We are delighted to announce IURD's Spring 2014 series: Transit & Cities: Creating Sustainable Urban Futures, being held at UC Berkeley. View them online at the Transit & Cities page on the IURD website.

Transit is vital to the sustainability of cities–environmentally, economically, socially. Be a part of a growing movement that places transit, in its many shapes and forms, front and center in the campaign to create sustainable urban futures. 

The first event of our Spring series is:

Monday, February 10, 6-8pm

Evening Lecture and Discussion on: "Places for People & Transit"

"From Jane Jacobs to Livable Cities"

Presentation by Jan Gehl, Jan Gehl and Associates, Copenhagen 

Discussant: Neil Hrushowy, City of San Francisco Planning Department

Fifty years of Public Life research leading gradually to implementation of people-oriented planning strategies in cities across the world: Copenhagen, Melbourne, London, New York and Moscow, among others. The Livable cities of the 21st Century are characterized by a strong focus on sustainable modes of transport supported by a good public realm. Care for people and the public realm are seen as an important key for creating lively, safe, sustainable and healthy cities. 

Wurster Auditorium, UC Berkeley. Free (First come/First served).