Julia D Day

Julia is a Partner and Director of Gehl NY. She works across design, strategy, and research to demonstrate public space as a platform for equitable, healthy, and joyful outcomes. With nearly 20 years of experience working with city agencies and community leaders, she has contributed to policy and design changes resulting in greater funding for public realm investments, from play-based pilots to capital street redesign.

Prior to Gehl, Julia was a director of transportation and health at the NYC based advocacy organization Transportation Alternatives. Julia’s experience in voter organizing and mobility advocacy informs her focus on engaging audiences that traditionally felt disconnected from governing bodies and impacting policy and design change centered on people and lived experience. She recently joined the faculty at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) to teach Design for Cities in the Interaction Design master’s program.