Urban Design for Transportation Equity
Abstract
As Deputy Chief of Urban Design for Boston, Diana Fernandez Bibeau is driven by the transformative vision of sustainable and walkable communities for all ages and abilities. She will share her department’s work reforming existing urban design processes to better serve the mobility needs of community members. With over a decade of private practice experience, Diana has built a design portfolio that reassesses policies that have perpetuated inequality, and created design methodologies to correct them. She will speak to this experience, as well as her role in aligning urban design efforts across city departments to execute Mayor Wu's Green New Deal for transportation sustainability and equity.
Speaker Information
As Deputy Chief of Urban Design, Diana Fernandez Bibeau will elevate the importance of urban design, and champion the transformative power of sustainable and walkable communities for all ages and abilities. In partnership with Chief Jemison and the Boston Planning Department’s Urban Design Division, Fernandez will work to strategically transform existing urban design processes to promote predictability and quality for both the community members and the development industry. With over a decade of private practice experience, Diana has built a design portfolio that reassesses the policies that have perpetuated race, gender, environmental and socioeconomic inequality, and created design methodologies that can respond to and correct them. As part of her work, Fernandez will partner on the Mayor's Green New Deal agenda with the City departments, including the Boston Transportation Department, the Environment Department, Parks, Office of Housing, Public Works, Public Facilities, Boston Public Schools, and Boston Public Libraries, to align urban design efforts into a comprehensive vision for Boston
