Comments on: An interview with Janette Sadik-Khan, commissioner of New York City’s Department of Transportation http://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/2009/10/an-interview-with-janette-sadik-khan-commissioner-of-new-york-citys-department-of-transportation/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:47:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Buzzer blog » Tidbits and links for Wednesday, March 24 http://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/2009/10/an-interview-with-janette-sadik-khan-commissioner-of-new-york-citys-department-of-transportation/#comment-55535 The Buzzer blog » Tidbits and links for Wednesday, March 24 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:20:27 +0000 http://buzzer.translink.ca/?p=6251#comment-55535 [...] the commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation (she came to visit us last year!), gave a talk in L.A. — Streetsblog has more on what she [...]

[...] the commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation (she came to visit us last year!), gave a talk in L.A. — Streetsblog has more on what she [...]

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]]> By: paulhillsdon » CEO Prendergast departs; a sad state of affairs for Metro http://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/2009/10/an-interview-with-janette-sadik-khan-commissioner-of-new-york-citys-department-of-transportation/#comment-28871 paulhillsdon » CEO Prendergast departs; a sad state of affairs for Metro Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:43:58 +0000 http://buzzer.translink.ca/?p=6251#comment-28871 [...] weeks ago, Janette Sadik-Khan, the Commissioner for the New York City Department of Transportation, visited Vancouver and shared her successes in transforming the state of mobility in [...]

[...] weeks ago, Janette Sadik-Khan, the Commissioner for the New York City Department of Transportation, visited Vancouver and shared her successes in transforming the state of mobility in [...]

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]]> By: Resilient Cities Roundup « Greening the Inner-city http://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/2009/10/an-interview-with-janette-sadik-khan-commissioner-of-new-york-citys-department-of-transportation/#comment-26879 Resilient Cities Roundup « Greening the Inner-city Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:10:36 +0000 http://buzzer.translink.ca/?p=6251#comment-26879 [...] scored an interview with a speaker from New York’s Department of Transportation, Janette [...]

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]]> By: Jot http://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/2009/10/an-interview-with-janette-sadik-khan-commissioner-of-new-york-citys-department-of-transportation/#comment-26690 Jot Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:47:49 +0000 http://buzzer.translink.ca/?p=6251#comment-26690 Love her 'just try it' actions. Instead of studying things for years she has gotten her city to try things out and judge the feedback. For example she has turned parking lots and side streets to seating areas for outdoor cafes or just to take a break outside. The majority of her changes has seen a mass increase of the public taking advantage of their neighbourhoods the way neighbourhoods should be used. And how does she section of the areas? With potted plants and paint. Quick to try, quick to remove. Imagine for example if the city of Vancouver took that dead block thanks to the Sears monstrosity in downtown and every few months tried something different with it. They could try a row of food carts like Portland did successfully, the next month make it an area for buskers, the next invite book stalls and set up some benches. There are areas all over town that could try this approach. Love her ‘just try it’ actions. Instead of studying things for years she has gotten her city to try things out and judge the feedback. For example she has turned parking lots and side streets to seating areas for outdoor cafes or just to take a break outside. The majority of her changes has seen a mass increase of the public taking advantage of their neighbourhoods the way neighbourhoods should be used. And how does she section of the areas? With potted plants and paint. Quick to try, quick to remove.

Imagine for example if the city of Vancouver took that dead block thanks to the Sears monstrosity in downtown and every few months tried something different with it. They could try a row of food carts like Portland did successfully, the next month make it an area for buskers, the next invite book stalls and set up some benches. There are areas all over town that could try this approach.

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