ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Janette Sadik-Khan - City transportation expert
As commissioner of the NYC Department of Transportation under the Bloomberg administration, Janette Sadik-Khan was responsible for the smooth running of a New York that hides in plain sight ... the streets, highways, bridges, signs and lights.

Why you should listen

Janette Sadik-Khan was appointed commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation in 2007. For six years, she managed nearly 5,000 employees and was responsible for the operation and management of some 6,300 miles of streets throughout the city's 5 boroughs.

Despite her access to a budget of some $2 billion, Sadik-Khan adopted a designer's approach to urban innovation: rapid testing and regular iteration. In other words, try an idea to see if it would work; if it didn't, try something else, no harm done. In Times Square, an iconic New York City location visited by 350,000 people every day, this involved the creation of pedestrian zones by painting the asphalt and putting up some lawn chairs. The success of the approach allowed her to create 50 pedestrian zones throughout the city, in the process repurposing 26 acres of space previously allocated to cars. 

In 2013, she helped to introduce the instantly-popular Citi Bike bicycle-sharing program to the city, making New York one of the cycling capitals in the United States.

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Janette Sadik-Khan: New York's streets? Not so mean any more

Janette Sadik-Khan: As rúas de Nova York? Xa non son tan perigosas.

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'O traballo dun comisionado de transporte non vai só sobre sinais de stop ou de tráfico' , explícanos Janette Sadik-Khan, quen ocupou este cargo na cidade de Nova York no 2007. Nesta divertida e inspiradora charla, Janette detalla a maneira de pensar que hai detrás das iniciativas de éxito para cambiar a forma de vida nas rúas dos 5 distritos, incluíndo as novas áreas peonís en Times Square e a chegada de Citi Bikes. Atención á aparición especial ao final da charla.
- City transportation expert
As commissioner of the NYC Department of Transportation under the Bloomberg administration, Janette Sadik-Khan was responsible for the smooth running of a New York that hides in plain sight ... the streets, highways, bridges, signs and lights. Full bio

