Daisy Narayanan is the director of Urbanism at Sustrans and is working on the central Edinburgh transformation project. Daisy is an architect, an urban designer, a cyclist, and a fan of books, food and music.

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Director of Urbanism at Sustrans and working on the central Edinburgh transformation project
Placemaking - making a better place for people to live, work, play and learn.
Good city design should be intutive, and the city 'lead you' in a flow through the places you need to go
Open Streets campaign - https://www.connectingedinburgh.com/open-streets/open-streets-1
A parent should feel safe for their child to cross the street in a city
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on city design - https://www.citymetric.com/transport/mayor-anne-hidalgo-making-paris-more-friendly-cyclists-and-more-hostile-cars-4885
20-minute neighbourhood - all your amenities should be within a 20-minute walk. Therefore fewer cars needed. Builds a stronger sense of community too.
Melbourne's 20-minute neighbourhoods - https://www.planmelbourne.vic.gov.au/current-projects/20-minute-neighbourhoods
Dabbawallas - the world's best delivery system - https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/dabbawalas-food-delivery-system-mumbai-india-lunchbox-work-lunch-tiffin-dabbas-a7859701.html
Invisible Women: https://invisiblewomenbook.co.uk/
Music: AR Rahman: http://www.arrahman.com/biography.aspx
VS Naipaul - A Million Mutinies Now - https://www.amazon.co.uk/India-Mutinies-V-S-Naipaul/dp/0330519867/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Mumbai's extraordinary laundry system - https://theculturetrip.com/asia/india/articles/awash-with-color-a-visual-tour-of-mumbais-dhobi-ghat/
I love cycling because it gets me places and I know what time I will arrive
Bought an e-bike last year
Calls herself a 'utility cyclist'
As you grow up in India you become too cool for cycling
In America cycling was only for recreation
We need to make it easier to cycle and walk, and harder to make it drive
There has been a great improvement in urban planning and sustainable planning in the UK
I am a relentless optimist
Cities that are designed for women are designed for everyone
Vienna has consciously tried to design the city from a women's perspective - https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/may/14/city-with-a-female-face-how-modern-vienna-was-shaped-by-women
Men and women use cities in very different ways, making different journeys
Lee Craigie is the Active Nation Commissioner - https://www.transport.gov.scot/active-travel/active-nation-commissioner/
@leecraigie_ https://twitter.com/leecraigie_
The first part of changing your lens for how you view something is to not take things for granted. Listen and ask 'why?'
Safety is a big issue for getting more women cycling - well-lit cycle paths etc.
Without action now the car will become the default socially-distanced means of transport
In lockdown China went to a huge increase in car usership. Scotland is trying to encourage people to walk and cycle rather than a default setting of 'jump in the car'
The high street has to be a place where people want to linger, not just pass through.
Has a spreadsheet of books to read
Leonard and Hungry Paul: https://bluemoosebooks.com/books/leonard-and-hungry-paul
The extraordinary ordinary
To Kill a Mockingbird
Tom Waits - "You don't meet nice girls in coffee shops" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkpaKx1UUUw
Cooking Daal - deceptively simple. Have to get the proportions just right, and add the 'tarka' at the end
Daisy's recommended Daal recipe - https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/dal-makhani-recipe/
Dishoom black daal - https://hotcooking.co.uk/recipes/dishoom-house-black-daal
Couch to 5k - https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/get-running-with-couch-to-5k/

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