Young Urbanists South Africa
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Young Urbanists is a community interested & engaged in their city & its future. We connect people who have a passion for cities & advocate for positive change.
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#CTBicycleMayor Jozi, we are coming to you on the 29th April for our second roundtable in-person discussion in partnership with Uber South Africa on making #saferstreet !
🗓 29th of April
🕒 17:30 to 20:00
📍 Lewes Rd, Westdene, Johannesburg, 2092
*RSVP*: docs.google.com/forms/u/4/d/e/…
Marcela Guerrero Casas Really enjoyed the walking the street exercise, highlighting so many issues, too short pedestrian crossing green phases, sidewalk blocked by parking cars, cycle lanes used for other purposes... and some fun encounters with people
Active Mobility Forum
What a great session… the best part was walking the actual streets but I didn’t get any pics as I was too busy enjoying the exercise 🤓 looking forward to seeing how ideas for #saferstreets continue to evolve!
#CTBicycleMayor Join me together with Active Mobility Forum Uber South Africa and Young Urbanists South Africa as we find solutions on how we can make our streets safer.
📍 79 Bree Street Cape Town
🕒 17:30 -20:00
🗓 22 April
This is a series of round table discussions in different cities.
Many saying R10k p/m on transport seems wrong. They're right. The 'transport costs' here do reflect SA's dysfunctional cities, but aren't what they sound like. A better term, used by 🇿🇦 academic Andrew Kerr, who wrote on this in SA before WB/Harvard, is 'transport tax'. Thread:
Johannesburg is staring a full-blown crisis in the face as the collapse of the city's water and sanitation grid looks imminent, with concerns authorities do not have the R64 billion needed to replace and refurbish failing infrastructure. | Sipho Masondo
brnw.ch/21wISUZ
The Western Cape Gov spent R73 million to build a parking facility in Maitland so that they could unlock their 3 parking sites in the inner city for better use. It is 2 years after the facility was finished and the cars still have not been moved.
#land4peoplenot4parking
“Adding highway lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity.' - Lewis Mumford way back in 1955. Arguably the most important quote in city-building. READ my past Planetizen post.
planetizen.com/node/53659
