📝 Well, there isn’t one “recipe,” but this is what I had the pleasure of talking about with a group of young enthusiastic people taking Shiri Heffer‘s course on “Green Growth and Environmental Protection” at The Academic College of Tel-Aviv, Yaffo and The Macro Center for Political Economics.
👒 We started our tour on the inspiring ecological rooftop of Dizengoff Center. We discussed how it sometimes takes time for the public and decision-makers to understand that a change in the current agenda is required. We also discussed other related mobility and transportation issues that the students had, and we had a great conversation.
🚲🚍 Afterward, we headed towards the Square and saw how the street had changed for the better in a few years, putting people first and the current additions of bike lanes and bus lanes.
🟩 We concluded our session at Dizengoff Square. Even though it was noontime on just another weekday the square was bustling and we could see the impact that lowering the Square had made- on the square itself and its surrounding.
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📖 For more information about the long journey that brought Dizengoff Square to square one please click here for a recent article I wrote about this topic.