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1 Creating Vibrant & Healthy Cities for ALL Gil (Guillermo) Penalosa Founder & Chair 8 80 Cities World Urban Parks Penalosa_G Association of Flemish Cities & Municipalities Ghent, Belgium October 12 th, 2017

2

3 Climate

4 Population

5 Living

6 Urban

7 Public Health

8 URGENCY

9 Cities 10,000 People

10 Cities 10 million

11 Similar

12 Solutions?

13 Scale

14 TODAY

15 Cities Communities

16 Sustainable

17 Walking Riding Bicycle Using Public Transit New Use of Cars

18 Urban

19 Spaces

20 Good City?

21 Sleep at Home Outside

22 Ghent, Belgium October 12 th, 2017

23 Context: Bogotá 8 80 Cities Cities for ALL Vibrant Cities, Healthy Communities, 8 80 Cities Happier People. Equity & Public Health Action: 8 Messages in Ghent Flemish Cities & Municipalities

24 Bogotá

25 In my previous life Commissioner Bogota, Colombia

26 Obviously not ideal city It s not about the money I ve been doing

27 Designed AND built one Term Parks

28 Bogotá

29 27 years Practically nothing

30 Citizens Against CAVE Virtually Everything

31 Citizens pay us every other week

32 To get things DONE NOT to have excuses

33 Metropolitan Park Simon Bolivar

34 Metropolitan Park Simon Bolivar

35 Bogota s Ciclovía Open Streets Spectacular 7 hour per week paved City Park

36 World s Largest Pop-up Park

37

38

39 How?

40 Open Streets to People

41 Close Streets to Cars

42

43 Participation: Young and Old, Men and Women, Rich and Poor, Tall and Short, ALL! Every Sunday & holiday

44 1.7 Million

45 Changes Minds

46 Space

47 Social Integration

48 We meet each other as EQUALS

49 Founder & Chair of Board 8 80 Cities Chair of the Board World Urban Parks Penalosa_G 250 different Cities

50

51 Vision: A world where People value and have easy access to Quality Urban Parks

52 Children, Play, and Nature Advocacy Committees: Older Adults and Parks Knowledge and Standards Green Infrastructure Large Urban Parks Healthy Parks, Healthy Cities

53 WorldUrbanParks.org

54 8 80 Cities?

55 PARKS NOT ABOUT: STREETS SIDEWALKS OTHER PUBLIC SPACES WALKING Means NOT Ends CYCLING PUBLIC TRANSIT NEW USES OF CARS

56 SUCCESSFUL CITIES Toronto, Canada

57 SUCCESSFUL CITIES Malmo, Sweden

58 Warszawa, Poland SUCCESSFUL CITIES

59 HEALTHY COMMUNITIES Warszawa, Poland

60 Copenhagen, Denmark

61 Sustainable Happiness Guadalajara, México

62 Parks & Other Public Spaces Toronto, Canada

63 Sustainable Happiness Christchurch, NZ

64 8 80 Rule Common Sense (Least common of the senses)

65 STEP 1 : 8 YEAR OLD CHILD

66 Sweden

67 Christchurch, NZ

68 STEP 2 : 80 YEAR OLD PERSON Malmo, Sweden

69 STEP 2 : 80 YEAR OLD PERSON

70

71 8 AND 80 Porchon-Lynch, 97, yoga instructor Scarsdale, N.Y.

72 STEP 3 : Would you send them walking or on bicycle to the Park? Across that intersection? Photo Andy Mintern

73

74 If you would, it s safe enough If you would not It is NOT

75 What if Everything we did in Flemish Cities & Municipalities

76 Had to be fantastic for 8 and 80 year olds?

77 Montreal, Canada Bogota, Colombia Groningen, Netherlands Had to be fantastic for the 8 and the 80 year olds? Copenhagen, Denmark Taipei, Taiwan NYC, USA

