Where do you think you're going?

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 The Road Ahead Task wdq Where do you think you're going? technical advice "how to" Engineering guidance street cross sections statistics William Whyte 23.3 Celsius 38.8 Celsius Shaded & Unshaded Swings (side by side in playground) Xavier Voigt, 3 yrs old “Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either.” Marshall McLuhan WTF typical thinking is still focused on network building & adding more infrastructure Change Collingwood's Active Transportation Plan is being structured to make change happen. Changing expectations about AT, and empowering citizens. "Go against the rules or ignore the rules. That is what invention is about." do design through action complete streets is also about... Change Creativity Communication “God is in the details” Ludwig Mies van der Rohe “It is difficult to design a space that will not attract people. What is remarkable is how often this has been accomplished”. Helen Frankenthaler Problem changing culture empowering citizens ABCD Placemaking + Creativity Communication 1 2 3 Answers Examples pilot project placemaking Problem Answers Examples illustrate engage emmerse get all citizens involved bring it "home" draw a picture A problem solving methodology founded in observation, storytelling, visual thinking, incremental and iterative projects, and experimentation. Problem Answers Examples "In order to do good, first you have to do something" BUILD! start locally, scale globally document, share, measure design systems, not stuff design with, not for Emily Pilloton most plans are too big Problem too boring! too ambitious too expensive too detailed something! Answers Examples final words CHALLENGE to facilitate change you need successful communication “When you train your employees to be risk averse, then you’re preparing your whole company to be reward challenged” Morgan Spurlock “Reckless curiosity is what the world needs now” Andrew Bird “The more I play, the larger my world does become” Xavier Voigt, 3 yrs old evolution building on successes & cross pollination of ideas information design draw what you say what you mean “Every organization is optimized to achieve the results it currently gets.” Tim Brown Leadership (Intentional Change) Emergence (Creating Emergent Properties) Systems Thinking Source: Adam Bienenstock Source: Adam Bienenstock play ATP wiki rob@robvoigt.com twitter @robvoigt civicblogger.blogspot.com Google+ and LinkedIn providing the stage for life natural playground urban accupuncture Dr. Howard Nelson 3rd Culture of Leadership Design thinking. + urban accupuncture projects focused on high impact, low cost; developing design matrix for streets changing environment changing scope changing expectations neighbourhood walkability assessments; wiki mapping; ATP task force facilitating citizen initiated pilot projects for AT, road diets, & complete streets placemaking projects; 100 day projects; long term policies project blog and e-publishing; printing ATP on playing card deck CHANGE COMMUNICATION CREATIVITY ACTION Robert Voigt Toronto Complete Streets Forum 2012 MCIP, RPP