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Wander the World – New Cape Town Walking Routes Map helps your explore on foot · Wander the World with Pippa Hudson

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  Speaker 1: It's time to wander the world. And this travel on
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  Speaker 1: wonder the world Today, we are not hopping on a
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  Speaker 1: plane or even driving long distance. We are exploring on
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  Speaker 1: our own two feet, within our own city, taking a
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  Speaker 1: closer look at a precinc that is right under our noses,
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  Speaker 1: our CBD, just a couple of blocks away from where
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  Speaker 1: we're broadcasting today, are place packed with history and culture,
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  Speaker 1: with noteworthy architect architecture, and with plenty of hidden gems.
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  Speaker 1: But for many people it's a space they've not properly explored,
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  Speaker 1: either because they've just never taken the time to be
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  Speaker 1: tourists in their own backyard, or because they find the
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  Speaker 1: whole city confusing or perhaps intimidating, and don't really know
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  Speaker 1: where to start and where to go next. And I'm
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  Speaker 1: happy to tell you that there is a new nitiative
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  Speaker 1: in place that hopes to change that mindset and set
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  Speaker 1: and say come, we're going to show you how to
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  Speaker 1: move easily through the inner city and discover all its
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  Speaker 1: hidden treasures. I'm talking about the new Inner City Walking
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  Speaker 1: Routes map, which has just recently launched, and it offers
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  Speaker 1: several different pedestrian routes through the central city, allowing people
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  Speaker 1: to explore its places, to connect safely and intuitively on
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  Speaker 1: a really sort of people friendly route. If I can
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  Speaker 1: put it that way, that will help them discover places
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  Speaker 1: that have previously gone unnoticed. And it's a pleasure to
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  Speaker 1: have with us on the line. Brad Armatage, who's the
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  Speaker 1: co founder of the Mission for Inner City Cape Town,
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  Speaker 1: who are the organization behind this map. Brad, thank you
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  Speaker 1: so much for joining us this afternoon.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome, Thanks so for how are you doing.
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  Speaker 1: I'm well, thanks and you yeah good.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks a lovely sunny day. Captan more more ready to
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  Speaker 2: extall the.
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  Speaker 1: Street absolutely and brand I know you've got loads and
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  Speaker 1: loads of foreign tourists pouring into town probably doing exactly that,
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  Speaker 1: but we're not so good at doing it as locals.
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  Speaker 1: Is part of the reason for establishing this walking route map,
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  Speaker 1: to encourage more Cape Tonians to explore this precinct.
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  Speaker 2: You have to keep part of the sort of man
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  Speaker 2: it was late at the doorstep of the mission was
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  Speaker 2: to credit or vibrant inner city and a male Hellurth
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  Speaker 2: has been a big part of supporting inner city businesses
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  Speaker 2: and driving foot traffic and making the streets safe for
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  Speaker 2: more inclusive and accessible.
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  Speaker 3: So it's been a.
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  Speaker 2: Big ask for us to really understand why we don't
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  Speaker 2: have that relationship with our inner city. It's a very
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  Speaker 2: walkable inner city. It's sort of fifteen to twenty minutes
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  Speaker 2: from either side, so we were busy exploring how we
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  Speaker 2: can start to change perception around the inner city, and
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  Speaker 2: the walking roots is the starting point.
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  Speaker 1: Brad. I mean you've touched on something the safety of pedestrians.
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  Speaker 1: People are not sure whether it's safe, and the irony
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  Speaker 1: is the more people walk the streets and use the streets,
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  Speaker 1: the more safe they become. The presence of foot traffic,
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  Speaker 1: the presence of extra eyes around you definitely helps to
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  Speaker 1: increase one's feeling of being safe. So it's a kind
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  Speaker 1: of a snowball impact. I guess that you're trying to
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  Speaker 1: start here.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's something that they refer to the street ballet.
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  Speaker 2: Right. More people on the streets watching and seeing what's
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  Speaker 2: happening bring safety. But it's also things like lighting and
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  Speaker 2: sort of highlighting pedestrian crossings. I know we have a
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  Speaker 2: big challenge. We have many challenges like most cities that
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  Speaker 2: parking and traffic is on the increase in terms of
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  Speaker 2: city stresses, and it's really about encouraging people to walk
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  Speaker 2: in The more more people walk, the more safeer people
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  Speaker 2: feel walking.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, Brad. Before we go any further about the
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  Speaker 1: walking routes, where'd you just explain a little bit more
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  Speaker 1: about mission for any city caped on and who you
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  Speaker 1: are and I mean you've touched a little bit on
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  Speaker 1: the mandate there of making the inner city more vibrant,
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  Speaker 1: but just tell us a little bit more about this work.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Thanks.
