Glossary
This glossary explains key Toolbox terms in alphabetical order. It helps you read chapters 1 to 6 without prior knowledge.
- Agenda setting#
- A tactic for making an issue publicly visible, for example through an action, a petition or a media image.
- Framing#
- Naming and telling a problem and its solution so that they are understood in a new way.
- Kiezblock#
- The Berlin variant of the superblock, strongly driven by local initiatives.
- Low-traffic neighbourhood#
- A cheaper form of traffic calming with little through traffic, discussed as a Viennese variant.
- Milestone#
- A visible intermediate goal that gives a campaign progress and orientation.
- Mobilisation#
- Work through which people understand why they participate and become ready to act together.
- Modal filter#
- A barrier such as a bollard, planter ring or concrete element that stops through traffic but lets access and delivery traffic pass.
- Monitoring#
- Systematic observation and documentation of traffic, use, support and political progress.
- Narrative#
- The story of an engagement that clearly states its goal, window of opportunity, alliances and intended change.
- Street design#
- Jointly designing streets with simple modules such as a street plan, banner or tree visualisation.
- Superblock#
- An area where through traffic is systematically interrupted so streets inside can be used more safely and in more diverse ways.
- Tactical urbanism#
- Temporary, low-cost interventions in urban space that test changes and make them visible.
- Theory of change#
- An assumption about how social and political change happens, helping you choose tactics deliberately.
- Through traffic#
- Traffic that only crosses an area without having a destination or origin there.
- Window of opportunity#
- A favourable moment for change, such as an election, media attention or a political decision.