Public talk: Transforming streets for people
Hear from Professor Marco te Brömmelstroet about how we can create streets for people where liveability is the goal. Professor Brömmelstroet will share how our streets are generally shaped through a century old language that centers on efficiency, rather than creating streets for people where liveability is the goal. The mobility system that has emerged is now connected to almost every societal challenge we face. To work on a mobility transition, we need to challenge the language that has shaped it. And for that, we need to understand why John Lennon was in bed with a bicycle.
Date: Thursday 23rd July 2026.
Time: 6 to 8pm.
Location: Engineering Building at the University of Canterbury (Creyke Road, Ilam).
Cost: FREE but registration is required.
Find out more about this public talk about transforming streets for people, including how to register (Eventbrite).
Marco te Brömmelstroet is Chair of Urban Mobility Futures at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, founder of the Urban Cycling Institute and currently the Academic Director of the Lab of Thought. His work explores the underlying worldviews, values and assumptions that steer the design of our mobility systems and streets. In teaching, research and projects he shows why we need to challenge those for a transition to happen and how this can be done.