My work prioritizes road safety, active transportation, and public space in ways that ensure people can move in ways that work for them. Here are some of my projects that support mobility:
Road Safety
- Created Smart Moves: Key Performance Indicator Proposal for the MoveSmart Strategy for the City of Vaughan with a team of urban planning students from Queen’s University.
- The purpose of Smart Moves was to provide the City of Vaughan with a set of key performance indicators to assess the progress of their MoveSmart Mobility Management Strategy.
- The twenty KPIs proposed for Vaughan are informed through a road safety and equity lens.
- Produced the Blind Spots Report which reviewed the City of Kingston’s Vision Zero Road Safety Plan based on renewed municipal Vision Zero plans and recent expert commentaries.
- The report identified four key recommendations which speak to themes and issues that are less prevalent or missing in Kingston’s Road Safety Plan.
School Streets
- Led Central Public School’s School Street – a street closure program that restricts vehicle traffic and encourages active school travel at the start and end of the school day.
- Managed 50 volunteers to close a street every school day since September 2022 with support from the Kingston Coalition for Active Transporation.
- Featured in the Kingston Whig-Standard (September 2, 2022) and The Skeleton Press, Issue 11, Fall 2022 (page 30).
Public Space
- Designed and facilitated walking conversation training workshops as Program Manager for Jane’s Walks between 2013-2015, often emphasizing the importance of public space and the ideas of Jane Jacobs.
- Led multiple public events which speak to the efforts to reclaim public space, such as the “Parking lot walk” (CBC Ottawa Morning) 05/2015
- Contributor to street re-visioning projects such as Five Big Ideas for the Future of Queen Street.