Bike Bus (supervised group bike rides to school) rapidly creates visible demand for active travel and delivers immediate health and social benefits.
Key Takeaways
⇢ Cycling symbolizes autonomy, health and sustainability, but its rise depended on
systemic shifts in street design and social norms—not on bikes alone.
⇢ Transitions demand holistic, multi‑level strategies that integrate infrastructure,
behaviour change, policy, culture, and institutions.
⇢ Decisions about which uses, users and values streets prioritize reflect and
reinforce power relations—visible (“who sets lanes?”) and hidden (“whose…
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Key Takeaways
School Streets can be successfully implemented in cities of all sizes, from small to
large metropolises - making them an adaptable solution for creating safer, healthier
neighborhoods.
Safe, pedestrianized school zones help reduce traffic and air pollution, making the
environment healthier for children.
School Streets are part of a larger strategy to reduce…
Key Takeaways
⇢ Public spaces are essential civic infrastructure for leisure as well as building social
trust, cohesion, and equity.
⇢ Investments in public spaces need to be equitably distributed, with a focus on
underserved, racially marginalized communities.
⇢ Traditional evaluation methods to measure public space impact need to be
updated and should incorporate factors such as social trust, civic engagement,…
Key Takeaways
⇢ Design with children, not for them.
⇢ Sensory-rich environments, especially those engaging all five senses, are critical
for early childhood development.
⇢ Nature-based play influences physical health, cognitive growth, and emotional well-
being through sensory engagement, motor skill development, and risk navigation.
⇢ Good design requires intentionality: co-design with children and caregivers and
support through policy, operations, and land-use…
Key Takeaways
⇢ Urban form directly affects mental, physical, and social health.
⇢ Planners, transport professionals, and climate advocates should use health
framing to drive urban transformation.
⇢ A mix of social, student, workforce, and market housing was built through
partnerships with unions, nonprofits, and developers.
Summary
a. Health-centred Decision Making
○ Inspired by health-focused urban research, Reykjavík adopted land use
strategies…