8 80 Streets Danforth: Watch the Making of Canada’s First-Ever Vision Zero Pop-up
On August 23– 24, 2019 one block of one of the busiest commercial corridors in North America (Danforth Avenue) was transformed into a street that exemplifies the City of Toronto’s aspiration to get traffic fatalities down to zero. It was Canada’s first-ever Vision Zero Pop-up. With temporary paint, and simple materials we showed that community can come together to build solutions for safer and more vibrant streets. The street makeover included expanded pedestrian space, protected bike lanes, parklets, street furniture, and community programming for all ages.
This project would not have been possible without the support of our private donor, The Better Block Foundation, Toronto City Councillor Brad Bradford, EcoKids, Danforth Mosaic BIA, Danforth East Community Association, residents of Danforth Avenue, and our amazing volunteers!
A special thank you to Spencer Bell Creatives for capturing this story.
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From the Blog: Eight Questions with Niklas Agarwal on Climate Change
8 80 Cities Project Coordinator, Candice Leung, spoke to Niklas Agarwal, a committed Torontonian who has helped start Climate Justice Toronto in May 2019. He has worked for various non-profits developing youth leadership programs that tackle urban and climate-related issues. They talked about the Climate Crisis, the role of cities, and community organizing with youth.
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What Does Walkability Have to Do with a Child’s Adult Earnings?
In this article published in Citylab, Richard Florida breaks down the findings of a new study “The Socioecological Psychology of Upward Social Mobility”. Not only families and kids who grow up in a walkable neighbourhood are less car-dependent, but they live closer to where jobs and economic opportunities are; they are more connected, more exposed to a diversity of people, experiences and develop a sense of belonging that comes from living in a walkable community.
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What If Women Designed Cities?
Cities around the world have been predominantly designed and built by men. But what if women did? Barcelona's Mayor has worked based on a feminist agenda to address issues women face in cities and how to solve them. In this video produced by Camelia Sadeghzadeh and Eva Ontiveros for the BBC, with reporter Stephanie Hegarty and Derrick Evans, feminists working in urban planning in the city tell us what needs to change to make cities better for women.
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Safe Routes to School
State of Childhood Obesity is a project funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in the U.S. with the goal of increasing physical activity in children to prevent childhood obesity. We are happy to share this amazing resource that will provide you with facts, data, a toolkit, reports, policies, and more to understand why it is important and necessary to encourage our children to be more active.
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Policy Makers Need to Embrace Ageing Population in the 21st Century
In a recent report, the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging talks about one of the biggest challenges of our century: how policy-makers, healthcare practitioners and systems, as well as the society in general, are handling the shift in the world's population -older adults are outnumbering younger people. In this comprehensive article, Robin Seaton Jefferson (Forbes) helps us understand the reasons for studying the demographics of ageing and policy changes to be adopted by 2030, when not only we'll have an increased number of older adults, but also new technologies, advancements in medicine and shifts in culture.
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Why Open Streets Matters
In 2017, Open Streets Wichita opened a four-mile stretch of Douglas Avenue for a Sunday afternoon for people to walk, bike, and engage with their street without cars. People experienced their city from a new perspective.
This past summer, The Chung Report talked to our in-house open streets expert, David Simor, to understand the challenges and impact of the program in North American and Canadian cities.
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The Anatomy of a Safe Street Exhibition
Our exhibition is on for free and public display at the Evergreen Brickworks – Future Cities Centre. Check it out for a breakdown of Safe Streets and the #880StreetsDanforth project.
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Events & Announcements
School Streets Webinar: Green Communities Canada presents this webinar, featuring presentations from 8 80 Cities and Hackney Borough Council (U.K.). Sign up here.
Play Innovation in an Urban Setting Webinar: Children Play and Nature Standing Committee Webinar Series. Join here.
Reimagined in America: A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation webinar on social isolation. Join here.
Job Opportunity - Manager of Development: Our friends at Park People are hiring. Apply now.
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