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  Speaker 2: We're a nonprofit that was set up as a partnership
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  Speaker 2: between the city. We work alongside the CCID and the
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  Speaker 2: Lower Garden CID and really where they are responsible from
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  Speaker 2: the city's point of view, it st the larger infrastructural
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  Speaker 2: changes that they're bringing to the city to make it
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  Speaker 2: easier to use.
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  Speaker 3: From a user.
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  Speaker 2: Friendly point of view, the SIDS are a massive support
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  Speaker 2: in safety and security and the cleaning work that you
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  Speaker 2: see their teams on the street, and where the mission
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  Speaker 2: fits in is really around how we interact with the spaces,
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  Speaker 2: and for us it's like how we make the city cooler.
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  Speaker 2: But generally what it is is sort of highlighting the
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  Speaker 2: existing experiences in the city and encouraging more and working
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  Speaker 2: across elements like seating and greening.
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  Speaker 3: I mentioned lighting.
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  Speaker 2: That's been a big part of what you start to
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  Speaker 2: influence now is creating safer spaces with sort of for
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  Speaker 2: stoon lighting.
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  Speaker 3: Wayfinding.
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  Speaker 2: Walking routes are part of that process as well. So
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  Speaker 2: we see a lot of tourists typically it used to
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  Speaker 2: be the map a camera around the neck and the
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  Speaker 2: map althout trying to find out and orientate themselves, and
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  Speaker 2: outs on the cell phones. So we're really trying to
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  Speaker 2: look at sort of accentuating what's in our city and
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  Speaker 2: then also adding layers of vibrancy to that.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, now we'll talk in a minute about the different
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  Speaker 1: routes and which parts they cover. I just want to
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  Speaker 1: recap for anybody who's come in midway to this conversation
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  Speaker 1: that our guest is Brad Armitage, co founder of the
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  Speaker 1: Mission for Inner City Cape Town, talking to us about
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  Speaker 1: the newly launched Inner City Walking Routes MAP. Now several
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  Speaker 1: different routes laid out sort of roughly a briar street route,
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  Speaker 1: a long street route, a Harrington Square sort of precinct
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  Speaker 1: you've got. Obviously you're going to be bringing a lot
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  Speaker 1: of people in from the waterfront space. Let me head
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  Speaker 1: over to you, Brad, and let you give us a
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  Speaker 1: sort of an overview of what has been created.
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  Speaker 2: Essentially just highlighting the existing routes that are our own
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  Speaker 2: place and not about creating new layers. Part of the
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  Speaker 2: mission's focus is to develop a database that has a
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  Speaker 2: strong foundation of information, and that information seeking process has
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  Speaker 2: led us to understand how people currently use the city. So,
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  Speaker 2: as you mentioned, there's a huge traffic flow between the
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  Speaker 2: inner city and the waterfront that leads down to Northwart Square.
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  Speaker 2: We have some sort of traditional routes out of the
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  Speaker 2: train station and the transportation hub where the buses all meet,
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  Speaker 2: and that kind of leads onto Saint George's and either
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  Speaker 2: left up the company's gardens or down Saint George's towards
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  Speaker 2: the foreshore. And then there's the sort of more entertainment
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  Speaker 2: driven walking routes that lead up onto to Breeze Street
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  Speaker 2: and through the historical and cultural spaces that we have
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  Speaker 2: from Green Market Square all the way through to the Workhoup.
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  Speaker 2: Part of that process it was sort of intuition based.
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  Speaker 2: We've also then spent a lot of time sitting and
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  Speaker 2: watching people and we've now engaged with a more sort
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  Speaker 2: of a formal data collection process. And then the second
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  Speaker 2: part is really the strength of where we feel the
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  Speaker 2: mission for Inner City is kicked off, and that's really
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  Speaker 2: getting Cape Tonians to play a role and participate. As
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  Speaker 2: I mentioned, we're a nonprofit so we like quite heavy
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  Speaker 2: on corporate funding, but part of that is our ability
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  Speaker 2: to draw in sort of non financial contributions and we
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  Speaker 2: were really pleased to announce that the walking route was
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  Speaker 2: one of those interventions. It was a Inner City design
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  Speaker 2: studio called Studio Muti who put up their hand and said, hey,
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  Speaker 2: we love what you guys are doing, We love our city.
