Another SALA lecture, another revolution:
The Livable Streets Revolution and the Transformation of the North American City
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AARON NAPARSTEK
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October 20
6.30 pm
UBC Robson Square Theater
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When Aaron Naparstek launched Streetsblog.org in the Spring of 2006, New York’s streets were still mostly ruled by a 1950’s traffic-engineering mindset aimed at maximizing the city’s capacity to accommodate motor vehicles.
Streetsblog and New York City’s burgeoning Livable Streets movement were instrumental in changing that. Over the last seven years, New York City streets have been transformed, increasingly prioritizing the needs of pedestrians, cyclists and transit riders over motorized users.
Powered in large part by new web-based social media tools and using lean design and agile development techniques borrowed from the world of software, the Livable Streets revolution is rapidly spreading to cities across North American and around the world.
AARON NAPARSTEK is a journalist, producer and advocate. He is the founder of Streetsblog, an online publication providing daily conversation about transportation, land use and environmental issues with reporters based in New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington DC.
Launched in 2006, Streetsblog has played a significant role in transforming New York City transportation policy and galvanizing a Livable Streets movement that is pushing for a more people-centered, less automobile-oriented approach to transportation planning and urban design in communities across North America and around the world.
Most recently, Naparstek co-founded two new organizations that are working to transform New York’s political landscape, StreetsPAC.org and ReinventAlbany.org.
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No reservation required, but arrive early for seat.
