PowerPoint Presentation

Challenging the Paradigm of MobilityRory Williams

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The Cape Town context

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Mobility as transport

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Open Streets launch 2013

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Cape to Colombia 2016

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We believe that streets should:Enable safer and more cohesive communitiesProvide platforms for creative expression of local cultures and valuesBe places for recreation and social interactionContribute to job creation and local economic activityProvide choice in how we move around the cityRory Williams

OSCT Manifesto

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Re-imagining streets as public space

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Open Streets Bree 2015Video clip:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOXMpAcf8l4

Open Streets Langa 2015

Later that year we went to the oldest township of the province LangaLanga, which means sun is an urban township located just outside the city of Cape Town. It is one of the countrys oldest townships and the result of the 1923 Native (Urban Areas) Act 21, which allocated the responsibility of housing the citys African population in urban areas to municipalities.

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Video clip:http://ewn.co.za/Media/2015/03/29/Open-Streets-Langa

Open Streets Langa 2015

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Bellville

Langa

Mitchells Plain

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Bree

People from these two areas seldom visit each others neighborhouds, let alone engage and this type of lets call it social mobility has had the biggest impact in Cape Town.Our dreams are big and we have made inroads in working with government. A task team now sits in the Transport department and we are working to identify best ways to lower costs for the day, find an institutional home for the programme and to expand the network

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Open Streets ++

But returning to the question about mobility; we have not given up and in fact have attracted a new partnership with the WWF Nedbank Green Trust which has allowed us to expand our work to carry out public campaigns. This allows us to engage in a conversation about transport and mobility on a more permanent basis (and not just during Open Streets Days).

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Open Streets ++

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Open Streets: a culture of mobility

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Thank youwww.openstreets.org.zaTwitter: @OpenStreetsCT

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