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Parkways for People
Sunday Streets Sunday Streets
Sunday StreetsSunday Streets
Happier, healthier people enjoying the outdoors, meeting new friends, no matter their race or class
How it works:How it works:
Every Sunday MorningConnects communities, businesses,
cultural opportunities Intersections work normallyAccess to homes, parking and
businesses remainVolunteers and crossing guards
monitor intersections
Sunday Streets Impact:Sunday Streets Impact:
Better HealthConnecting
Communities Equitably
Cleaner
Greener
Safer
New Economic
Activity
“Creating opportunities for Happiness must be a priority for a high quality of life…” Former Bogota Mayor Enrique Penalosa
Sunday Streets= FUNFUN!!
Walking, Running, Skating, Biking, Aerobics, Shopping….Quality time with each other….
Opportunities to reach out, inform and interact with our citizens….
Thousands of People…….
GoalsGoals
Sunday Streets will impact: Obesity Micro enterprise and retail sales Transportation choices Air and noise pollution Youth engagement Social and cultural connectedness
Reasons why Sunday Streets must happen:
To employ local youth as safety riders, monitors leaders and mentors, giving them both responsibility, pride and a paycheck
To create a quietly powerful way to market neighborhoods, parks, cultural centers and businesses
To create demand for alternatives to motor vehicles; saving gas, money and lives
All Kids Need Opportunities to Exercise
Reasons why Sunday Streets must happen:
Cleaner air, peace and quiet for a day in areas with high noise and air pollution
To allow for a free, easy way to get outside and reconnect with our friends, families and neighbors
To help everyone, regardless of their income, race or class find a new way to become more active, healthy, and yes, even happier.
Reasons why Sunday Streets must happen:
Makes Baltimore a truly unique destination
Ties cultural events, organizations, retail, conventions, hotels, and entire neighborhoods together
Will dwarf any other city event Being first = National attention
Sunday Streets snapshots ……..
Enrique Penalosa – Former Mayor of Bogota:
"We have to build a city for children
and thus for people. All our everyday efforts have one objective:
Happiness."
Moving forward – steps:
BPAG: Role: Actions: