Free Street Manifesto

Published by JOVIS Verlag GmbH 2023

Free Street Manifesto

Edited by: Free Street Alliance

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783986120535

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About this book

For over seventy years, private cars have dominated public space in German cities. In the Free Street Manifesto, a creative-academic alliance fundamentally challenges this status quo, highlighting the forgotten and unrecognized characteristics of streets and the opportunities they present. In doing so, the alliance focuses on a communal spatial resource that we, in times of climate change, digitalization, and social inequality, urgently need to learn to use differently.

Through images, comics, graphics, and succinct scientific insights, the Free Street Manifesto points the way to a future full of exciting possibilities—and demonstrates that our streets should be more than just a route from A to B.

Author / Editor information

The Free Street Alliance is a creative-academic cooperation of three Berlin-based actors with different focal areas. Think-and-do tank paper planes e.V. came up with the project idea and holds responsibility for the conceptual work, the images of the future, and the communications around the project. The Research Group Digital Mobility and Social Differentiation of the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB) enriched the project with their academic expertise and ample experience with transitional processes in sustainable city planning. The Department of Work/Technology and Participation at the Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) fostered the involvement of citizens in the project and ensured their contributions were reflected in its outcomes. The project is funded by the Mercator Foundation.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Why this Manifesto? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	9
Neighbourhood thesis The street as a place for chance encounters. Changing streets to change societies. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	10
Mobility thesis The use of urban space as a car park is a fundamental error of judgement. Real freedom goes well beyond our private cars. It’s time to free ourselves of them! Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
Economy thesis The free street: lifeline for progress. For more reliable supplies and new spaces for creativity and innovation. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
Health thesis The free street: a charm offensive. Here, everyone can feel safe, stay healthy and move about freely. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
Climate thesis The free street: protecting our lives and those of future generations. Helping communities cope with extreme weather conditions. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
Political thesis It takes political will to free the streets. Try new things, keep what works and embrace conflicts. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
Participation thesis It takes pioneers to free the streets. We can all play our part to make the change. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
Imprint Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: JOVIS Verlag GmbH
Pages
- Main content: 160
Illustrations
- Other: 90 farb. und s/w Abb.
Keywords: Climate change; future mobility; urban planning; streets; public space; spatial ressources; future; bicycle; public transport; traffic planning; health; urban space; participation; digitalization

eBook

Published: August 21, 2023
ISBN: 9783986120535

Paperback

Published: December 5, 2022
ISBN: 9783868597752