Bike Bus (supervised group bike rides to school) rapidly creates visible demand for active travel and delivers immediate health and social benefits.
Streets must be reclaimed as vibrant public places, where urban life happens, rather than car conduits or parking lots.
Any smart initiative must improve quality of life, equity and inclusion, not merely gather data or cut costs. All city sizes and budgets can get ‘smarter’ with high‑, low‑ or even no‑tech solutions.
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…
Key Takeaways
The stark differences in life expectancy and health outcomes across neighbourhoods result from systemic urban planning decisions.
Everyone—policymakers, planners, architects, and residents—has a role in ensuring that cities are designed for health and well-being.
The key question to ask before any project is: ‘Who benefits, and who is hurting?’.
…
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimeasdasdn book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into…
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
⇢ Effective climate action requires intersectional approaches that address social
justice, urban resilience, and economic equity.
⇢ Cities are pivotal in accelerating climate adaptation and mitigation through zoning,
mobility planning, green infrastructure, and community-led initiatives.
⇢ Citizen engagement and co-governance models enhance the effectiveness and
legitimacy of urban climate policies.
Summary
a. Climate activism is evolving beyond protest to include…