...
Toronto, ON (Canada)– Gil Penalosa, Founder & Chair of the Board
Like cities we’re always evolving! Keep up to date with the latest stories and thoughts from 8 80.
By Brandon Miles, 8 80 Cities Intern 2020 hasn’t brought yet the heavy blanket of snow, which we usually expect by this time of the year in Toronto. Snow or not, the reality is that the days are shorter; the clouds are grey and gloomy,......
February 11, 2020
In 8 Questions, 8 80 Cities asks amazing partners we’ve worked with, or amazing people doing amazing work eight questions about their passions, their history and their amazing-ness. And then we ask them to suggest a question for our next interviewee. 8 80 Cities Admin.......
January 20, 2020
Few cities in the world have undergone the kind of transformation Melbourne, Australia has over the past 40 years. In the 1980s, Melbourne was called ‘The Donut City’ as its downtown was so lacking in life and vitality it was akin to the empty hole......
December 23, 2019
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