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O traballo dun comisionado de transporte
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The work of a transportation commissioner
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isn't just about stop signs and traffic signals.
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non trata só de sinais
de stop e de tráfico
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It involves the design of cities
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Tamén implica o deseño de cidades
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and the design of city streets.
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e o deseño de rúas da cidade.
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Streets are some of the most valuable resources
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As rúas son uns dos recursos máis valiosos
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that a city has, and yet it's an asset
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que ten unha cidade,
e aínda así é un activo
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that's largely hidden in plain sight.
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que, a simple vista, parece oculto.
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And the lesson from New York
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E a lección que nos deu Nova York
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over the past six years
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durante os pasados seis anos
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is that you can update this asset.
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é que se pode actualizar este activo.
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You can remake your streets quickly, inexpensively,
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Podemos refacer as rúas rapidamente,
de maneira barata,
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it can provide immediate benefits,
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producindo beneficios inmediatos,
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and it can be quite popular.
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e con grande aceptación.
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You just need to look at them a little differently.
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Só hai que miralas
de maneira un pouco diferente.
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This is important because we live in an urban age.
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Isto é importante porque
vivimos nunha era urbana.
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For the first time in history,
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Por primeira vez na historia,
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most people live in cities,
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a maioría das persoas viven en cidades,
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and the U.N. estimates that over the next 40 years,
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e a ONU estima que nos vindeiros 40 anos
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the population is going to double on the planet.
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a poboación do planeta vaise dobrar.
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So the design of cities is a key issue for our future.
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Por iso, o deseño das cidades
é un tema chave para o noso futuro.
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Mayor Bloomberg recognized this
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O alcalde Bloomberg recoñeceuno
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when he launched PlaNYC in 2007.
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cando lanzou o PlaNYC no 2007.
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The plan recognized that cities
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O plan recoñecía que as cidades
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are in a global marketplace,
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están nun mercado global
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and that if we're going to continue to grow and thrive
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e que, se seguimos a crecer e prosperar
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and to attract the million more people
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e se atraemos o millón máis de persoas
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that are expected to move here,
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que se espera que se muden aquí,
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we need to focus on the quality of life
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precisamos centrarnos na calidade de vida
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and the efficiency of our infrastructure.
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e na eficiencia das
nosas infraestruturas.
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For many cities, our streets have been
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En moitas cidades,
as rúas estiveron
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in a kind of suspended animation for generations.
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nunha especie de animación
suspendida durante xeracións.
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This is a picture of Times Square in the '50s,
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Esta é unha foto de
Times Square nos anos 50,
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and despite all of the technological innovation,
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e a pesar de toda
a innovación tecnolóxica,
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cultural changes, political changes,
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dos cambios culturais,
dos cambios políticos,
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this is Times Square in 2008.
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esta é Times Square no 2008.
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Not much has changed in those 50 years.
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Non houbo moitos cambios neses 50 anos.
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So we worked hard to refocus our agenda,
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Así que traballamos duro
para cambiar o foco da nosa axenda,
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to maximize efficient mobility,
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para maximizar a mobilidade eficiente,
proporcionando máis espazo
para buses, para bicis,
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providing more room for buses, more room for bikes,
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more room for people to enjoy the city,
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máis espazo para que
a xente gozase da cidade,
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and to make our streets as safe as they can be
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e para facer as nosas rúas
o máis seguras posible
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for everybody that uses them.
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para todos os que as usan.
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We set out a clear action plan
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Implantamos un plan de acción claro
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with goals and benchmarks.
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con obxectivos e referencias.
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Having goals is important,
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Fixar obxectivos é importante,
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because if you want to change and steer the ship
