Pilot to Permanent: Retrofitting our Streets

Join us next week for the final conversation in our 'mobilize' series with Beatriz Rodrigues and Doris Gross, as we explore how communities can use low cost interventions to prototype and transform their environments.

Community participation is critical to creating resilient urban transportation networks that adapt to evolving public health, environmental, and economic needs. In the Kingston Metropolitan Area, the development framework invests significant capital in untested super projects that upend communities and too often miss their stated objectives. Tactical urbanism is an approach communities can use to rapidly adapt their urban environments to changing circumstances. Communities can easily adjust to feedback with temporary interventions that use low-cost, flexible materials and prototype the efficiency of different designs. Importantly, we can collect data from successful interventions to make the case to invest in their permanence.

This webinar will examine case studies in peer cities that use this approach to address concerns of road safety, accessibility and community revitalisation. We will explore best practices for community engagement and how communities, local stakeholders and decision-makers can co-create solutions that meet the needs of diverse populations.