There
is momentum throughout the country to make the Lebanese community more walking,
commuting by public transport and cycling-friendly, thereby making them more
viable. But, the actual state composition, strategies, and priorities won’t be
helpful in achieving such objectives on small nor large scale, leaving Byblos,
the oldest inhabited city in the world, to face a rapid development without
evaluating its exposures to risks on social, economical and environmental
levels.
ODDD ngo took this challenge and led the way by showing an example on how to change the
people (citizens and tourists) behavior and upgrade the city’s transportation
strategies to meet up with sustainable models.
After
a full year of studies, researches, analysis, questionnaires, measurements and
simulations, an international lab inviting 8 different cities, from 5 different
continents, will be held in Byblos, on
October 22nd-24th 2015, to share the specialists’ knowledge
and help in developing the Byblos sustainable public transportation strategy. As well, we will be executing examples of the
sustainable urban public transportation fixtures designed by the local
community
ODDD FB page campaign event
Your
contribution will help us in achieving 4 main tasks:
1-
Execute a sustainable bus shelter designed by
youth participants through a competition ($4000)
2-
Trips and accommodations for the Lab
guests from : Boston (USA), Curitiba (BRA), Sousse (TUN), Amman (JOR), Nicosia
(CYP), Masdar city (UAE), Byblos (LEB) and Avignon (FRA) ($4500)
3-
The first inner Byblos city bus
lane activation for three days
during the Lab, to facilitate people and attendees commuting to the workshop ($2500)
4-
Execute the sustainable
designed road & parking signs for Byblos city which is deeply in need
of. (like the transformation of the Liban cable wooden wheel into parking and entrances signs) ($2000)
The
Impact
One
of the campaign main goal is simply to upgrade Byblos city inhabitants lifestyle
into a sustainable one, which will lead to a worldwide contribution
in fighting climate change, thus a development towards the usage of
clean, renewable energy, breathing pollution-free air, increasing human been
comfort socially, thermally and economically and finally protecting the environment.
Second, bringing large experimented developed cities on board with small
scale cities from developing countries is a way to exchange knowledge,
culture, technology and experience and join forces to make this world a
better sustainable one.
Such
project, might have a direct impact on the oldest inhabited city in the
world, but also, its international dimension make the impact on a worldwide
level, thus your contribution will make difference on local, regional
and international level.