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porque se desexas cambiar o rumbo do barco
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of a big city in a new direction,
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dunha gran cidade
cara a unha nova dirección,
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you need to know where you're going and why.
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tes que saber a onde
te dirixes e por que.
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The design of a street can tell you everything
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O deseño dunha rúa pode dicirche todo
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about what's expected on it.
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o que se espera dela.
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In this case, it's expected that you shelter in place.
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Neste caso, espérase
que te refuxies no lugar.
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The design of this street is really
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O deseño desta rúa destínase
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to maximize the movement of cars
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a maximizar o movemento de coches
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moving as quickly as possible
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movéndose o máis rápido posible
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from point A to point B,
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dende o punto A ata o punto B,
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and it misses all the other ways
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e desaproveita todas as outras maneiras
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that a street is used.
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nas que se utiliza unha rúa.
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When we started out, we did some early surveys
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Cando comezamos, fixemos algúns estudos
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about how our streets were used,
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sobre como se usaban as nosas rúas,
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and we found that New York City was largely
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e atopamos que Nova York
era maiormente
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a city without seats.
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unha cidade sen sentadoiros.
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Pictures like this, people perched
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Fotos coma esta, xente sentada
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on a fire hydrant, not the mark of a world-class city.
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nunha boca de incendios, non é o típico
dunha cidade de primeira categoría.
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(Laughter)
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(Risas)
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It's not great for parents with kids.
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Non é bo para os pais con nenos.
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It's not great for seniors. It's not great for retailers.
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Non é bo para os anciáns.
Non é bo para os comerciantes.
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It's probably not good for the fire hydrants.
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Probablemente non sexa bo
para as bocas de incendio.
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Certainly not good for the police department.
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De seguro non é bo para a policía.
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So we worked hard to change that balance,
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Daquela, traballamos moito
para cambiar esta distribución,
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and probably the best example of our new approach
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e probablemente o mellor exemplo
deste novo enfoque
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is in Times Square.
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estea en Times Square.
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Three hundred and fifty thousand people a day
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350 mil persoas pasan cada día
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walk through Times Square,
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por Times Square,
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and people had tried for years to make changes.
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e xa se tentaran facer
cambios durante anos.
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They changed signals, they changed lanes,
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Cambiáronse sinais, cambiáronse vías,
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everything they could do to make Times Square work better.
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todo o que se puido para que
Times Square funcionase mellor.
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It was dangerous, hard to cross the street.
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Cruzar a rúa era perigoso, difícil.
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It was chaotic.
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Era un caos.
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And so, none of those approaches worked,
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Ningún deses enfoques funcionou,
así que probamos outro,
un máis amplo,
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so we took a different approach, a bigger approach,
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looked at our street differently.
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miramos as nosas rúas
doutro xeito.
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And so we did a six-month pilot.
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E fixemos unha proba piloto
de seis meses.
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We closed Broadway from 42nd Street to 47th Street
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Pechamos Broadway dende a rúa 42 ata a 47
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and created two and a half acres
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e creamos máis dunha hectárea
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of new pedestrian space.
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de espazo peonil novo.
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And the temporary materials are an important part
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Os materiais temporais
foron unha parte importante
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of the program, because we were able to show
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do programa, porque puidemos mostrar
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how it worked.
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como funcionaba.
Traballo para un alcalde
que se guía por datos, como saberedes.
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And I work for a data-driven mayor, as you probably know.
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So it was all about the data.
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Así que todo tiña que ver cos datos.
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So if it worked better for traffic, if it was better for mobility,
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Se funciona mellor para o tráfico,
se é mellor para a mobilidade,
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if it was safer, better for business, we would keep it,
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se é máis seguro, mellor
para os negocios, mantémolo,