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  Speaker 2: How can we get involved? And these are our talents,
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  Speaker 2: So they've really come to the party and helped us
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  Speaker 2: illustrate this this walking map. It is a very simple
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  Speaker 2: map and the empasis here is that its focuses on
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  Speaker 2: walking routes and highlighting the sort of times and the
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  Speaker 2: directions and then beautifully illustrated map so that an intention
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  Speaker 2: would be that that this would either find its way
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  Speaker 2: into the hand of a tourists via a hotel or
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  Speaker 2: someone that's in the city that maybe is looking to
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  Speaker 2: explore on the weekend that you know, you walks the
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  Speaker 2: beaten path that they do on the day to day basis,
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  Speaker 2: but perhaps once to bring the family into the city
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  Speaker 2: and explore and discover, which is a big part of
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  Speaker 2: what the mission is focused on doing as well.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I'm sure you will love an email just in
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  Speaker 1: from Fiona who's commenting on how much she has been
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  Speaker 1: enjoying the experience of walking the city for the first
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  Speaker 1: time when she comes in for first Thursday. She says
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  Speaker 1: she experiences the city in a completely different way on
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  Speaker 1: foot from how she does driving through it in a car.
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  Speaker 1: And it's such a pertinent point. I mean, you anywhere
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  Speaker 1: in the world, if you walk through a city rather
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  Speaker 1: than bussing or driving through a city, you discover so
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  Speaker 1: much more. Brad. You know, when you're driving or taking
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  Speaker 1: public transport, you're going from destination AID to destination B.
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  Speaker 1: There's a sort of an endpoint that you focused on.
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  Speaker 1: Where's The experience of walking allows you to stop to go, oh,
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  Speaker 1: what's that or a small amazing bread coming out of
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  Speaker 1: a bakery. Here, here's a crafter working on an art
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  Speaker 1: piece that I want to take a look at to
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  Speaker 1: my left. And it's all those opportunities to find the
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  Speaker 1: little guys and the small, interesting, quirky places along the
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  Speaker 1: road that you simply miss entirely if you're in a vehicle, don't.
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  Speaker 2: You one hundred percent? Yeah, I'd said, the idea of
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  Speaker 2: looking up and appreciating where you are. And part of
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  Speaker 2: what we're so proud of is the city that is
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  Speaker 2: definitely walkable. We feel it's walkable, welcoming and wonderful as
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  Speaker 2: our sort of key points, and it's about highlighting what
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  Speaker 2: those things on I think first those days is one
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  Speaker 2: of the things that Cape Tonians know well, we identify
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  Speaker 2: quite well with that experience. And we've we've been now
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  Speaker 2: looking at part of the walking routes process to unpack
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  Speaker 2: other things. So you know, we've just as an example,
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  Speaker 2: done an amazing collaboration with a local artist. Heaven were
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  Speaker 2: who did the Strand Street crossing. If anybody's seen it's
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  Speaker 2: where Strand Streets meets and Georgia's and the idea there
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  Speaker 2: was just to bring some joy and de light into
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  Speaker 2: the space, bring awareness to the pedestrians, and help with
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  Speaker 2: some safety concern around the speed the traffic uses that space.
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  Speaker 2: But these are definitely parts of that yet. So she
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  Speaker 2: interpreted the joy of summer through a daisy pattern and
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  Speaker 2: that will be you can see on the on the
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  Speaker 2: on the two double pedestrian crossing just on a strange
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  Speaker 2: street at Saint George's.
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  Speaker 1: I love that idea of using paint on the road
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  Speaker 1: to draw attention that hey, this is a pedestrian crossing
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  Speaker 1: and hopefully the traffic slows down to admire the artwork
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  Speaker 1: is what is going down for the pedestrians at the
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  Speaker 1: same time. So great idea, Brad. Several times I've used
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  Speaker 1: the term hidden gems. Maybe we should pick out a
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  Speaker 1: couple to just alert listeners to the kind of thing
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  Speaker 1: we're talking about. What what are some of the overlooked
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  Speaker 1: spots that you hope these maps will will will draw
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  Speaker 1: people's attention to.
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  Speaker 2: Well, firstly, I think our green lung in the city
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  Speaker 2: is such a special space for us for the company's guide,
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  Speaker 2: and it's you know, sort of you know historically one
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  Speaker 2: of the reasons actually exists, but it is an amazing
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  Speaker 2: walking space from the eye which is arch the Snowhead
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  Speaker 2: design and to have initiative at the top of all
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  Speaker 2: the way through to the Dizzy Commuseums. It's a wonderful
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  Speaker 2: space for families, but it's also a great place to
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  Speaker 2: just take a moment and pause during your working day.
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  Speaker 2: And then if you take a walk through Saint George's
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  Speaker 2: up Saint George's down to Green Market Square, there's the
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  Speaker 2: newly reopened doorpose the ez Eco Museum is also open again.
