Resources

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.

Buzeta ‘Caminable’ – Opening Streets for Play and Physical Activity in Cerrillos, Chile
Buzeta ‘Caminable’ – Opening Streets for Play and Physical Activity in Cerrillos, Chile

GDCI Projects, Videos

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 Lomas de la Trinidad Street Transformation

GDCI Projects, Videos

The Lomas de la Trinidad Street Transformation

The Municipality of León, Mexico, partnered with the Governmental Family Services Agency (DIF) and the non-profit Colectivo Tomate to pilot an interim street transformation creating a safe, accessible, and playful path to key destinations serving nearly 1,000 children daily.

Surakarta Child-friendly and Inclusive City (SUKARIA)

GDCI Projects, Videos

Surakarta Child-friendly and Inclusive City (SUKARIA)

In Solo, Indonesia, the non-profit Kota Kita partnered with the Surakarta City Department of Transportation to redesign two streets near a high school, benefiting more than 500 students and residents. More than 400 kids, caregivers, and community members participated. The interim transformation created a safer, more attractive, and more inclusive environment for children by reclaiming public space for pedestrians and introducing traffic-calming elements and street art.

How Do Kids Experience Streets? A Reverse Periscope Companion Guide

GDCI Projects

How Do Kids Experience Streets? A Reverse Periscope Companion Guide

The Streets for Kids Reverse Periscope is a do-it-yourself tool that encourages planners, city officials, and others to experience the obstacles and attractions of city streets from a child’s perspective.

PIAZZE APERTE: A Public Space Program for Milan

Case Studies, GDCI Projects

PIAZZE APERTE: A Public Space Program for Milan

As part of a collaboration between Agenzia Mobilità Ambiente Territorio (AMAT), Bloomberg Associates and the Global Designing Cities Initiative, the City of Milan has developed an innovative public space program named Piazze Aperte or “Open squares.”

Live Launch Event: How to Implement and Evaluate Street Transformations

GDCI Projects, Webinars

Live Launch Event: How to Implement and Evaluate Street Transformations

These handbooks distill GDCI’s experience implementing and evaluating street transformation projects in cities around the world, and are an important step in changing the decades-long embedded practice of implementing and evaluating street transformations from a car-centric point of view.

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