BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:27013@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Rethinking freedom in a car centred city DTSTAMP:20260902T032405Z DTSTART:20261007T180000Z DESCRIPTION:Challenging assumptions about the 15-minute city.\n\nFor genera tions\, the car stood for independence\, access and freedom. But today\,\n as our cities become denser and more complex\, it is worth asking what tha t\npromise of freedom really means: how free are we when cars on streets\, crossings\nand carparking dominate the spaces where we live? Join us for a broader and more\nhuman perspective on mobility in the car-centered city . Rather than focusing on\none type of transport alone\, we look at the fu ll spectrum of everyday movement:\nwalking\, cycling\, public transport\, cars and the many ways people combine them\nin their daily lives. Mobility is never experienced in the same way by everyone\,\nand a route that feel s easy and natural to one person may feel confusing\,\nunsafe\, exhausting \, or inaccessible to someone else.\n\nTogether with Romee Nicolai Fietsbu rgermeester Amsterdam\, BYCS\n[https://www.linkedin.com/in/romee-nicolai-0 431401ba/] Romy de Reuver Researcher\nat Goudappel [https://www.linkedin.c om/in/romy-de-reuver-6643b915a/] Bregtje van\nUffelen Advisor Mobility & S pace at Goudappel\n[https://www.linkedin.com/in/bregtje-van-uffelen-372037 178/] Eric Koomen\nAssociate professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam\n[h ttps://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-koomen-b40ab940/]\n\nWe also place this di scussion in the context of the 15-minute city. Often\npresented as a pract ical and attractive way to organize urban life around\nproximity it is als o politically charged and sometimes misunderstood. This\nevening does not entertain these slogans or fears but focuses on what a city\nstructured ar ound proximity really delivers for its inhabitants—and the ways\nthis can open alternatives to car – centered mobility. A central part of the\ndiscu ssion is the danger of assumptions. Too often\, urban and mobility plannin g\nis based on abstract ideas of how people move\, rather than on how peop le\nexperience the built environment. We bring in research that helps us b etter\nunderstand the psychology of movement\, perception\, and access\, a nd asks what\nspatial conditions make people feel safe\, welcome\, and abl e to move in different\nways.\n\nDuring the evening\, we will use the Prox imity Flower quiz as a tool to explore\nhow different people imagine their ideal city and their preferred relationship\nbetween home\, services\, mo bility\, and public space. The flower makes visible\nthat there is no sing le universal answer to questions of distance and access.\nPeople have diff erent routines\, responsibilities\, cultural backgrounds\, and\nvalues\, a nd this shape how they understand the “ideal” city. Researchers from\nthe project groups will also present key findings from their work. These\npres entations will offer concrete academic insights into the links between\nmo bility\, urban form\, and everyday life\, and will show how research can i nform\ndesign\, policy\, and planning. The audience will then be invited t o reflect on\nhow these findings relate to their own mobility lifestyles a nd to broader\nquestion how we want our cities to function. Ultimately\, j oin us to rethink\nfreedom: not as the ability to move primarily by car\, but as the ability to\naccess what you need\, feel at ease in your surroun dings\, and participate in\nurban life in different ways. It is about unde rstanding how car-centric planning\nhas shaped our cities\, and how a more proximity-based approach can open new\nforms of movement\, inclusion\, an d wellbeing. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/rethinking-freedom-in-a-car-centred-cit y GEO:52.376857;4.9220756 LOCATION:Pakhuis de Zwijger - Piet Heinkade 179\, 1019 HC Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,discussion,eastern docklands,live,physical spa ce,quiz X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Challenging assumptions about the 15-minute ci ty.

For generations, the car stood for independence, access and freedom . But today, as our cities become denser and more complex, it is worth ask ing what that promise of freedom really means: how free are we when cars o n streets, crossings and carparking dominate the spaces where we live? Joi n us for a broader and more human perspective on mobility in the car-cente red city. Rather than focusing on one type of transport alone, we look at the full spectrum of everyday movement: walking, cycling, public transport , cars and the many ways people combine them in their daily lives. Mobilit y is never experienced in the same way by everyone, and a route that feels easy and natural to one person may feel confusing, unsafe, exhausting, or inaccessible to someone else.

Together with Romee Nicolai Fietsburgermeester Amsterdam, BYCS Romy de Reuver Researcher at Goudappel Bregtje van Uffelen Advisor Mobility & ; Space at Goudappel Eric Koomen Associate professor at Vrije Un iversiteit Amsterdam

We also place this discussion in the c ontext of the 15-minute city. Often presented as a practical and attractiv e way to organize urban life around proximity it is also politically charg ed and sometimes misunderstood. This evening does not entertain these slog ans or fears but focuses on what a city structured around proximity really delivers for its inhabitants—and the ways this can open alternatives to c ar – centered mobility. A central part of the discussion is the danger of assumptions. Too often, urban and mobility planning is based on abstract i deas of how people move, rather than on how people experience the built en vironment. We bring in research that helps us better understand the psycho logy of movement, perception, and access, and asks what spatial conditions make people feel safe, welcome, and able to move in different ways.

During the evening, we will use the Proximity Flower quiz as a tool to explore how different people imagine their ideal city and their preferred relationship between home, services, mobility, and public space. The flow er makes visible that there is no single universal answer to questions of distance and access. People have different routines, responsibilities, cul tural backgrounds, and values, and this shape how they understand the “ide al” city. Researchers from the project groups will also present key findin gs from their work. These presentations will offer concrete academic insig hts into the links between mobility, urban form, and everyday life, and wi ll show how research can inform design, policy, and planning. The audience will then be invited to reflect on how these findings relate to their own mobility lifestyles and to broader question how we want our cities to fun ction. Ultimately, join us to rethink freedom: not as the ability to move primarily by car, but as the ability to access what you need, feel at ease in your surroundings, and participate in urban life in different ways. It is about understanding how car-centric planning has shaped our cities, an d how a more proximity-based approach can open new forms of movement, incl usion, and wellbeing.

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