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  Speaker 2: We have two beautiful churches to explore as well as
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  Speaker 2: a Methodist church, and further up on Saint George's George's Cathedral,
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  Speaker 2: which has things like the free concerts program on at
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  Speaker 2: the moment. And then of course there's the other sort
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  Speaker 2: of maybe lesser known walk, but it's a highly traffic walk,
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  Speaker 2: and that's the walk that leads down through Tybold Square
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  Speaker 2: and down to North Warf Square, which is our interface
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  Speaker 2: at the waterfront.
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  Speaker 3: So maybe not the easiest.
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  Speaker 2: But that route there's five to six different public art
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  Speaker 2: pieces that are discoverable along that space, which is the
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  Speaker 2: Brett Murray through to the Shark sculpture and some others.
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  Speaker 2: So the walking map really highlights just a few of those.
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  Speaker 2: Its intention is not to be a tourist map. It's
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  Speaker 2: definitely more about understanding how small and compact that inner
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  Speaker 2: city is. It really is a fifteen minute city.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, brad Lee asking a fair question, She says, I
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  Speaker 1: take your point that the more people are walking, the
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  Speaker 1: safer it gets. But we've got to get to that
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  Speaker 1: point still, she said, wants to know what does this
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  Speaker 1: encompass in terms of safety for the pedestrians you're encouraging
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  Speaker 1: to use these routes.
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  Speaker 3: I think part of it.
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  Speaker 2: It goes hand in hand with some of the wider
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  Speaker 2: work that the Mission for in the City is doing.
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  Speaker 2: As I mentioned, the big part of that is to
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  Speaker 2: increase our lighting upgrades. So we've done three different lighting
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  Speaker 2: interventions at the moment, one on brief streets, one a
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  Speaker 2: short market, and one Church Lane. And for those that
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  Speaker 2: come in up to the city on a Thursday night
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  Speaker 2: for first Thursday, I'll know that that Church Lane, Church
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  Speaker 2: Street where pedestrianite, the sort of typical art gallery alley,
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  Speaker 2: has just had an upgrade with some incredible lighting, and
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  Speaker 2: we've noticed that lighting interventions tend to reduce more negative
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  Speaker 2: activity on the streets.
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  Speaker 3: As well as.
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  Speaker 2: Helping people feel more comfortable, and it's a really good
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  Speaker 2: point as well. And just in terms of that lighting,
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  Speaker 2: this is something that we are collaborating with private companies
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  Speaker 2: with its lighthouse. The shout out to them for their
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  Speaker 2: contributions to helping us work on a sort of experimental
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  Speaker 2: and pilot basis. But the hope is that will increase
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  Speaker 2: more of more of that that light, those lighting interventions.
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  Speaker 2: And then I think the ccide's work is also is
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  Speaker 2: very relevant to discuss.
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  Speaker 3: They have visible.
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  Speaker 2: Policing on the streets and really what this walking route
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  Speaker 2: is doing is encouraging people to use certain routes more
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  Speaker 2: often and thereby flooding the space with activity at light
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  Speaker 2: and foot traffic.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, right, and closing, Where can listeners get hold of
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  Speaker 1: a copy of the Inner City Walking Roots map.
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  Speaker 2: Well, if you contact us through our website, we'll be
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  Speaker 2: able to send one to you. But we are a
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  Speaker 2: doing drops. It's a physical map. We're doing drops in
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  Speaker 2: all of the down the Inner City hotels and retail stores.
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  Speaker 2: It's in conjunction with another map, which is more of
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  Speaker 2: a retail map, which we've launched this week, is called
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  Speaker 2: Gift to the Inner city and it's the highlights of
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  Speaker 2: the sort of independent creative retailers in the city. So
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  Speaker 2: any of those from the Books.
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  Speaker 3: Mummywater, Serf Store through to.
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  Speaker 2: Philippa Green, any of the Inner City retailers will have
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  Speaker 2: those maps available. But if you contact us through our websites,
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  Speaker 2: which is intercity dot org so Mission for Incity dot org,
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  Speaker 2: we'll be happy to send one to you or share
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  Speaker 2: the digital map with.
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  Speaker 3: You as well.
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  Speaker 1: Mission for inner City dot Org. Brad Armitage, so great
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  Speaker 1: to have you with us. Thanks for taking the initiative
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  Speaker 1: on this one, and I hope it's going to bear
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  Speaker 1: fruit and see lots more foot feet on the floor
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  Speaker 1: in the Inner City over the coming firstacs and beyond.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, and I just encourage cap turnings that I
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  Speaker 2: use in the city. Please do tell everybody about it.
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  Speaker 2: Encourage more activity and more people will get down the better.
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  Speaker 2: So thank you very much for the exposure.
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  Speaker 1: Our great pleasure. Brad Armitash, Thank you so much for
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  Speaker 1: joining us this afternoon speaking there on behalf of Mission
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  Speaker 1: for Inner City their website, Mission for InnerCity dot org.
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