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and if it didn't work, no harm, no foul,
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e se non funciona, non hai problema,
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we could put it back the way that it was,
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poñémolo todo
tal como estaba antes,
porque eran
materiais temporais.
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because these were temporary materials.
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And that was a very big part of the buy-in,
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Isto foi unha parte moi importante
para lanzar o proxecto,
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much less anxiety when you think that something
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sen ansiedade, porque sabes que sempre
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can be put back.
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se pode poñer todo coma antes.
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But the results were overwhelming.
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E os resultados foron abraiantes.
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Traffic moved better. It was much safer.
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O tráfico ía mellor, era moito más seguro.
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Five new flagship stores opened.
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Abriron cinco novas tendas insignia.
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It's been a total home run.
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Foi un grande acerto.
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Times Square is now one of the top 10
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Times Square é, hoxe en día,
un dos 10 mellores puntos
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retail locations on the planet.
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para o comercio do planeta.
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And this is an important lesson,
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Esta é unha lección importante
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because it doesn't need to be a zero-sum game
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porque ninguén ten que saír perdendo
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between moving traffic and creating public space.
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cando fas o tráfico máis fluído
e creas espazos públicos.
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Every project has its surprises,
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Todos os proxectos teñen sorpresas
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and one of the big surprises with Times Square
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e unha das grandes sorpresas
con Times Square
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was how quickly people flocked to the space.
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foi o rápido que a xente ocupou o espazo.
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We put out the orange barrels,
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Sacamos os cilindros laranxa,
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and people just materialized immediately into the street.
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e a xente apareceu de súpeto na rúa.
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It was like a Star Trek episode, you know?
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Foi como un episodio
de Star Trek, sabedes?
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They weren't there before, and then zzzzzt!
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Antes non había ninguén aló,
e, de súpeto, zas!
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All the people arrived.
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Chegaron todos.
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Where they'd been, I don't know, but they were there.
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Onde estiveran antes non sei,
pero agora alí estaban.
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And this actually posed an immediate challenge for us,
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E isto automaticamente
presentounos un novo reto,
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because the street furniture had not yet arrived.
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porque o mobiliario urbano
aínda non chegara.
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So we went to a hardware store
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Entón fomos ata un almacén
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and bought hundreds of lawn chairs,
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e mercamos centos
de cadeiras de xardín
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and we put those lawn chairs out on the street.
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e puxémolas fóra, na rúa.
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And the lawn chairs became the talk of the town.
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E todo o mundo comezou
a falar das cadeiras.
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It wasn't about that we'd closed Broadway to cars.
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Non falaban de que pecharamos
Broadway para os autos.
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It was about those lawn chairs.
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Senón das cadeiras de xardín.
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"What did you think about the lawn chairs?"
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'Que che parecen as cadeiras?'
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"Do you like the color of the lawn chairs?"
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'Gústache a cor das cadeiras?'
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So if you've got a big, controversial project,
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Así que se tedes un proxecto
importante e controvertido
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think about lawn chairs.
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pensade en usar cadeiras de xardín.
05:59
(Laughter)
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(Risas)
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This is the final design for Times Square,
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Aquí tedes o deseño final
para Times Square
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and it will create a level surface,
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que creará unha superficie nivelada
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sidewalk to sidewalk,
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de beirarrúa a beirarrúa,
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beautiful pavers that have studs in them
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cun fermoso chan que ten uns remaches
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to reflect the light from the billboards,
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que reflicten a luz dos carteis luminosos
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creating a great new energy on the street,
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e crean unha estupenda
enerxía nova na rúa,
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and we think it's going to really create
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así que nos parece que se vai crear
06:17
a great place, a new crossroads of the world
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un gran lugar, unha nova
encrucillada do mundo
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that is worthy of its name.
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que ben merece o seu nome.
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And we will be cutting the ribbon on this,
