Join us to Discuss Arrested Mobility by Charles Brown

After a great first gathering in September, our small group agreed to continue and expand the discussion of Arrested Mobility and the mobility solutions Charles Brown offers.    Join us at Wander Cafe in Pittsfield to continue the discussion.   

Some suggested topics of discussion (other topics raised by the book are welcome too): We should only tackle 1 or 2 this time and we will decide the topic as a group when we gather. 

Community Mobility Rituals: At our last meeting we delved into the idea of Community Mobility Rituals outlined on pp 79-81.   We could review this idea and reference Olatunji Oboi Reed’s blog Equiticity at the link below.  For those at our last discussion; you will find number 7 of the 7 key elements of Community Mobility Rituals. 

Traffic Calming replacing enforcement: We have had recent successes in the community of this strategy.   How does Charles Brown frame this?  Where have we succeeded here locally? How can we celebrate that success? Where are other opportunities?

Mobility Enforcement  Where can we move to replace criminal or police enforcement of mobility rules to a more community centered approach?  What solutions does Charles Brown offer?  What local version of this can we think of?

Micromobility/Ebikes   This topic is hot locally right now especially around regulation, making new rules and enforcement.   How can this book inform the local debate?

Next steps: another gathering for us? 

Share offer from Charles Brown to come speak- who would host this?

Resources/references:

https://arrestedmobility.com/book/ 

https://www.equiticity.org/blog/community-mobility-rituals-a-vehicle-for-neighborhood-transformation