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Your monthly roundup of news, tools, and events from the world of 8 80 Cities.

From the 8 80 Blog: Building Better Cities for and with Families

At 8 80 Cities, we focus on children and older adults because we know the two bookend stages of life are increasingly characterized by limitations in freedom, mobility, and independence. Children and older adults also experience fewer opportunities for social engagement, physical activity, and participation in community building and decision making.

What are the best cities for young children and families? Where do young children, their parents, and caregivers play an active role in shaping city building processes today?

Find the answers to these questions in this blog post by Zainab Abbasi, 8 80 Cities Project Assistant.

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Four Ways to Build Inclusive, Healthy Places for All

Meet Sharon Roerty, an urban alchemist who brings her extensive expertise in planning, health and transportation to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s efforts to create a culture of health in the U.S. In this article, the author shares four principles that are vital for the creation of inclusive, healthy places for all.

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Towards a happier, healthier Toronto
It was five years ago that we inspired and laid the foundations for Toronto's first Open Streets program. We are proud to continue our support for this amazing program that brings thousands of people and fun to the streets of Toronto! Open streets are programs that close the streets to cars and open them for people. Featuring pop-up parks, yoga lessons, dancing, zumba, and meditation, Open Streets TO is among the most unique recreational programs in the city.
Join us again on Sunday, September 16, from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm, and experience the fun and excitement for yourself! If you'd like to learn more about OSTO check out Pulse, a series of videos, blog posts, and podcasts about this amazing program.

To Design Safer Parks for Women, City Planners Must Listen to Their Stories
How can the structure and fabric of a city be planned so that all people can feel safe?

According to this article written by Dr. Nicole Kalms, director of  the XYX Lab at Monash University, the Free to Be project has provided women and girls with the opportunity to “drop a pin” in places where they have felt safe or unsafe in Melbourne and Sydney to identify patterns on their engagement in urban recreational spaces.

This article addresses how vital it is for planners, architects, the police and politicians to listen to the stories of women and girls to design a safe, inclusive city.
 
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Lounge in Them. Dash Through Them. But Don’t Call Them Parks

10 years ago, New York City launched the pedestrian plaza program, transforming and re-orienting space for people on some of the busiest streets in the city. The program has not only changed the aura and ambience of the city but has also been received with different responses from the public. James Barron explores both the benefits and remaining challenges of these public spaces in different parts of the city. 

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http://openstreetsproject.org/We hope you are getting ready and feel excited about the Open Streets Summit in Gretna/New Orleans!

Taking place from September 15-16, 2018, the Summit will feature tours, presentations and networking opportunities with open streets champions and organizers from across the continent.

Attendees will learn about the nuts and bolts of starting or scaling up open streets programs, including route design and planning, partnerships with business and officials, social inclusion, safety and logistics, and marketing and promotion. Get all the details here.

Toronto’s high-tech Quayside district takes ‘next step’ as new deal reached with Google sister company

Picture a neighborhood with streets reserved for driverless cars and cyclists, with winter “mitigation” devices such heated paths, and automated trash pickup through underground chambers. These are some of the features Toronto’s waterfront planning agency and Google sister company Sidewalk Labs envision to add in the construction of the high-tech Quayside neighbourhood in Toronto. Will the tech giant be able to build a high-tech test district to solve problems such as road safety and housing costs through innovation? Find out as David Ritter explains the project’s challenging journey in trying to get the approval required in order to start construction.

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20 Things every City Can Do to Boost the Quality of Public Life

Published by the Center for Active Design (CfAD) and the Knight Foundation, The Assembly Civic Design Guidelines, validates the power of public space as a building block for fostering trust at the local level. A great read with research to support the simple principles of placemaking and public life, that the small things really do matter when it comes to having a big impact. 

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