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Inauguraremos isto,
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the first phase, this December.
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a primeira fase, este decembro.
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With all of our projects, our public space projects,
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En todos os nosos proxectos
de espazo público,
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we work closely with local businesses
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traballamos moi de preto
cos negocios locais
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and local merchant groups
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e grupos de comerciantes locais
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who maintain the spaces, move the furniture,
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que son os que manteñen
os espazos, moven o mobiliario,
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take care of the plants.
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coidan as plantas.
06:37
This is in front of Macy's, and they were
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Aquí estamos en fronte
de Macy's, apoiaron
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a big supporter of this new approach,
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moito este novo enfoque
06:41
because they understood that more people on foot
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porque entendían que
canta máis xente a pé
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is better for business.
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mellor é para o negocio.
06:48
And we've done these projects all across the city
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Implantamos estes proxectos
por toda a cidade
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in all kinds of neighborhoods.
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e en todo tipo de barrios.
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This is in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn,
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Aquí temos Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn,
06:54
and you can see the short leg that was there,
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onde se pode ver
o pequeno acceso que había,
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used for cars, that's not really needed.
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usado polos autos,
non se precisaba moito.
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So what we did is we painted over the street,
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O que fixemos foi pintar a rúa,
07:02
put down epoxy gravel, and connected the triangle
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puxemos no chan pedrullo de resina
e conectamos o triángulo
07:06
to the storefronts on Grand Avenue,
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coas tendas na Grand Avenue,
07:08
created a great new public space,
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creamos un marabilloso
espazo público novo
07:10
and it's been great for businesses
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que está sendo moi bo para o comercio
07:12
along Grand Avenue.
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da Grand Avenue.
07:13
We did the same thing in DUMBO, in Brooklyn,
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Fixemos o mesmo en DUMBO, en Brooklyn,
07:16
and this is one of our first projects that we did,
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e este foi un dos primeiros proxectos
que fixemos,
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and we took an underutilized,
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collemos un aparcadoiro
que se usaba pouco,
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pretty dingy-looking parking lot
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bastante lúgubre,
07:24
and used some paint and planters
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e usamos algunhas pinturas e plantas
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to transform it over a weekend.
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para transformalo nunha fin de semana.
07:30
And in the three years since we've implemented the project,
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Nos tres anos que levamos
dende que comezamos co proxecto,
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retail sales have increased 172 percent.
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as vendas aumentaron un 172 %.
07:38
And that's twice that of adjacent areas in the same neighborhood.
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Isto é dúas veces máis do que aumentaron
nas zonas adxacentes do mesmo barrio.
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We've moved very, very quickly
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Traballamos moi moi rápido
07:45
with paint and temporary materials.
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con pintura e materiais provisionais.
07:47
Instead of waiting
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No canto de esperar
07:48
through years of planning studies
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durante anos estudos de planificación
07:51
and computer models to get something done,
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e modelos de computador
para que se faga algo,
07:54
we've done it with paint and temporary materials.
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fixémolo con pintura e
materiais provisionais.
07:56
And the proof is not in a computer model.
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E a proba non está
nun modelo no computador.
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It is in the real-world performance of the street.
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Está na forma na que funciona
no mundo real da rúa.
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You can have fun with paint.
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Podémolo pasar ben coa pintura.
08:05
All told, we've created over 50 pedestrian plazas
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En resumo, creamos máis
de 50 prazas peonís
08:09
in all five boroughs across the city.
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nos 5 distritos da cidade.
08:12
We've repurposed 26 acres of active car lanes
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Reestruturamos máis de 10 hectáreas
de vías activas para autos
08:17
and turned them into new pedestrian space.
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e convertémolas en
novo espazo peonil.
08:21
I think one of the successes is in its emulation.
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Penso que un dos éxitos está na imitación.
08:24
You're seeing this kind of approach,
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Podedes ver este tipo de enfoque,
08:25
since we've painted Times Square,
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dende que pintamos Times Square,
08:27
you've seen this approach in Boston, in Chicago,
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vistes este enfoque en Boston, Chicago,
08:30
in San Francisco, in Mexico City,
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en San Francisco, na Cidade de México,
08:33
Buenos Aires, you name it.
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Buenos Aires, onde queirades.
08:34
This is actually in Los Angeles,
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Este é en Los Ángeles,
08:36
and they actually copied even the green dots
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onde ata copiaron os lunares verdes
08:40
that we had on the streets.
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que tiñamos nas rúas.
08:42
But I can't underscore enough
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Pero non podo deixar de insistir
08:44
how much more quickly this enables you to move
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na maior rapidez coa que podemos actuar
08:47
