Urban Mobility and Empowerment

2017

How does design empower city dwellers to switch between different mobility solutions from walking, riding transit, driving a car, or riding a bike. Why is it important? Film screening followed by panel discussion.

Panelists

Brian Wiedenmeier (Moderator)

Executive Director, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

Greg Miller

Filmmaker, “Stylish Spokes”

Lisa Fisher

Urban Planner / LEED AP / Sustainable City Lead – ‎SF Planning Department

Ana Vasuedo

Program Director, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

Films

Stylish Spokes
USA | 2017 | 4 mins. | Directed by Greg Miller
Biking and beautiful shoes are not incompatible although many think they are. Stylish spokes illustrates to women that you don’t have to wear gym clothes to ride a bicycle.

Mama Agatha
Netherlands | 2015 | 16 mins. | Directed by Fadi Hindash
A heartwarming short documentary about Agartha Frimpong, nicknamed ‘Mama Agatha’, who runs a bicycle training program for migrant women in Amsterdam, but ultimately, the film is about the spirit of community and the exhilarating freedom of riding a bicycle.

We Are In Crisis
USA | 2016 | 3 mins. | Directed by Dylan McLaughlin
A lyrical cry for radical change, a short film made in gratitude to the water protectors, the land, and the water. #NODAPL

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