The Cape Craft and Design Institute (CCDI) and Open Streets Cape Town (OSCT) Street Minds are partnering for the next CCDI Creative Exchange on 04 May to explore what Transit Oriented Development (TOD) means for the streets of Cape Town.

Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is gaining traction internationally as the new paradigm for transport and development planning. At is heart is an express objective of achieving more sustainable and equitable cities. This round table is a collaboration between Open Streets and the Cape Craft and Design Institute and opens up a dialogue around what TOD means in Cape Town and how our understanding of streets can be enriched by this concept.

The format of the evening is four short (15 minute) presentations by knowledgeable guest speakers focusing on particular themes. This will be followed by a facilitated discussion which will last 45 minutes exploring the topic. More detail on the themes and speakers can be found below.

Street Minds is an initiative facilitated by OSCT that strives to create a platform for learning centred around streets as an integral part of cities. It brings together professionals and practitioners from a range of backgrounds in a spirit of openness and exploration, as we work to improve and empower good street design in line with the Open Streets Manifesto.

When: Thursday, 4 May 17h30 - 19h30

Where: Cape Craft and Design Institute (CCDI), 2nd Floor Harrington House, 37 Barrack Street

If you have any queries please email: streetminds@openstreets.co.za

THEME 1: WHAT IS TOD?

Speaker: Sean Cooke - PhD Scholar, UCT Centre for Transport Studies/TOD embedded researcher, City of Cape Town

Sean is a Doctoral candidate in Transport studies within the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Cape Town. His field of study is the relationship between urban development and public transport finance. For the duration of his doctorate, he will be embedded within the City of Cape Town's Transport and Urban Development Authority through a knowledge transfer programme. He is also a transport research consultant, running projects for UNEP, among others.

THEME 2: WHAT DOES TOD MEAN FOR CAPE TOWN?

Speaker: Brett Herron - Mayco Member for the Transport and Urban Development Authority, City of Cape Town

Councillor Herron has served as Mayoral Committee Member: Transport for Cape Town previously and has helped pioneer the City’s key spatial strategy of Transit Oriented Development and the roll-out of MyCiTi.

THEME 3: WHAT DOES TOD MEAN FOR THE STREETS AND NEIGHBOURHOODS OF CAPE TOWN?

Speakers:

Nisa Mammon - Managing Director and Principle Planner, NM & Associates Planners and Designers

Nisa practices as a professional planner in private practice and has over 25 years of experience across a range of scales and projects in spatial planning; focusing on urban spatial transformation and promoting the public realm in Cape Town and other South African cities. Nisa’s planning and design practice focuses mainly on making the public realm accessible to the majority of people to help create an inclusive urban environment and integrated city. She holds a PhD and Masters degree in city and regional planning from the University of Cape Town.

Jody Paterson - Director and Principal Urban Designer, NM & Associates Planners and Designers

Jody’s training and experience as an architect, city planner and urban designer allows her to play a support role to complex spatial planning exercises and strategic implementation programs. Her main interest is in the public realm, housing and the incorporation of non-motorised forms of transport into the urban environment.

Nisa and Jody have been jointly responsible for developing the Corridor Management Plan for the next phase of MyCiTi.

THEME 4: WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE TO MAKE TOD HAPPEN?

Speaker: Rob McGaffin - Department of Construction Economics and Management, UCT

Rob McGaffin is a town planner and land economist. He has worked with the City of Cape Town and the Gauteng Department of Economic Development and in property finance at several financial institutions. As a Mistra Urban Futures Researcher with the African Centre for Cities, he assisted the City of Cape Town in developing the Economic Areas Management Programme. He currently lectures in the Department of Construction Economics and Management at the University of Cape Town and is a founding member of the UCT - Nedbank Urban Real Estate Research Unit. He registered for a PhD at the University of Cape Town where he is researching where and why the economic sectors in Cape Town locate where they do.