Joan Byron

Photo by Eileen Tsuji

Joan Byron
Director, Sustainability and Environmental Justice Initiative
718-636-3468

jbyron [at] pratt [dot] edu

Since 2003, Joan Byron has led the Pratt Center's Sustainability and Environmental Justice Initiative (SAEJ), integrating technical assistance, policy research, and advocacy for the equitable distribution of environmental benefits and burdens among New York City communities. SAEJ projects include its Transportation Equity project, assistance to the networks of community-based organizations working to restore the Bronx River, the campaign to remove the Sheridan Expressway, and community-led planning for greenways in the South Bronx and in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

From 1989 through 2003, Ms. Byron directed the Pratt Center's nonprofit architectural practice in the design and construction of over 2,000 units of affordable housing, as well as community health, child care, and cultural facilities. Ms. Byron is a registered architect, and has taught in Pratt Institute's undergraduate architecture program and in its Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment.

What Joan Byron Is Working On

• Map:
  • Public Housing and Bus Rapid Transit
  • Bus Rapid Transit proposed route - Sunset Park to JFK
  • Bus Rapid Transit - COMMUTE route proposal
  • Type of Employment by Residence
  • Job Centers of the NYC Region
• Statement:
  • Congestion Pricing
  • Tax-exempt bonds for Yankee Stadium
  • Hunts Point Rezoning
  • Kingsbridge Armory
  • Fixing Fair Share
• Publication:
  • Bus Rapid Transit: A Transportation Revolution at a Bargain Price
• News:
  • COMMUTE Featured in Applied Research Center Case Study
  • Tour the Sheridan Expressway Community Plan
• Event:
  • Our Cities/Ourselves
• Page:
  • Sustainability and Environmental Justice
  • Transportation Equity Project
  • Greening the South Bronx
  • Sheridan Expressway
  • Transportation Equity Atlas
  • Tell the Charter Commission: Don't Put Off a Fair Share Fix