How Do You Make New York's Mean Streets A Little Nicer?
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Friday, June 6, 2014
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"When you build it they will come — we've seen quadrupling of bike commuting in New York City since 2000" — Janette Sadik-Khan
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Part 4 of the TED Radio Hour episode Getting There.
About Janette Sadik-Khan's TEDTalk
Former New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan says cities can tackle the challenges of tomorrow by completely re-imagining our streets today.
About Janette Sadik-Khan
As commissioner of the NYC Department of Transportation under the Bloomberg administration, Janette Sadik-Khan was responsible for an aspect of the city that hides in plain sight: the streets, highways, bridges, signs and lights.
For six years she was responsible for some 6,300 miles of streets throughout the city's five boroughs. Sadik-Khan adopted a designer's approach to urban innovation: try an idea to see if it works; if it doesn't, try something else.
Under her watch, the city created pedestrian plazas, rapid bus transit, safe bike lanes and a bike share program.
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