Pecha Kucha: Twenty-second visions of a better Miami

Scattering more than 1.2 million trees across the county was only one of 20 20-second presentations on how to make Miami’s urban communities more livable Thursday night at Wood Tavern in Wynwood. The format, started in Tokyo in 2003 by a pair of architects, is called Pecha Kucha -- pronounce it as one word and let it roll off the tongue the way you would “buhdonkadonk.”

Following the recent hit-and-run accident on the Rickenbacker Causeway that killed cyclist Aaron Cohen, the "Making Miami" Pecha Kucha, held during Wood’s weekly “Bicycle Happy Hour”, brought like-minded locals together to share ideas on how Miami can change its infrastructure from one that caters to cars and traffic to a system more focused on pedestrians, bicyclists, runners, and overall livability within neighborhoods.

To read more about the Pecha Kucha, visit beachedmiami.com.

This story was originally published March 16, 2012 at 11:09 AM with the headline "Pecha Kucha: Twenty-second visions of a better Miami."