This past Saturday I took a walk to Lower Main road in Observatory with some friends to check out the first
Open Streets event in Cape Town. For the afternoon Lower Main Road was closed off and no cars where allowed.
Open
Streets is a citizen-driven initiative, working to design and promote
streets which embed and generate respect for people, regardless of who
they are, and how they move. - See more at:
http://openstreets.co.za/about#sthash.dvkvse6A.dpuf
This is some info about the Open Streets movement taken from their
website.
Open
Streets is a citizen-driven initiative, working to design and promote
streets which embed and generate respect for people, regardless of who
they are, and how they move. - See more at:
http://openstreets.co.za/about#sthash.dvkvse6A.dpuf
Open Streets is a citizen-driven initiative, working to
design and promote streets which embed and generate respect for people,
regardless of who they are, and how they move.
Open Streets Cape Town Manifesto
Cape Town’s streets could be
much more than they are. By embracing the concept of Open Streets, all
of us who use them can create places that embody respect for everyone.
We, the people of Cape Town, believe that streets should be:
Welcoming to all
Places for movement , recreation and expression
In harmony with local cultures and values
Able to meet changing needs
Contributing to a healthy society and thriving business
Part of distinctive and active neighbourhoods
Friends of Open Streets support these principles, and undertake:
To treat with respect and courtesy all who use our streets
To actively create inclusive public streets
To find ways to bridge the social divides of our city
In short: to actively create streets that embody and generate respect
for all the people who use them, regardless of who they are and how they
move.
I live in Observatory and it was fantastic to be able to walk all the way down Lower Main without any cars around. When we first arrived it was pretty quiet but after a while the street was packed. The vibe was fantastic, people where biking, skateboarding, and rollerblading up and down the road, we checked out a game of bike polo, visited an artist studio, left a masterpiece on the road in chalk (see pictures), and did some serious people watching (Obs is filled with interesting characters).
I really hope they have another one soon!
These are some pictures from Saturday.
It was founded in 2012 by a group of volunteers committed to a more equitable, integrated, safer and vibrant Cape Town.
Inspired by Bogota’s Ciclovia, Open Streets Cape Town (OSCT) was
initially set up in order to create a temporary network of car-free
areas and routes throughout Cape Town. Following the organisation of an
Open Streets day by the City of Cape Town as part of Transport month in
2012, a working group was consolidated in order to ensure
sustainability for this initiative.
Open Streets has been successfully implemented around the world and
OSCT draws on decades of international and local experience in
re-designing and re-working streets. OSCT builds on city and civic
efforts, including the 2003-2004 car-free day festivals, 2012 Open
Streets and Moonlight mass bicycle rides amongst others.
OSCT works to design campaigns that raise citizen awareness, foster
public debate about public streets and engage everyone in redesigning
and re-working streets.
- See more at: http://openstreets.co.za/about#sthash.dvkvse6A.dpuf
It was founded in 2012 by a group of volunteers committed to a more equitable, integrated, safer and vibrant Cape Town.
Inspired by Bogota’s Ciclovia, Open Streets Cape Town (OSCT) was
initially set up in order to create a temporary network of car-free
areas and routes throughout Cape Town. Following the organisation of an
Open Streets day by the City of Cape Town as part of Transport month in
2012, a working group was consolidated in order to ensure
sustainability for this initiative.
Open Streets has been successfully implemented around the world and
OSCT draws on decades of international and local experience in
re-designing and re-working streets. OSCT builds on city and civic
efforts, including the 2003-2004 car-free day festivals, 2012 Open
Streets and Moonlight mass bicycle rides amongst others.
OSCT works to design campaigns that raise citizen awareness, foster
public debate about public streets and engage everyone in redesigning
and re-working streets.
- See more at: http://openstreets.co.za/about#sthash.dvkvse6A.dpuf
It was founded in 2012 by a group of volunteers committed to a more equitable, integrated, safer and vibrant Cape Town.
Inspired by Bogota’s Ciclovia, Open Streets Cape Town (OSCT) was
initially set up in order to create a temporary network of car-free
areas and routes throughout Cape Town. Following the organisation of an
Open Streets day by the City of Cape Town as part of Transport month in
2012, a working group was consolidated in order to ensure
sustainability for this initiative.
Open Streets has been successfully implemented around the world and
OSCT draws on decades of international and local experience in
re-designing and re-working streets. OSCT builds on city and civic
efforts, including the 2003-2004 car-free day festivals, 2012 Open
Streets and Moonlight mass bicycle rides amongst others.
OSCT works to design campaigns that raise citizen awareness, foster
public debate about public streets and engage everyone in redesigning
and re-working streets.
- See more at: http://openstreets.co.za/about#sthash.dvkvse6A.dpuf
Open
Streets is a citizen-driven initiative, working to design and promote
streets which embed and generate respect for people, regardless of who
they are, and how they move.
It was founded in 2012 by a group of volunteers committed to a more equitable, integrated, safer and vibrant Cape Town.
