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The Life-Sized City x CityChangers.org: Jennifer Keesmaat, Toronto

The Life-Sized City - April 6, 2021

Did you ever wonder about how much of city planning is actually planning, and how much is fixing? How do you plan for the fastest-growing city in North America and re-design streets for pedestrians,...

General

Smruti Jukur Johari: What if the Poor Were Part Of City Planning? | TED

External Content - March 9, 2021

"Poverty only changes affordability not aspirations". In this thought-provoking and incredibly intelligent talk, Smruti Jukur Johari breaks down the myth about people living in slums and informal communities. She underlines the crucial necessity to...

Cycling

How to Design Bicycle-friendly Cities | The Life-Sized City

External Content - March 2, 2021

Here is a list of some of the key elements in designing a city for bicycles. Not a complete list, but the music track was finite so yeah. But here is some serious T4under2°...

Mobility

Janette Sadik-Khan: New York’s Streets? Not so Mean Any More | TED

External Content - March 2, 2021

In this funny and thought-provoking talk, Janette Sadik-Khan, former transportation commissioner of New York City, shares projects that have reshaped street life in the 5 boroughs, including pedestrian zones in Times Square, high-performance buses...

Mobility

4 Ways to Make a City More Walkable | Jeff Speck | TED

External Content - March 2, 2021

Freedom from cars, freedom from sprawl, freedom to walk your city! City planner Jeff Speck shares his "general theory of walkability" -- four planning principles to transform sprawling cities of six-lane highways and 600-foot...

Car-Free

Cars Almost Killed Our Cities, But Here’s How We Can Bring Them Back | Gabe Klein | TEDxMidAtlantic

External Content - January 27, 2021

Our cities are making us – and the planet – sick, and the problem lies in the automobile, which has taken over how we live and use space. Thankfully, new technology like autonomous vehicles...

Car-Free

Is Your City for People or Cars? | Cornelia Dinca | TEDxJacksonville

External Content - January 27, 2021

In the 21st century, we are witnessing the erosion of the “human” habitat. Too many American cities are designed in ways that instigate fear, isolation and insecurity. As an engineer and urban planner, Cornelia...

Sofa Session

Sofa Session #4: Bringing Your Vision to Life

Cornelia Forsthuber - January 13, 2021

Okay, so you’ve got a vision: now what? If you want to bring it to life and prevent it from ending up in some drawer, it needs to be widely shared! Your job is...

Sofa Session

Sofa Session #3: Behaviour Change 101

Cornelia Forsthuber - January 13, 2021

“Changing behaviour” is seen as the #1 challenge by CityChangers who are passionately driving change around the world. We can see why: Humans just hate to change. What’s even worse, scientists tell us to...

Sofa Session

Sofa Session #2: Pathways to Your Dream Job

Cornelia Forsthuber - January 13, 2021

So, you want to change your city for the better! But where and how do you start? And more importantly, how do you build a career out of it? Luckily, cities offer a universe...

Sofa Session

Sofa Session #1: How to Mobilise

Cornelia Forsthuber - January 13, 2021

To drive change, you need supporters. That’s why it is critical for CityChangers to identify and ultimately win over others for their cause: whether it's experts, citizens, organisations, groups or entire city environments. But...

Car-Free

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Oslo: The Journey to Car-Free | Streetfilms

External Content - January 2, 2021

Founded in 2006, Streetfilms produces short films showing how smart transportation design and policy can result in better places to live, work and play. With currently around 600 Streetfilms being available to watch, share,...

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