HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC Correspondence - Public Comment (Glaser)Wednesday, March 16, 2016
How to Design Cities for People
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CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
MAR 10 2016
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How to Design Cities for People:
5:30 - 7 PM Admission is FREE!
Bike SLO County is hosting a special event on Wednesday, March 16 from 5:30-7 p.m. at Bello Mundo
Cafe, 974 Monterey St., SLO, featuring Meredith Glaser, urban strategy and sustainable mobility
consultant. In her work, Meredith focuses on the role mobility — or bicycling — can play in creating
better and happier cities. Local community members and elected officials will learn about how to
dream and create a bike friendly future for San Luis Obispo County. The event is free.
Meredith Glaser grew up in SLO, is a graduate of Mission High School, holds Masters degrees in urban
planning and public health from UC Berkeley, and has been based in the Netherlands since 2012.
Meredith regularly collaborates with local Dutch municipalities on projects and workshops regarding
sustainable transport modes and urban bicycling. She has extensive experiences in collaboration,
partnership and project management with different entities around the world. Meredith directs the
Amsterdam office for Copenhagenize Design Co., advising cities and towns around the world regarding
bicycle urbanism, reestablishing the bicycle as transport in cities, policy, planning, communications and
general urban design. Meredith also holds a guest appointment at the University of Amsterdam, where
she co -leads a summer course on urban cycling and conducts research on cross -national policy transfer
and knowledge exchange related to mobility. She hosts other university -level student groups and
international professional delegations for cycling and mobility study tours in the Netherlands and
Denmark. Clients and collaborators include People for Bikes, University of Amsterdam, Municipality of
Amsterdam, TU Delft, Urban Cycling Institute, and Danish Institute for Study Abroad. Meredith is the
chief blogger of Amsterdam Cycle Chic and lives in Amsterdam with her husband, daughter, four bikes
and no car.