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\n\"StreetDuring the time Janette Sadik-Khan was Transportation Commissioner of New York City, the results were transformative\u2014from Times Square to every borough of the Big Apple and beyond. Even in Vancouver, her strategy of \u2018just trying things out\u2019 encouraged our recent experiments with public spaces and bike-lanes. Her North America-wide influence has led to new people-focused street design standards, to new opportunities for public spaces, and to new ways of moving through our cities.<\/p>\n

Join us for a special lecture by Sadik-Khan, here to promote her new book “Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution<\/a>“. <\/b>The lecture will be followed by a spirited chat between Sadik-Khan and SFU City Program Director Gordon Price.<\/p>\n

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Details<\/h2>\n

Date:<\/b> Tuesday, March 22, 2016, 7\u20139 pm
\nAdmission:<\/b> $5 +GST. Purchase tickets on EventBrite<\/a>.<\/strong>
\nVenue: <\/b>Vancouver Playhouse<\/a>, 600 Hamilton Street, Vancouver BC<\/p>\n

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About the Speaker<\/h2>\n

Janette Sadik-Khan\u00a0<\/b>is one of the world\u2019s foremost authorities on transportation and urban transformation. She served as New York City\u2019s transportation commissioner from 2007 to 2013 under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, overseeing historic changes to the city\u2019s streets\u2014closing Broadway to cars in Times Square, building nearly 400 miles of bike lanes and creating more than 60 plazas citywide. A founding principal with Bloomberg Associates, she works with mayors around the world to reimagine and redesign their cities. She chairs the National Association of Transportation Officials, implementing new, people-focused street design standards, which have been adopted in 40 cities across the continent.<\/p>\n

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Questions?<\/h3>\n

Email:\u00a0city@sfu.ca<\/a>
\nTelephone: 778-782-5254<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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