over traditional construction methods.
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ao non usar os métodos
de construción tradicional.
08:50
We also brought this quick-acting approach
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Tamén aplicamos este
enfoque rápido de actuación
08:52
to our cycling program,
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ao noso programa de bicicletas,
08:54
and in six years turned cycling
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e en seis anos tornamos a bici
08:56
into a real transportation option in New York.
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nunha opción de transporte
posible en Nova York
08:59
I think it's fair to say --
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Penso que é xusto dicir...
09:01
(Applause) --
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(Aplauso)
09:06
it used to be a fairly scary place to ride a bike,
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que antes era unha cidade
bastante perigosa para ir en bici
09:10
and now New York has become
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e agora Nova York converteuse
09:11
one of the cycling capitals in the United States.
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nunha das capitais 'ciclistas'
dos EUA.
09:15
And we moved quickly to create an interconnected
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Tamén nos movemos rápido
para crear unha rede
09:19
network of lanes.
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de carrís interconectados.
09:22
You can see the map in 2007.
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Podedes ver o mapa do 2007.
09:24
This is how it looked in 2013
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Aquí está o do 2013
09:26
after we built out 350 miles of on-street bike lanes.
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despois de construír
563 km de carrís bici.
09:31
I love this because it looks so easy.
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Encántame isto porque parece tan fácil.
09:33
You just click it, and they're there.
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Só hai que premer e aí están.
09:37
We also brought new designs to the street.
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Tamén trouxemos
novos deseños para as rúas.
09:40
We created the first parking-protected bike lane
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Creamos o primeiro carril bici
protexido de aparcamentos
09:43
in the United States.
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nos EUA.
(Aplauso)
09:45
(Applause)
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09:46
We protected bikers by floating parking lanes,
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Protexemos os ciclistas
creando aparcadoiros flotantes,
09:50
and it's been great.
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e funcionou estupendamente.
09:51
Bike volumes have spiked.
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O volume de bicis creceu arreo.
09:53
Injuries to all users, pedestrians, cyclists, drivers,
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Os accidentes, tanto de peóns,
ciclistas, condutores,
09:55
are all down 50 percent.
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baixou un 50 %.
09:57
And we've built 30 miles of these protected bike lanes,
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Construímos 48 km
destes carrís protexidos
10:01
and now you're seeing them pop up
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e agora vedes como crecen
10:02
all over the country.
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por todo o país.
10:04
And you can see here that this strategy has worked.
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Vedes aquí como funcionou esta estratexia.
10:07
The blue line is the number of cyclists,
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A liña azul é o número de ciclistas,
10:08
soaring.
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crecendo.
10:09
The green line is the number of bike lanes.
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A liña verde é a liña de carrís bici.
10:11
And the yellow line is the number of injuries,
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E a liña amarela é o número de accidentes,
10:14
which has remained essentially flat.
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que fica basicamente igual.
10:16
After this big expansion, you've seen
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Despois desta grande expansión, vedes
10:19
no net increase in injuries,
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que os accidentes non aumentaron
10:21
and so there is something to that axiom
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polo que hai algo do axioma
10:24
that there is safety in numbers.
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que di que hai seguridade nos números.
10:27
Not everybody liked the new bike lanes,
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Non a todos lles gustaron
os novos carrís bici,
10:30
and there was a lawsuit and somewhat
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e houbo unha demanda xudicial e
10:32
of a media frenzy a couple years ago.
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un rebumbio na prensa hai un par de anos.
10:35
One Brooklyn paper called this bike lane
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Un xornal de Brooklyn chamoulle
ao carril bici
10:38
that we have on Prospect Park West
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que temos en Prospect Park West
10:40
"the most contested piece of land
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'o anaco de terra máis controvertido
10:42
outside of the Gaza Strip."
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dende a Franxa de Gaza.'
10:44
(Laughter)
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(Risas)
10:47
And this is what we had done.
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Isto é o que fixemos.
10:49
So if you dig below the headlines, though,
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Entón, se ledes máis aló dos titulares
10:54
you'll see that the people were far ahead of the press,
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veredes que as persoas ían
ben por diante da prensa,
10:57
far ahead of the politicians.
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ben por diante dos políticos.
10:59
In fact, I think most politicians would be happy
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De feito, creo que moitos
políticos aledaríanse
11:02
to have those kind of poll numbers.
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se tivesen eses números nas enquisas.
11:04
Sixty-four percent of New Yorkers support these bike lanes.
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O 64 % dos neoiorquinos
apoian os carrís.
11:07
This summer, we launched Citi Bike,
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Este verán, lanzamos Citi Bike,
11:09
the largest bike share program in the United States,
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o programa máis amplo de préstamo
de bicis dos EUA,
11:11
with 6,000 bikes
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con 6000 bicis
11:13
and 330 stations located next to one another.
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e 330 estacións postas
unha preto da outra.
11:17
Since we've launched the program,
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Dende que lanzamos o programa,
11:19
three million trips have been taken.
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fixéronse 3 millóns de viaxes.
11:21
People have ridden seven million miles.
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A xente percorreu en bici
máis de 11 millóns de km.
11:23
That's 280 times around the globe.
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Iso é a volta ao mundo 280 veces.
11:26
And so with this little blue key,
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Con esta pequena chave azul,
11:28
you can unlock the keys to the city
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podedes abrir as chaves da cidade
11:31
and this brand new transportation option.
