Parkways for People

Sunday Streets Sunday Streets

Sunday StreetsSunday Streets

Happier, healthier people enjoying the outdoors, meeting new friends, no matter their race or class

How it works:How it works:

Every Sunday MorningConnects communities, businesses,

cultural opportunities Intersections work normallyAccess to homes, parking and

businesses remainVolunteers and crossing guards

monitor intersections

Sunday Streets Impact:Sunday Streets Impact:

Better HealthConnecting

Communities Equitably

Cleaner

Greener

Safer

New Economic

Activity

“Creating opportunities for Happiness must be a priority for a high quality of life…” Former Bogota Mayor Enrique Penalosa

Sunday Streets= FUNFUN!!

Walking, Running, Skating, Biking, Aerobics, Shopping….Quality time with each other….

Opportunities to reach out, inform and interact with our citizens….

Thousands of People…….

GoalsGoals

Sunday Streets will impact: Obesity Micro enterprise and retail sales Transportation choices Air and noise pollution Youth engagement Social and cultural connectedness

Reasons why Sunday Streets must happen:

To employ local youth as safety riders, monitors leaders and mentors, giving them both responsibility, pride and a paycheck

To create a quietly powerful way to market neighborhoods, parks, cultural centers and businesses

To create demand for alternatives to motor vehicles; saving gas, money and lives

All Kids Need Opportunities to Exercise

Reasons why Sunday Streets must happen:

Cleaner air, peace and quiet for a day in areas with high noise and air pollution

To allow for a free, easy way to get outside and reconnect with our friends, families and neighbors

To help everyone, regardless of their income, race or class find a new way to become more active, healthy, and yes, even happier.

Reasons why Sunday Streets must happen:

Makes Baltimore a truly unique destination

Ties cultural events, organizations, retail, conventions, hotels, and entire neighborhoods together

Will dwarf any other city event Being first = National attention

Sunday Streets snapshots ……..

Enrique Penalosa – Former Mayor of Bogota:

"We have to build a city for children

and thus for people. All our everyday efforts have one objective:

Happiness."

Moving forward – steps:

BPAG: Role: Actions: