Janette Sadik-Khan, Chair of NACTO and the Global Designing Cities Initiative(GDCI), and Principal at Bloomberg Associates, unveiled a preview to the upcoming Global Street Design Guide at the CityLab Conference in London on the 20th of October. The session titled “Changing Streets, Changing the World” was accompanied by a conversation with Jan Gehl, Founding Partner, Gehl Architects and a discussion with Alfred Vanderpuije, Mayor, Accra, Ghana, to discuss challenges and opportunities around transforming streets in various corners of the world. The conference had representation from 45 countries and 31 international Mayors. Catch the full presentation and conversation below:
Learn how street transformations designed for children can be scaled up and made permanent.
Global giants Janette Sadik-Khan (Transport Principal, Bloomberg Associates and Chair of Global Designing Cities Initiative), and Salvador Rueda (Director of Urban Ecology Agency of Barcelona) arrived in New Zealand’s capital to back the sustainable street changes that are putting people at the heart of Wellington’s streets.
With the support of the Clean Air Fund, GDCI will help reduce harmful PM2.5 air pollution, focusing on one of the most at risk groups, children.