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e desta nova opción de transporte.
11:33
And daily usage just continues to soar.
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O uso diario segue a medrar.
11:36
What has happened is the average daily ridership
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O que sucedeu é que, de media, as persoas
11:38
on the streets of New York is 36,000 people.
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que van en bici diariamente
en NY son 36 000.
11:41
The high that we've had so far is 44,000 in August.
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O máximo que tivemos ata agora
é de 44 000 en agosto.
11:44
Yesterday, 40,000 people used Citi Bike in New York City.
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Onte, 40 000 persoas usaron
Citi Bike na cidade de NY.
11:48
The bikes are being used six times a day.
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As bicis veñen a usarse 6 veces ao día.
11:50
And I think you also see it in the kinds of riders
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E penso que tamén podemos
aprecialo no tipo de ciclistas
11:53
that are on the streets.
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que van pola rúa.
11:54
In the past, it looked like the guy on the left,
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Antes, eran coma o home da esquerda,
11:57
ninja-clad bike messenger.
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unha especie de mensaxeiro ninja.
12:00
And today, cyclists look
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Pero hoxe os ciclistas van
12:03
like New York City looks.
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coma calquera outra persoa de Nova York
12:06
It's diverse -- young, old, black, white,
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É diverso, novos, vellos, negros, brancos,
12:09
women, kids, all getting on a bike.
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mulleres, nenos, todos en bici.
12:12
It's an affordable, safe, convenient way to get around.
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É unha forma de viaxar barata,
segura e conveniente.
12:15
Quite radical.
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Ben radical.
12:17
We've also brought this approach to our buses,
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Tamén levamos este enfoque
aos nosos buses,
12:20
and New York City has the largest bus fleet in North America,
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e NY ten a frota de buses
máis grande de América do Norte,
12:23
the slowest bus speeds.
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e a máis lenta.
12:25
As everybody knows,
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Todo o mundo o sabe,
12:26
you can walk across town faster
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andando pódese cruzar a cidade máis rápido
12:28
than you can take the bus.
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que indo en bus.
12:30
And so we focused on the most congested areas
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Así pois centrámonos
nas áreas máis saturadas
12:32
of New York City,
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da cidade de NY,
12:34
built out six bus rapid transit lines,
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construímos 6 vías rápidas de autobús,
12:37
57 miles of new speedy bus lanes.
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92 km de vías rápidas novas
para autobús.
12:40
You pay at a kiosk before you get on the bus.
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Pagas nun quiosco antes de subir ao bus.
12:43
We've got dedicated lanes that keep cars out
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Temos vías asignadas que
manteñen os autos fóra
12:45
because they get ticketed by a camera
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porque hai unha cámara e
poñemos unha multa
12:47
if they use that lane,
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se usan o carril do bus,
12:49
and it's been a huge success.
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e foi un enorme triunfo.
12:52
I think one of my very favorite moments
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Penso que un dos meus mellores momentos
12:55
as transportation commissioner was the day
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como comisionada de transporte foi o día
12:57
that we launched Citi Bike,
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que se lanzou Citi Bike,
12:58
and I was riding Citi Bike up First Avenue
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e eu ía en bici ata First Avenue
13:01
in my protected bike lane,
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no meu carril bici protexido,
13:03
and I looked over and I saw pedestrians
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e botei unha ollada e vin os peóns
13:05
standing safely on the pedestrian islands,
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de pé e seguros nas illas para viandantes,
13:08
and the traffic was flowing,
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e o tráfico ía fluído,
13:10
birds were singing --
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os paxaros cantaban...
13:12
(Laughter) --
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(Risas)
13:13
the buses were speeding up their dedicated lanes.
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os autobuses ían a boa velocidade
nas súas vías.
13:16
It was just fantastic.
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Foi fantástico.
13:20
And this is how it looked six years ago.
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E así é como estaba hai 6 anos.
13:23
And so, I think that the lesson that we have
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Entón, penso que a lección que aprendemos
13:26
from New York is that it's possible
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de NY é que é posible
13:30
to change your streets quickly,
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cambiar as rúas rápido,
13:33
it's not expensive, it can provide immediate benefits,
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que non é caro, que pode ser
beneficioso no momento
13:37
and it can be quite popular.
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e que pode ser moi popular.
13:39
You just need to reimagine your streets.
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Só se necesita reimaxinar as rúas.
13:42
They're hidden in plain sight.
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A simple vista están ocultas.
13:44
Thank you.
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Graciñas.
13:46
(Applause)
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(Aplauso)
Translated by Beatriz Muñiz
Reviewed by Carme Paz

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Janette Sadik-Khan - City transportation expert
As commissioner of the NYC Department of Transportation under the Bloomberg administration, Janette Sadik-Khan was responsible for the smooth running of a New York that hides in plain sight ... the streets, highways, bridges, signs and lights.

Why you should listen

Janette Sadik-Khan was appointed commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation in 2007. For six years, she managed nearly 5,000 employees and was responsible for the operation and management of some 6,300 miles of streets throughout the city's 5 boroughs.

Despite her access to a budget of some $2 billion, Sadik-Khan adopted a designer's approach to urban innovation: rapid testing and regular iteration. In other words, try an idea to see if it would work; if it didn't, try something else, no harm done. In Times Square, an iconic New York City location visited by 350,000 people every day, this involved the creation of pedestrian zones by painting the asphalt and putting up some lawn chairs. The success of the approach allowed her to create 50 pedestrian zones throughout the city, in the process repurposing 26 acres of space previously allocated to cars. 

In 2013, she helped to introduce the instantly-popular Citi Bike bicycle-sharing program to the city, making New York one of the cycling capitals in the United States.

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