Inspired by Bogota’s Ciclovia, Open Streets Cape Town (OSCT) was
initially set up in order to create a temporary network of car-free
areas and routes throughout Cape Town. Following the organisation of an
Open Streets day by the City of Cape Town as part of Transport month in
2012, a working group was consolidated in order to ensure
sustainability for this initiative.
Open Streets has been successfully implemented around the world and
OSCT draws on decades of international and local experience in
re-designing and re-working streets. OSCT builds on city and civic
efforts, including the 2003-2004 car-free day festivals, 2012 Open
Streets and Moonlight mass bicycle rides amongst others.
OSCT works to design campaigns that raise citizen awareness, foster
public debate about public streets and engage everyone in redesigning
and re-working streets.
- See more at: http://openstreets.co.za/about#sthash.dvkvse6A.dpuf
Open
Streets is a citizen-driven initiative, working to design and promote
streets which embed and generate respect for people, regardless of who
they are, and how they move.
It was founded in 2012 by a group of volunteers committed to a more equitable, integrated, safer and vibrant Cape Town.
Inspired by Bogota’s Ciclovia, Open Streets Cape Town (OSCT) was
initially set up in order to create a temporary network of car-free
areas and routes throughout Cape Town. Following the organisation of an
Open Streets day by the City of Cape Town as part of Transport month in
2012, a working group was consolidated in order to ensure
sustainability for this initiative.
Open Streets has been successfully implemented around the world and
OSCT draws on decades of international and local experience in
re-designing and re-working streets. OSCT builds on city and civic
efforts, including the 2003-2004 car-free day festivals, 2012 Open
Streets and Moonlight mass bicycle rides amongst others.
OSCT works to design campaigns that raise citizen awareness, foster
public debate about public streets and engage everyone in redesigning
and re-working streets.
- See more at: http://openstreets.co.za/about#sthash.dvkvse6A.dpuf
Open
Streets is a citizen-driven initiative, working to design and promote
streets which embed and generate respect for people, regardless of who
they are, and how they move.
It was founded in 2012 by a group of volunteers committed to a more equitable, integrated, safer and vibrant Cape Town.
Inspired by Bogota’s Ciclovia, Open Streets Cape Town (OSCT) was
initially set up in order to create a temporary network of car-free
areas and routes throughout Cape Town. Following the organisation of an
Open Streets day by the City of Cape Town as part of Transport month in
2012, a working group was consolidated in order to ensure
sustainability for this initiative.
Open Streets has been successfully implemented around the world and
OSCT draws on decades of international and local experience in
re-designing and re-working streets. OSCT builds on city and civic
efforts, including the 2003-2004 car-free day festivals, 2012 Open
Streets and Moonlight mass bicycle rides amongst others.
OSCT works to design campaigns that raise citizen awareness, foster
public debate about public streets and engage everyone in redesigning
and re-working streets.
- See more at: http://openstreets.co.za/about#sthash.dvkvse6A.dpuf
Open
Streets is a citizen-driven initiative, working to design and promote
streets which embed and generate respect for people, regardless of who
they are, and how they move.
It was founded in 2012 by a group of volunteers committed to a more equitable, integrated, safer and vibrant Cape Town.
Inspired by Bogota’s Ciclovia, Open Streets Cape Town (OSCT) was
initially set up in order to create a temporary network of car-free
areas and routes throughout Cape Town. Following the organisation of an
Open Streets day by the City of Cape Town as part of Transport month in
2012, a working group was consolidated in order to ensure
sustainability for this initiative.
Open Streets has been successfully implemented around the world and
OSCT draws on decades of international and local experience in
re-designing and re-working streets. OSCT builds on city and civic
efforts, including the 2003-2004 car-free day festivals, 2012 Open
Streets and Moonlight mass bicycle rides amongst others.
OSCT works to design campaigns that raise citizen awareness, foster
public debate about public streets and engage everyone in redesigning
and re-working streets.
- See more at: http://openstreets.co.za/about#sthash.dvkvse6A.dpuf
Open
Streets is a citizen-driven initiative, working to design and promote
streets which embed and generate respect for people, regardless of who
they are, and how they move.
It was founded in 2012 by a group of volunteers committed to a more equitable, integrated, safer and vibrant Cape Town.
Inspired by Bogota’s Ciclovia, Open Streets Cape Town (OSCT) was
initially set up in order to create a temporary network of car-free
areas and routes throughout Cape Town. Following the organisation of an
Open Streets day by the City of Cape Town as part of Transport month in
2012, a working group was consolidated in order to ensure
sustainability for this initiative.
Open Streets has been successfully implemented around the world and
OSCT draws on decades of international and local experience in
re-designing and re-working streets. OSCT builds on city and civic
efforts, including the 2003-2004 car-free day festivals, 2012 Open
Streets and Moonlight mass bicycle rides amongst others.
OSCT works to design campaigns that raise citizen awareness, foster
public debate about public streets and engage everyone in redesigning
and re-working streets.
- See more at: http://openstreets.co.za/about#sthash.dvkvse6A.dpuf
