Webinar: Tactical Urbanism – Streets for People

With the motto ‘Short term action for long term change’, tactical urbanism refers to a city, organisational, and/or citizen-led approach to neighbourhood-building using short-term, low-cost, and scalable interventions to catalyse long-term change that improves the experience of pedestrians and cyclists.

Cities around the world have been exploring and testing short-term public space initiatives in recent years and, beyond its immeasurable negative consequences, the COVID-19 pandemic has undeniably created opportunities for further assessment and reflection in this direction. What and who are cities for? How will people move around and interact in our cities moving forward? Were cities in 2019 the cities we want in 2029? 2039? 2049?

Join this Austroads webinar to hear from leading practitioners on latest actions in tactical urbanism and how they influence the rethink of public space to build cities that are more inclusive, safe and prosperous for all.

The webinar will be presented by Mike Lydon, Claire Pascoe and Sara Stace. There will be a live Q&A at the end of the session to have your questions answered.

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.

Mike Lydon, Principal at Street Plans and co-author of the Tactical Urbanists’ guide, is the creator of the The Open Streets Project and the globally acclaimed series of digital publications, Tactical Urbanism: Short-Term Action, Long-Term Change Vol. 1 – 5. With Andres Duany and Jeff Speck, Mike is the co-author of The Smart Growth Manual (McGraw Hill, 2009), and alongside Tony Garcia is the recipient of the 2017 Seaside Prize and the co-author of Tactical Urbanism (Island Press, 2015), named by Planetizen as one of the top planning books of the past decade. Mike was also named by Planetizen as one of the 100 most influential urbanists of all time. Most recently, Mike co-authored NACTO's Streets for Pandemic Response and Recovery, an emerging best practice guide that aims to assist cities manage the myriad of challenges stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Claire Pascoe is the Lead Advisor Urban Mobility at Waka Kotahi, New Zealand Transport Agency. In her role, she provides technical expertise and leadership to support safer and more liveable towns and cities. Alongside her colleague Kathryn King, Claire is currently leading the Innovating Streets programme to build capability nationally in tactical urbanism.

Sara Stace has worked for more than twenty years in federal, state and local government in Australia, as well as the private sector. She is currently Associate Director Walking and Cycling Strategy at Transport for New South Wales. Her publications include the Australian National Urban Policy, National Urban Design Protocol, National Active Transport Policy and a range of local government transport policies.

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