Streetfight: Janette Sadik-Kahn on the Transformation of Cities
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March 22
7 pm
Vancouver Playhouse, 600 Hamilton Street
Admission: $5 +GST. Purchase tickets on EventBrite.
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During the time Janette Sadik-Khan was Transportation Commissioner of New York City, the results were transformative — from Times Square to every borough of the Big Apple and beyond. Even in Vancouver, her strategy of ‘just trying things out’ encouraged our recent experiments with public spaces and bike-lanes. Her North America-wide influence has led to new people-focused street design standards, to new opportunities for public spaces, and to new ways of moving through our cities.
Join us for a special lecture by Sadik-Khan, here to promote her new book “Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution“. The lecture will be followed by a spirited chat between Sadik-Khan and SFU City Program Director Gordon Price.
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Janette Sadik-Khan is one of the world’s foremost authorities on transportation and urban transformation. She served as New York City’s transportation commissioner from 2007 to 2013 under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, overseeing historic changes to the city’s streets.
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