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Your Street, Your Neighbourhood, Your City
Collaboration with local communities for a happier, healthier and a more connected world.
Fin McNab
Streets
Reimagined
The world urban population is expected to
increase by 84 per cent by 2050, from 3.4 billion
in 2009 to 6.3 billion in 2050.
United Nations
Traffic Danger
Source: Department for Transport National Travel Survey 2008
= Biggest Fear
71% adults played outside in streets or
areas close to home every day when
they were children, compared to 21% of
children today.
Play England 2008, ICM Poll0
Social isolation… or interaction?
Residents in streets with lower
speeds know more of their
neighbours, spend more time
socialising in their street and allow
their children to play out more often
Source: Sauter and Hüttenmoser (2006)
Loneliness twice as unhealthy as obesity of older people
Source:
Christina R. Victor Ann Bowling
Longitudinal Analysis of Loneliness Among Older
People in Great Britain
Volume 146 Issue 32012 The Journal of Psychology:
Interdisciplinary and Applied
Streets make up around 80% of public space in cities in the UK
Think Global, Act Local….. think Streets
The doorstep challenge
Bringing people together in the street
“now walking to the tube station, I can say hello to lots of people”
“Dad used to bring me in the car (to school) because it was not so safe. I now come with Mum either walking or on my bike”
SafetyAlmost 80% of residents surveyed now think
the street is pedestrian friendly
20% of residents surveyed now think the street is
safe for children to play on, compared to 7% of those surveyed before the project
Traffic speed and volume
Recorded average daily traffic volume decreased
by 10%
63% of traffic now travelling at less than 20mph,
compared to 40% before the project
38Rye Lane, Peckham
Collaborative Design
‘..your home, your street, your neighbourhood… collectively make an enormous contribution to the future of our planet.’
The Farrell Review
Fin McNab
Streets
Reimagined@FinMcNab
www.streets-reimagined.com
Creative Commons: Alan Stanton, ‘Public Place’