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Storytelling for urban change: a narrative for Thriving Streets

Author: Simone d’Antonio, Ad-hoc Expert Thriving Streets

At the occasion of the World Storytelling Day, a focus on how the partners of Thriving Streets are integrating narrative element into their local strategies and actions. The topics was focused also by a Masterclass, which recalled some of the most interesting examples currently carried out at international level, serving as inspiration to the strategies created by the ten partner cities active in exploring the links between mobility and public space.

The pull side of the story – experimenting with a new public transport service to shift traffic from private car use in Panevėžys

Panevėžys is the 5th biggest city of Lithuania and home to almost 93,000 inhabitants. It is located at the same distance to the Capital Vilnius as to Latvia’s Capital Riga. The city structure sees a divide between residential areas and areas for work, local economy and leisure to a larger extend. Consequently, traffic volumes between these areas are high and concentrate to more than half of all trips on car traffic. Often enough the built environment is not equipped for this level of car traffic. Residential areas see car parking misusing public space of any kind and hot spots outside of regulated parking areas meet similar situations, too. Areas neighbouring the parking management zone in the very centre face an additional load of motorists avoid the centre to access unlimited parking options.

SDG Story: Schiedam

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The 8th Transnational Meeting of SIBdev – View from our windows

After the preparation for a new personal occasion in Kecskemét, Hungary, the SIBdev Family had to make a tough decision again and move the event online due to the deterioration of the Covid pandemic situation. However, this move did not prevent the participants from sharing something personal in addition to the professional content, starting with the view from their (home) office windows and continuing with so many different points of view.

Case study Riga: Construction material exchange point

In this eighth case study delivered by the URGE network, Riga Energy Agency shares lessons learnt on their construction material exchange point. Started as a Small Scale Activity in the URGE project, plans are now in the making for a larger exchange point. The point is the first of its sort in Latvia and has gained much attention. 

Breastfeeding and baby care area at the Trikala cultural center

For their small-scale action, our project partner Trikala in Greece, set up a breastfeeding and baby care area-station in the municipal cultural centre in central Trikala.