Democracy Manifest walking tour
DEMOCRACY MANIFEST Fortitude Valley’s schemers, dreamers, rogues and quiet achievers and the places they created. WALKING TOUR BY ROBERT ALLEN + QLD WALKS + BRISBANE
Walking is for everyone.
We all enjoy a good walk, roll and stroll whether for leisure, health or commuting. It’s important to provide Queenslanders with access to cool and comfortable, connected, convenient and safe spaces for walking.
By designing heat and shade solutions into our walking environment, more people can choose to walk and feel comfortable to walk more.
Prioritising places where we walk.
Create shaded and covered paths for walking
Hot weather and lack of footpath shading can be a reason why Queenslanders are unable to walk. Designing shaded and covered paths for walking will encourage more people to walk at all times of the day and in most weather conditions.
Transform waiting and gathering spaces with covered spaces for the community
Embed heat reduction and shade in all design briefs and strategies and through research.
1.1 Increase tree canopy and vegetation
1.2 Shading on paths and crossings
1.3 Green grids, urban forests and all-weather paths
1.4 Funding for councils to establish shade
1.5 Developer contributions to green space and planting
1.6 Better road design, safer streets:
2.1 Increase protection from sun, heat and weather
2.2 Shading and cooling in every project
2.3. Connected shading in precincts
2.4 Upgraded design for shelters and shade:
2.5 Provide awnings on buildings.
3.1 Expand environmental impact definition to include canopy cover and heat impact
3.2 Trees are a physical asset
3.3 A Design Coordination Unit
3.4 Research, community programs and funded citizen science
3.5 Expand local government infrastructure grants funding.
We call for the use of the Sustainable Transport Hierarchy to inform transport decisions.
Sustainable Transport Hierarchy, adapted from Department of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland Walking Strategy 2019 – 2029 Walking: for everyone, every day p 19
The Australian Institute of Architects, Queensland Chapter, in collaboration with the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects, Design Institute of Australia and Planning Institute of Australia officially launched the Green Pathways, Gold Places advocacy for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
To deliver city-shaping benefits, we have 4 key asks of governments and Games Partners:
The Queensland Walking Alliance supports the Design Alliance for Green Pathways Gold Places.
Are you baking before you board your bus or train? Queensland has some of the highest ultra violet (UV) levels and skin cancer rates in the world, and cumulative exposure at everyday places like bus stops and train platforms significantly increases long-term risk. In addition to putting Queenslanders at risk of heat illnesses, prolonged waiting at unshaded transport stops poses serious long-term risks of skin cancer from harmful UV radiation.
Baked Before Boarding is a public campaign calling out the everyday UV and heat stress faced by people waiting for buses and trains across Queensland. It shines a light on the most exposed stops, platforms and interchanges where there is little to no shade, no shelter from reflected heat, and nowhere safe to sit while waiting in extreme temperatures.
Baked Before Boarding calls for practical, fast solutions such as trees, shelters, cool materials, water access and better stop placement, so that catching a bus or train does not mean risking heat stress. The message is simple. If we want people to choose public transport, we have to make waiting safe, dignified and bearable in a Queensland climate. Join us in the campaign for quality places where we walk and where we wait.
The Queensland Walking Alliance members commit to a healthier and more connected Queensland by advocating to all levels of government and practitioners by encouraging and supporting better walking facilities, better investment and more walking every day.
DEMOCRACY MANIFEST Fortitude Valley’s schemers, dreamers, rogues and quiet achievers and the places they created. WALKING TOUR BY ROBERT ALLEN + QLD WALKS + BRISBANE
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