I’m not entirely sure where to start with Flâneuse. I am sure that I didn’t want it to end. Lauren Elkin’s rich, layered exploration of cities, gender, power, and culture accompanied me as I walked my own city streets, recognizing the intersections and boundaries of this place in each chapter. Part memoir, literary analysis, and urban theory, it turns wandering into a kind of authorship—a way of claiming space, understanding place, and seeing the city on your own terms.

Susan Hughes is an award-winning Canadian author whose work spans children’s fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, and picture books. She has written more than 30 books for young readers, often exploring history, community, social issues, and the ways people understand the world around them.

Her books include Walking in the City with Jane: A Story of Jane Jacobs, illustrated by Valérie Boivin, which introduces young readers to Jacobs and the observations about everyday city life that shaped her thinking

Susan Hughes’ illustrated children’s book introduces young readers to Jane Jacobs through the curiosity and careful observation that shaped her ideas about cities. It follows Jacobs from her fascination with everyday urban life to her celebrated fight against plans that threatened New York neighborhoods.

SF Slow is a Jane’s Walk created by BIG Creative exploring the ways San Francisco tells its story through streets, buildings, public spaces, memory, and change. Part walking tour and part conversation, it invites participants to slow down and read the city together.

Jane’s Walk is an annual festival of free, community-led walking conversations inspired by Jane Jacobs.

On the first weekend of May every year, Jane’s Walk festivals take place in hundreds of cities around the world.

Sarah Luca is an urbanist and community builder who served as chair of the board of Jane’s Walk, the global movement of free, community-led walking conversations inspired by the work and ideas of Jane Jacobs.

CicLAvia transforms Los Angeles streets into temporary car-free public spaces, inviting people to walk, bike, skate, and experience the city at a different pace. Inspired by Bogotá’s Ciclovía, the recurring events connect neighborhoods across Los Angeles while demonstrating how streets can become places for movement, community, exploration, and everyday public life.

Although many young people travel independently in the city, transportation research seldom considers the experiential qualities of their routes, focusing instead on the functional aspects of mode choice. More in-depth understanding of how adolescents experience, negotiate, and perceive everyday mobility can support informed design, policy, and planning interventions to make these journeys safer and more enjoyable