8 80 Cities 2021 Yearbook
Another year is done and gone. Browse our Yearbook to take a look back at what our amazing 8 80 Cities team and partners were able to accomplish in another challenging year.
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Vision Zero: It’s Time To Evolve Beyond The Es Approach
Traffic deaths are skyrocketing, and racially biased traffic stops are exposing unacceptable injustices endemic in policing and transportation systems. In this article Leah Shahum, the Director of Vision Zero Network articulates the urgent need to shift our traffic safety focus. The three Es, (Engineering, Education and Enforcement) a century-old approach to traffic safety, needs to be held to a higher standard, especially in terms of effectiveness and equity. Shahum writes how Vision Zero should be based on the Safe System approach which is designed to proactively reduce risks for people and decrease the severity of crashes. Safe systems reduce the need for enforcement and can produce more effective and equitable results.
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From Crisis To Opportunity: How The Philippines Built 500km Of Bike Lanes
As the pandemic hit, bicycle commuting rose around the world as a practical and safe way to get around. The Philippines was no exception, the national government allocated 22 million USD for bicycle lane construction, with support and training from the World Bank, the Global Road Safety Facility, and the Australian government. To build on this incredible investment and effort, experts in Dutch Cycling Principles and Safe Systems approaches from the Netherlands Embassy, also provided a series of training series on best practices. The national government turned a crisis into an opportunity that brought national government practitioners, local government staff, academia, non-governmental organizations, and private institutions together for a big impact.
Read this inspiring article by Fang Xu & Keisha Mayuga Via World Bank Blogs here.
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Thinking Beyond The Parks Department: A Q&A with Javier Otero Peña
In this interview by Project for Public Spaces’ Priscilla Posada, she talks to social scientist Javier Otero Peña, about social access to parks. We learn about his research to better understand what attracts people to parks with a specific focus on low-income neighbourhoods in New York. The answer? It’s not about the park equipment or amenities- it has a lots more to do with people and sociability.
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NRPA Toolkit Helps Parks And Recreation Agencies To Get Funding
In this blog post, Elisha Kingshott, MSW, MPH, talks about the critical need for funding for park and recreation agencies in the U.S. to provide health and wellness programs to older adults, who can lead healthy, active, and vibrant lives. The challenge of finding steady and reliable funding for health and wellness programs is a daunting task. To make the process easier for organizations, NRPA developed the Financing Health and Wellness Programs: A Toolkit for Park and Recreation Professionals, to provide tips and talking points on how to effectively communicate about the benefits of health and wellness programming for older adults to potential funders and partners.
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What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Vertical Aging
What is the future of aging in place in urban Canada? Vertical Aging is an exploratory design project that presents three high-potential concept models to answer this question. These models take the decades-old concept of a Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (NORC) – regular residential buildings that have become home to a high density of older adults – and reimagine them within the context of the support of technology. The models explore the need for more connection, care, and dignity.
Check out this resource from Open Lab and partners to learn more.
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Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge India
How did the WRI pioneering Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge in India cohort make cities more inclusive for young children & their caregivers?
From nursing cabins in Rourkela to revitalizing abandoned space under a flyover in Adodara, watch this incredible and inspiring journey.
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Cargo Bikes in New York
If you've lived in New York City for a long time, you'll realize there are many more cargo bikes cruising the streets! It used to be rare you'd see one, but the last five years their presence has undoubtedly been on the rise and since the Covid-19 hit in 2020 there has been a dramatic uptick for many reasons explained in this video by Streetsfilms.
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Mob Session: Get Outside: A Community Guide to Winter Activations!
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Are you looking for practical and creative ways to bring winter placemaking to your community? This session is for you! We’ll explore the challenges faced by communities of different sizes and show you how to create engaging, inclusive, and age-friendly public spaces during the winter season. We’ll share tools that community change-makers are using right now to embrace winter placemaking in existing public spaces, including 8 80 Cities’ free Winter Placemaking Guide and their Winter Cities Toolkit. Facilitated by Jiya Benni and Jayne Armstrong from 8 80 Cities, along with guests from some inspiring CHCI projects, this is the second session in a winter series to help you discover the many creative ways communities are getting people outside and moving around all winter! We invite you to share what’s happening in your community in the interactive chat and we welcome your questions during the Q&A.
Register here.
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A Walk In The Park With Gil
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Older Adults & Parks. How can Parks Help Us To Live Older, Healthier, Happier?
Tuesday, February 8th. 11:00 am.
Older adults are low park users in many countries. In the US, the population over 60 years old is approximately 20% of the total, but only 4% are park users. How to use parks to have healthier and happier lives as older adults? Three superb guests will present and then have a dialogue: Kristine Stratton, President and CEO, National Recreation Park Association, USA; Rebecca Delphia Advisor, Livable Communities AARP, USA, and Sarah Lusina, Executive Director (I) Active Aging Society, Canada. Register here.
A Walk in the Park Upcoming Sessions
- Feb. 22nd - Playgrounds as Triggers of Community Building. Mi Parque Fdn., Chile and Kaboom, USA. Register here.
- March 8th - Canada’s Amazing Stanley Park. Donnie Rosa, General Manager, City of Vancouver Parks & Rec. Register here.
- March 22nd - Parks and Greenspaces. How To Double A City's Population In The ExistingvFootprint. Rob Adams’ 7.5% City. City Architect, Melbourne. Register here.
- April 5th - Small And Medium Cities Also Need Great Park Systems. The Victorias: Canada’s & Spain’s. Register here.
- April 19th Open Streets / Ciclovias: Meeting As Equals. Sustainable happiness. Healthy. Streets for people. Register here.
- May 3rd Magnificent Central Park And Its Conservancy. Betsy Smith, President and CEO. Register here.
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School Streets Webinar & Workshop
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Save the date! Coming up in March, our webinar on Piloting School Streets will equip you with the right tools of action to pilot School Streets in your neighbourhood. March 10, 2022, 1:00 - 2:00 PM EST. Register here for the webinar.
Our How To Run A School Streets Pilot Program Workshop will give you in-depth training on how to implement a School Streets Program based on your neighbourhood characteristics. March 24, 2022, 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM EST. Register here for the workshop.
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The AARP Community Challenge is On!
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The AARP Community Challenge grant program is part of the nationwide AARP Livable Communities initiative that helps communities become great places to live for residents of all ages. The program is intended to help communities make immediate improvements and jump-start long-term progress in support of residents of all ages.
Learn more about this fantastic annual quick-action program and how to apply here.
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Help build vital connections between people and parks. In 2022, TD Park People Grants fund 216 park activities (in-person and online) to help enhance green spaces. Deadline: February 28, 2022.
Apply now here.
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