Sunday Streets

Sunday Streets (or Ciclovia, Open Streets..) is a fun and healthy event that closes off high streets to motor vehicle traffic, and opens them up to cycling, walking, playing, shopping, dancing and pretty much any other recreational, or artistic activity.

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1. Daniel Kogoy - Leichhardt Councillor
2. “is a ritual, a ceremony reminding us that the city belongs to people more than cars”– Enrique Penalosa, former Mayor Bogota
4. Everyone is doing it!
5. Ciclovia Bogota
9. Health Benefits
12. Community Benefits
13. Community Benefits – Sunday Streets events build community, cultural identify and social engagement. – Provides people with opportunities for new social interactions and to view their city from a different perspective – There is an enormous amount of interaction between participants of all ages, incomes, occupations, and backgrounds.
14. Environmental Benefits
15. Environmental Benefits – Sunday Streets provides an environmental benefit by temporarily removing cars from the road. The more times the event is held, the greater the environmental benefit – Most open streets programs directly encourage residents to replace car usage with walking, cycling and public transport use. – It is common for local environmental organisations to participate in the event. Their taking part helps raise awareness in the community about the connections between improving the natural and built environment, the local economy, and public health.
16. Using Ciclovia to Plan Your Streets
17. Rise of Sunday Streets
18. Where are we now? • Motions of support – Leichhardt Council, Marrickville Council, City of Sydney, Woollahra Council, Randwick Council, Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (SSROC) • Successful 2014 pilot event – Marrickville • City of Sydney identified $60,000 cost per event for 12 event Sunday Streets programme • SSROC recommended event on Marrickville – Leichhardt route • Event endorsement in NSW Transport policy “Sydney’s Walking Future” • Included in Leichhardt Council Employment and Economic Development Plan
20. Sydney’s Walking Future Streets For People p12 “Streets for People” initiative. Temporarily closing one or more streets in a local centre on Sundays or during holiday seasons can create safe spaces for people to walk and participate in community events.”
21. Sunday Streets in Sydney Successful Marrickville Road Pilot Event
22. Sunday Streets in Sydney Successful Marrickville Road Pilot Event
23. Successful Marrickville Road Pilot Event Sunday Streets in Sydney
24. Barriers
25. Barriers
26. Barriers Sydney Resting on its laurels?
27. Opportunity • Beat Sydney! Host the first real Sunday Streets in Australia! • Take Sunday Streets back to your community • Establish a community group • Ask your local councillors, mayors and MPs to support & fund the event
29. Pedal Brisbane – Sunday 13/09/2015 A great start!
30. It can be done on a large scale – and fast!
31. “In New York City, [former] Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan flew to Colombia on a Friday, came to the Open Street on Sunday, flew home that night and the next day announced they were going to do it in New York City. A few months later it was on Park Avenue.” – Gil Penalosa, 8-80 Cities
33. Further Information • http://OpenStreetsProject.org/ • http://www.streetfilms.org/tag/ciclovia/ • https://www.facebook.com/SundayStreets Sydney • https://www.facebook.com/OpenStreetsPr oject
34. Let’s get started facebook.com/SundayStreetsSydney @DanielKogoy dkogoy@lmc.nsw.gov.au