Tuesday, 7 July 2020
Austroads has gathered a panel of leading practitioners from the United States, New Zealand and Australia to speak about the latest actions in tactical urbanism and how they influence the rethink of public space in the time of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The need to make cities more safe, inclusive and meaningful to people is becoming the central focus of urban development. Cities around the world are using a tactical urbanism approach to enhance the build environment and address the needs of their communities.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the demand for tactical urbanism solutions to make streets and other public spaces both safe and sociable through projects that are quick, inexpensive and can be modified over time based on community needs,” said Richard Delplace, Austroads Program Manager Transport Network Operations.
“Reimagining public space is now more important than ever. Our way of life has been drastically changed and at the same time we have been given a unique opportunity to reconsider what and who our streets and public places are for.”
Principal at Street Plans Mike Lydon, Lead Advisor Urban Mobility at Waka Kotahi, New Zealand Transport Agency, Claire Pascoe and Associate Director Walking and Cycling Strategy at Transport for New South Wales Sara Stace will present a webinar ‘Tactical Urbanism – Streets for People’.
The panellists will talk about interventions inspired by tactical urbanism and how they can catalyse long-term change and improve the experience of pedestrians and cyclists.
Mike Lydon will provide an overview of how leading cities – large and small – have responded nimbly to the challenges wrought by the pandemic. He will offer a preliminary road map for how we might reconsider urban transport in the coming years.
Claire Pascoe and Sara Stace will share their perspectives and experiences from the recently launched NZ Innovating Streets for People and NSW Streets as Shared Spaces programs. Sara Stace will also talk about the NSW fast-tracked transport response to COVID-19 which includes reduced speed limits and pop-up cycleways.
Join the webinar on Tuesday 21 July at 12 pm AEST. There will also be a live Q&A at the end of the session to have your questions answered.
There is no charge but registration for the webinars is essential. If you can't make the live session, registration will allow us to send you a link to the recording.