78 End up Great Cities for ALL From 0 to 100 +

79 Must Stop Building Cities as if everyone was 30 year old and athletic

80 GREAT CITIES for ALL

81

82 URGENCY

83 Messages Creating Vibrant & Healthy Cities for ALL Flemish Cities & Municipalities

84 # Guardian Angels Gentle Majority

85 Gentle Majority Children Older Adults The Poor

86 Gentle Not squeaky wheel

87 Evaluating Cities: How we treat our most vulnerable citizens: Children, Older Adults, the Poor

88 Evaluating Cities: How we treat our most vulnerable citizens: Children, Older Adults, the Poor

89 Flemish Cities & Municipalities Playability

90 Flemish Cities & Municipalities

91 Every Child MUST have PARK or Play Area SHORT Walk, less 500 meters 4 years

92 Evaluating Cities: How we treat our most vulnerable citizens: Children, Older Adults, the Poor

93 Population Living longer much longer

94

95 Pop. 65 +

96 Pop. 80 +

97 #60+ALive

98 #60+ALive

99 Belgium's Life Expectancy 150 years ago

100 Belgium's Life Expectancy NOW

101 Belgium's Life Expectancy more than

102 Learned to

103 ISSUES Climate Change Public Health Crisis Traffic Congestion Economic Crisis

104 Now must learn to

105 Evaluating Cities: How we treat our most vulnerable citizens: Children, Older Adults, the Poor

106 Equity Not Equality

107 Share Children living in poverty Israel: 1 of 4 USA: 1 of 5 Belgium: 1 of 8 Denmark: 1 of 37

108 Mobility Equity

109 Mobility by car: 25% Income

110 Mobility by car, LOWER INCOMES: 40% Income

111 Mobility by Sustainable Mode: 5 % Income

112 NOTHING governments can do with higher Personal & Community Economic Impact

113 Possibility downsize car 2 to 1 or 1 to 0

114 Good for Community

115 # Magnificent Opportunity Enormous Responsibility

116

117 World URBAN Population TODAY 3.5 Billion

118 World URBAN Population Billion

119 Population Growth Cities 3.7 illion

120 Lifetime

121 Lifetime

122 Focus: Car, car, car NOT People s Happiness

123 Phoenix Brisbane, AU Boise Salt Lake City Las Vegas

124 Last Years

125 Next Years

126 We need to improve the Cities that we have today

127 We also need to create Great Cities for many more people

128 Opportunity Responsibility

129

130 CHANGE = HARD Same = Easier

131 3 Useful Considerations:

132 Change is NOT Unanimous

133 GENERAL Interest Must Prevail PARTICULAR Interest

134 When you say NO You also say YES

135 # Great Parks Great City Park Systems

136 What makes a park great? Characteristics S

137 Management same Maintenance 20%

138 Uses & Activities

139 City-wide Park Systems Not one iconic

140 Metropolitan Pocket & Neighbourhood Parks

141 Pocket & Neighbourhood Regional Parks Metropolitan

142 Pocket & Neighbourhood Regional Ward Metropolitan Parks

143 Pocket & Neighbourhood Parks Regional Parks Metropolitan Parks

144 Pocket & Neighbourhood Parks Regional Parks Metropolitan Parks Creating Great City Park System

145 Good

146 Like good

147 Integrated with Nature

148 Extremely SAFE Children, Older Adults

149 # Sustainable Mobility

150

151 Every trip Begins and ends

152 Walk & Bike Joke

153 Walk & Bike frivolity

154 Walking and Cycling is

155 The only individual mode of mobility for most people

156 ALL Children & Youth around the world

157 Right SAFE & Enjoyable Mobility

158 Democracy Human Rights Equality Sustainability

159

160 PEOPLE

161

162

163 People Driving motor-vehicles KILLED

164 741 People WALKING

165 1 Person 2 minutes

166 ACCIDENTS

167

168 Sweden Transforming World VISION ZERO visionzeronetwork.org

169 TO IMPROVE WALKABILITY

170 PEDESTRIANS SHOULD BE PRIORITY

171 Improving Walking

172 Maximum 30 Kph Residential Streets

173 Impact of speed Probability of pedestrian fatality by impact speed % 85% 5% km/h

174 Sustainable Mobility

175 Riding Bicycles Using Public Transit New use of Cars

176 Walkers Riders of Bicycles Users Public Transit Must be Best Friends

177

178 Older Adults Lose Driving license Terrified

179 Losing driver s licence Diagnosed with cancer Dr. Sylvain Gagnon, CANDRIVE, Canada

180 Not LOVE cars LOVE Mobility

181 Riding Bicycles

182

183 TO IMPROVE BIKEABILITY

184 Must have: 1- Lower the speed where people live; in ALL neighbourhood streets 2- GRID of protected bikeways

185 Maximum 30 Kph Residential Streets

186 # NETWORK AAA Bikeways

187 AAA Bikeways All Ages & Abilities

188 TO IMPROVE Public Transit

189 A civilized City is not the one where the poor have cars

190 it s the one where the rich use Public Transit Enrique Peñalosa, Mayor Bogota

191 # Side-WALKS Cycle-ways Parks / Public Spaces Are important

192 Streets : 25-40% CITIES

193 Smart use of OUR SPACE?

194 Moving 200 PEOPLE

195 # Everyone Learns from Everyone

196 In Flemish Cities & Municipalities We are different

197 We have nothing in common with Copenhagen, NYC or Bogotá

198 We are unique

199 Always Always remember remember that that you are absolutely unique. you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else Margaret Mead

200 Not Copy & Paste Adapt & Improve

201 # Community is the Expert

202 Sculptured fountain with local artisans Senior movie night playing "classics" Ideas from The Community Movable seating and tables Low cost food market Get rid of the fence We really need a friends of Paterson group! Edible landscape Splash Pad Kids Playground Wheel chair accessible

203 # Focus on The Benefits

204 Promoting Vibrant & Healthy Cities

205 BENEFITS: Environment Activity Economic $ Recreation Transportation Health

206 Public Health

207

208

209

210 Belgium 18 th

211 Being active can help: Premature death Heart disease Stroke High blood pressure Certain types of cancer Type 2 diabetes Osteoporosis Overweight and obesity Mental health (depression & anxiety)

212 Children 60 minutes Adults 30 minutes

213 HOW do we want to LIVE?

214

215 NOT TECHNICAL

216 NOT FINANCIAL

217 IT S OLITICAL

218 BIG

219 Everyone has to articipate

220 Vibrant & Healthy Flemish At the

221 Vibrant & Healthy Flemish On the

222 Broad Alliances

223 BROAD ALLIANCES Who? Elected Officials

224 BROAD ALLIANCES Who? Public Sector Staff

225 BROAD ALLIANCES Who? Community

226 1. Elected Officials 2. Public Sector Staff 3. Community Glue?

227 Find / Create Sense Urgency

228 Develop Shared Vision

229 Sense Urgency Shared Vision

230 From Talking

231

232

233 It s about

234 Creating Vibrant Cities

235 Healthy Communities

236 ALL People Live Happier

237 I wish you much success

238 Thanks!

239 Thanks! More information: Penalosa_G

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