Complete Streets Pedestrian Zine Launch Party is tonight!
Here's an event I hope you can walk to tonight: Futurewise presents the Pedestrian Zine, the second in a series of Complete Streets zines. They are celebrating with a launch party tonight at Pacific Pizza in Browne's Addition. Doors open at 5pm. They have lots of great door prizes including a Scoop gift certificate, Sun People Dried Goods tote bag, Jewelry Design Center designer bangle, two tickets to Interplayers, 4 race entries for Spokane Rocket Velo's road race series (2012), garden tools and accessories from Garden Grove, Rings and Things necklace and more.
There are numerous interviews with pedestrians in our community. A lot of work went into this project. Zines, always self-published, are incredibly labor intensive.
The DIY zine approach makes perfect sense since complete streets are shaped by cultural, political, geographical and economic forces that go beyond transportation planning polices and urban design formulas. It's an opporunity to reach a whole new audience that wants a vibrant street life and the sense of belonging to a community- the chance to learn about a growing national movement.
The goal is not to pitch any specific design solutions rather “benefit from the experience of those who get out there and make alternative modes work, despite the many hazards, inconveniences and hostilities they may face. And help us explore how to make Spokane a better place to live for those of us who want more transportation choices. We should all have the freedom to get around in our community by our mode of choice!” Klitzke says on the Futurewise site. Amen.
