New York: Walk21
Shared Space Institute representative Pieter de Haan will be one of the workshop speakers for Walk 21 in New York. This conference will take place from October 7 - 9, 2009.
Walk21 exists to champion the development of healthy sustainable and efficient communities where people choose to walk. Through the Walk21 Conference series and the International Charter, Walk21 have a vision to create a world where poople choose and are able to walk as a way to travel, to be healthy and to relax.
New York City will host Walk21, the annual international walking conference, in October 2009. The conference will take place at New York University in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, from Wednesday October 7 to Friday October 9, 2009 and will be hosted by the New York City Department of Transportation.
"We aim to make Walk21 2009 an inspiring and powerful global gathering of the best urban planners, leaders and visionaries, and a major contribution to the worldwide effort to achieve sustainable cities for people," said Janette Sadik-Khan, New York City Transportation Commissioner.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has begun a long-range sustainability campaign which has led to new transportation strategies in New York. The city has launched a wide range of green mobility and public realm projects and policies, all of which contribute to and require a high-quality pedestrian environment. New plazas and attractive sidewalks, rapid bus lines and protected bicycle lanes are blooming across the city. City agencies are developing a new street design manual that will ensure that all future projects yield attractive, walking-friendly streets.
The themes for the conference are:
- Walkable communities are sustainable communities
- Paved with gold: investing in the public realm for a successful city
- There is more to walking than walking; design strategies for urban quality
- Fit cities: community design for active living
Please find all information about walk21 on http://www.walk21.com/newyork/newyork.html
Walk21 exists to champion the development of healthy sustainable and efficient communities where people choose to walk. Through the Walk21 Conference series and the International Charter, Walk21 have a vision to create a world where poople choose and are able to walk as a way to travel, to be healthy and to relax.
New York City will host Walk21, the annual international walking conference, in October 2009. The conference will take place at New York University in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, from Wednesday October 7 to Friday October 9, 2009 and will be hosted by the New York City Department of Transportation.
"We aim to make Walk21 2009 an inspiring and powerful global gathering of the best urban planners, leaders and visionaries, and a major contribution to the worldwide effort to achieve sustainable cities for people," said Janette Sadik-Khan, New York City Transportation Commissioner.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has begun a long-range sustainability campaign which has led to new transportation strategies in New York. The city has launched a wide range of green mobility and public realm projects and policies, all of which contribute to and require a high-quality pedestrian environment. New plazas and attractive sidewalks, rapid bus lines and protected bicycle lanes are blooming across the city. City agencies are developing a new street design manual that will ensure that all future projects yield attractive, walking-friendly streets.
The themes for the conference are:
- Walkable communities are sustainable communities
- Paved with gold: investing in the public realm for a successful city
- There is more to walking than walking; design strategies for urban quality
- Fit cities: community design for active living
Please find all information about walk21 on http://www.walk21.com/newyork/newyork.html