New York’s Urban Revolution comes to Ottawa

The movement for safer, more livable streets

Janette Sadik-Khan, co-author of Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution and former Transporta­tion Commissioner for New York City, will be in Ottawa on April 27 to talk about how she re-imagined pub­lic spaces and helped transform the streets New York – one of the world’s greatest, toughest cities – into dy­namic spaces for pedestrians and cy­clists.

During her tenure as Transporta­tion Commissioner, Sadik-Khan im­plemented an ambitious program to improve street safety, mobility and sustainability throughout New York City. She oversaw a series of inno­vative projects, like creating more pedestrian space in Times Square, the addition of nearly four hundred miles of bicycle lanes, and the installation of more than sixty plazas citywide.

To help Ottawa join the Urban Rev­olution, Sadik-Khan will share tips on how to rethink, reinvigorate and re­design our city for safer, more livable streets. The Lowertown Community Association is proud to partner with Ecology Ottawa and other Ottawa community associations to co-spon­sor this exciting evening at the Hor­ticulture Building – Large Hall, 1525 Princess Patricia Way.