jason roberts - the better block project
DESCRIPTION
Startupfest 2014 - The Better Block project began in Dallas, Texas in 2010 to help rapidly transform a neighbourhood block with high vacancy rates and auto-oriented streets into a vibrant, walkable, district complete with pop-up businesses, bike lanes, outdoor cafe seating, landscaping, and murals. The project broke several outdated city ordinances to show how many of the rules and regulations that existed were holding back the potential for a great place to exist. Since that time, the Better Block has become an international movement occurring as far as Australia to Iran. In this session, Better Block founder Jason Roberts will give you an inside look at how innovation, entrepreneurship, and the urban core generate new possibilities for the society in which we live.TRANSCRIPT
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FEAR
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2009 Design Charrette for Fort Worth Ave.
•Abstract only•Plans watered down after process by public works to over-compensate for worst case scenarios•Fear of permanency•Assumptions on traffic modeling•Years to implement
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Current traffic count:10,000 cars/day
Built for: 60,000 cars/day
Maintenance cost? Safety? Shared access? Stay power? Victim of land speculation?
4 Years and hundreds of thousands of dollars later…
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CheerleaderVs
Champion
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SIDEWALK FLOWERS
Dallas Development Code. SEC. 43-115. ANNUAL FEE FOR USE OFPUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.(a) Except as provided in Section 43-115.1, the annual fee for alicense to use a public right-of-way for the following uses is:(3) Fee for landscaping and appurtenant irrigation systems:$1,000.
STREET CAFÉS
Dallas Development Code. SEC. 43-115. ANNUAL FEE FOR USE OFPUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.(b) Except as provided in Section 43-115.1, the annual fee for alicense to use a public right-of-way for uses other than those listed inSubsection (a) is $1,000 or is calculated in accordance with one of thefollowing formulas, whichever is greater:(1) Fee for use of public right-of-way, including but not limitedto sidewalk cafes: area X market value X 85% X 12%.
AWNINGS & ARCADES
Dallas Development Code. SEC. 43-115. ANNUAL FEE FOR USE OFPUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.(a) Except as provided in Section 43-115.1, the annual fee for alicense to use a public right-of-way for the following uses is:(4) Fee for awnings and canopies: $1,000 per awning or canopy.
CROWDS
Dallas Development Code. SEC. 43-129. CAUSING CROWD TO CONGREGATE ON SIDEWALK.No person shall occupy any space on the sidewalk or any space near the sidewalk where the same attracts any crowd or causes any crowd to congregate on the sidewalk or where the patrons or customers must remain on the sidewalk, for the purpose of carrying on any kind of business whether for amusement or profit. (Code 1941, Art. 143-8)
Dallas Development Code. SEC. 43-133. USE OF SIDEWALK FOR DISPLAY OF MERCHANDISE. No merchant or owner of a building, fronting on any street, shall be allowed the use of any portion of any sidewalk for the display of goods, wares or merchandise. (Code 1941, Art. 143-12; Ord. 3707)
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• Work Fast! Commit to physical change in days, not years
• Out of the townhall, onto the street
• Temp to Perm (remove fear)
• Permanent should promote timeless form
• Take away a zero
• Co-Responsibility
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Tehran Better Block
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SHOW UP!
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GIVE
IT
A
NAME
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Set A Date
And
Publish It(Blackmail Yourself)