Buzeta ‘Caminable’ – Opening Streets for Play and Physical Activity in Cerrillos, Chile
Ciudad Emergente partnered with the Municipality of Cerrillos and the Mayor University to do a pop-up transformation of 7th Avenue into a pedestrian-friendly space, connecting an elementary school serving 350 children with a nearby park, and creating a safer and more playful space.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) published the original Air Sensor Guidebook in 2014 to help those interested in using sensors to collect air quality measurements and interpret sensor data. The refreshed version, The Enhanced Air Sensor Guidebook, includes updated content and new topics that incorporate best practices, current knowledge, and recommendations on sensors.
IDB – Motorcycles in Latin America: Current and Recommended Best Practices for the Protection of its Users
The 2025 Vision of the Inter-American Development Bank, called “Reinvest in the Americas. A decade of opportunities”, aims to help boost the recovery of the region after the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. In this sense, collective measures must be taken to build -among other needs- stronger and healthier societies. The reduction of mortality caused by traffic is therefore imperative to contribute to the achievement of the objectives set.
Learn to look at streets through the lens of children and caregivers, and to integrate play, joy, and beauty into safe street design. This interactive workshop builds on GDCI’s Designing Streets for Kids guidance, discussing street design strategies, how to engage kids, and why school streets are so critical to provide during the pandemic.
Pop-Up to Permanent: Delivering Lasting Impacts from Pilot Projects
To help city staff transition from pandemic response to recovery, this workshop examines how to evaluate which temporary pop-ups should be converted to permanent projects. Panelists discuss an equity-centered approach to exploring metrics used to evaluate and prioritize projects, as well as frameworks to help consider and decide which projects to take from pop-up to permanent.
If you’re ready to step through the process of setting contextually-appropriate speed limits on city streets, then this workshop is for you. In this session, NACTO and GDCI staff overview the technical guidance in NACTO’s City Limits and upcoming Safe Speeds design guide, and walk through its applications on sample streets.
Rethinking School Streets in the Time of COVID-19 | Part One
As part of our Streets for Kids webinar series, GDCI hosted an interactive webinar to discuss these issues and learn from successful practices and programs that have taken place in cities and school zones across the world—with an emphasis (in Part One) on North American contexts.
Global Launch of Designing Streets for Kids: Presenting New Design Guidance for Child-Focused Urban Streets
GDCI, in partnership with the Bernard van Leer Foundation, the FIA Foundation, Fondation Botnar, and Bloomberg Philanthropies hosted an online event discussing how cities can apply the guidance and strategies highlighted in Designing Streets for Kids.
Reviving Waterfront Streets: Lessons from Toronto and Auckland
In this edition of our webinar series, we heard from Pina Mallozzi, Vice President of Design at Waterfront Toronto, about her work on the revitalization of Queens Quay and other high profile projects along Toronto's waterfronts. We also watched a video presentation by Panuku Development Auckland, the council-controlled organization that delivers urban regeneration in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland).
In this edition of our webinar series, we heard from Leticia Sabino, founder and director of SampaPé! in São Paulo, which works to improve the walking experience in cities, and head organizer of open street events in São Paulo, Brazil. We also heard from Aaron Paley, president and co-founder of Community Arts Resources (CARS), and founding executive director of CicLAvia in Los Angeles, the largest car-free open streets event in the United States.
