agile cities: urban renewal for a networked world
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Presentation for CEOs for Cities annual meeting, Boston, October 17, 2012TRANSCRIPT
Agile City Urban Renewal for a Networked World
Aaron [email protected]@naparstek
CEOs for Cities Fall National MeetingOctober 17, 2012
"We like traffic, it means economic activity, it means people coming here."
-- Mayor Michael Bloomberg, August 2, 2006
Really?!
This one wasn't built, thankfully
The result of 80 years of car-oriented planning and policy
$13 billion per year in lost productivity
Source: Partnership for New York City
Streets weren't always just for cars
Mulberry Street, Manhattan’s Lower East Side, circa 1900.
Source: Library of Congress Photocrom Collection
San Francisco, September 2005
We organized our own "Parking Spot Squat" in Brooklyn
This cute kid is now an 8-year-old.
2006
47 parks13 cities 3 countries
Midtown Manhattan
2007
200 parks50 cities 9 countries
Athens, Georgia
2008
600 parks100 cities 13 countries
Indianapolis, Indiana
2009
700+ parks140 cities 21 countries
Krakow, Poland
2010
800+ parks183 cities 30 countries
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2011
1,000 parks162 cities 35 countries
Ahmedabad, India
2011 Park(ing) Day World Map
Antarctica remains un-reclaimed.
Park(ing) becomes policy in San Francisco
Plazas and Parklets
Today there are more than 40 projects.
New York City launches the Pop-Up Café
Park(ing) becomes official city policy in NYC
Fifty Seat Pop-Up Cafe
in Lower Manhattan's Financial District
Broadway at 34th Street, Herald Square, Manhattan.
Before After
Quick, inexpensive changes with temporary materials.
Broadway through Times Square
Before After
The new way of doing development: Agile.
The "Lean Startup" Feedback Loop
The old way of doing development…
Mainframe Computer Master Planner
The city is the original social media.
Broadway at Herald Square.
