your streeet, your neighbourhood, your city

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

fin@streets-reimagined.com

www.streets-reimagined.com

Creative Commons: Alan Stanton, ‘Public Place’