1. Agile City
Urban Renewal for a Networked World
Aaron Naparstek
adn@mit.edu
@naparstek
CEOs for Cities Fall National Meeting
October 17, 2012

7. "We like traffic, it means economic activity, it means
people coming here."
-- Mayor Michael Bloomberg, August 2, 2006
Really?!

8. This one wasn't built, thankfully

9. The result of 80 years of car-oriented planning and policy
$13 billion per year in lost productivity
Source: Partnership for New York City

10. Streets weren't always just for cars
Mulberry Street, Manhattan’s Lower East Side, circa 1900.
Source: Library of Congress Photocrom Collection

12. San Francisco, September 2005

13. We organized our own "Parking Spot Squat" in Brooklyn
This cute kid
is now an
8-year-old.

15. 2006
47 parks
13 cities
3 countries
Midtown Manhattan

16. 2007
200 parks
50 cities
9 countries
Athens, Georgia

17. 2008
600 parks
100 cities
13 countries
Indianapolis, Indiana

18. 2009
700+ parks
140 cities
21 countries
Krakow, Poland

19. 2010
800+ parks
183 cities
30 countries
Buenos Aires, Argentina

20. 2011
1,000 parks
162 cities
35 countries
Ahmedabad, India

21. 2011 Park(ing) Day World Map
Antarctica remains un-reclaimed.

22. Park(ing) becomes policy in San Francisco

23. Plazas and Parklets
Today there are more than 40 projects.

24. New York City launches the Pop-Up Café

25. Park(ing) becomes official city policy in NYC
Fifty Seat
Pop-Up Cafe
in Lower Manhattan's
Financial District

26. Broadway at 34th Street, Herald Square, Manhattan.
Before After
Quick, inexpensive changes with temporary materials.

27. Broadway through Times Square
Before After

28. The new way of doing development: Agile.
The "Lean Startup" Feedback Loop

29. The old way of doing development…
Mainframe Computer Master Planner

30. The city is the original social media.
Broadway at Herald Square.

31. Is your city agile?
Aaron Naparstek
adn@mit.edu
@naparstek