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00:04 Hundreds gathered in Edinburgh's Southside on Friday night to watch a unique projection show
00:09 showcasing the work of local artists. Illuminating the walls of West Cross Causeway,
00:15 the stunning light show was inspired by active travel and saw artwork from the local community
00:20 projected onto the walls and animated across the building. Whilst a traffic island in the city's
00:26 Southside may seem like the unlikely venue for an art exhibition, local group the Causey
00:31 Development Trust have been working for over a decade to transform the urban area into a safer,
00:36 more welcoming space for the community. With plans to reduce vehicle traffic in the area,
00:42 the grassroots project also hopes to introduce wider pavements, additional trees, cycle parking
00:48 and host more creative events like this one. So we're here at the Causey which is located at West
00:54 Cross Causeway in South Edinburgh. I'm the chair of the Causey Development Trust and we've been
00:58 working for quite a long time to transform this space into a place for people that prioritises
01:03 active travel and sort of reclaim space for pedestrians. So we have a local, engaged local
01:09 architect to help transform the space and alongside sort of promoting active travel and reclaiming
01:14 that space for pedestrians, we really want to promote a place for community. We're very lucky
01:19 that over the past 17 years that this project has been underway and we've garnered huge local
01:23 support and many of our steering group are artists and they have engaged with local communities and
01:29 local groups to create a fantastic projection event. This is our second one, it's called Our
01:34 Street and again it's been inspired by active travel and being a pedestrian in Edinburgh city
01:41 centre. There are some teas and coffees and some biscuits if anybody is feeling cold or peckish.
01:48 Just up here next to me on my left, I'm not sure how much there is left but I'm sure they're going
01:52 to share. It's an amazing turnout when you put something on like this. I think people really,
01:57 it really resonates with people to be able to come together even in the outdoors in the chilly
02:04 weather to enjoy something creative and artistic like this and the fact it's been created by local
02:09 Edinburgh people I think just adds to that and I think there's a real desire here in the city to
02:15 create spaces that do people first rather than traffic. This project is called Our Streets and
02:24 the project was about active travel and reclaiming public spaces. This project was supported by the
02:33 SASTRANS with collaboration with Cossley Development Trust. We run a number of
02:38 workshops, art workshops with the local communities. So we were talking about their
02:43 favourite form of active travel, their favourite places in Edinburgh where they can walk or where
02:49 they can cycle but also we were asking about how they feel about the infrastructure for active
02:55 travel in Edinburgh. If they feel safe, if they're not feeling safe and what kind of improvements
03:00 can be done. We had a very good turnout and we screened this animation four times tonight.
03:12 This night really shows that people really enjoyed using public spaces in that way,
03:17 in a creative way, in a funny way. Some things were planned, some things weren't planned
03:22 but different communities they just brought something for that night to just make a good
03:28 atmosphere.
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