Jan Gehl to Join Connectivity Challenge in Chicago
Tackling an audacious ambition requires audacious people. And when the ambition is “Everyone can go where they need to go without owning a car,” no one seems more appropriate to the task than Jan Gehl, the Danish architect who has inspired cities around the world to reshape themselves to encourage walkers, bikers and lingerers.
Jan will be in Chicago December 8-9 for the Connectivity Challenge, one of five challenges being staged as part of the US Initiative. He will be part of an expert panel led by Harriet Tregoning, who heads planning for the District of Columbia. (Harriet is a celebrity in her own right, of course. In fact, her recent move to Columbia Heights was covered by the DC press. She and her partner Smart Growth America CEO Geoff Anderson do not own and do not plan to buy a car, so good public transportation was a top priority for the couple in choosing a new neighborhood.)
Jan’s new book, Cities for People, presents his latest work creating (or recreating) cityscapes on a human scale. He explains the methods and tools he uses to reconfigure unworkable cityscapes into the landscapes he believes they should be: cities for people. Taking into account changing demographics and changing lifestyles, Jan explains how to develop cities that are lively, safe, sustainable, and healthy.
We are excited to have an international star like Jan as part of the US Initiative.
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