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Inclusive & Innovative Urban Mobility
“Think people in transport for livability”
v/ Helle Søholt, Partner & CEO
Gehl Architects aspires to create cities that are lively, healthy, sustainable, attractive and safe -thereby improving people’s quality of life.
Cities for People requires integrated planning
Transport is all about understanding behavior…
A flexible fine grained transport systemmakes a lively city
Accessability enables equity and quality of life
Copenhagen
Bicycle Account
1998
People with high income bike more in Copenhagen!
People and transport is about hardware & softwareIn Copenhagen you grow up as a cyclist
Building sustainable cultures: Copenhagen mobility
All trips
35% Bicyling7% Walking
26% Car32% Public Transport
Copenhageners50% Bicyling13% Walking24% Car13% Public Transport
Connecting transport planning & urban design
NYC Dept. of Transp. NYC Dept. of Transp.
w/ Gehl Architects, w/ Gehl Architects,
Published: 13 nov 08Published: 13 nov 08
Great potentials with compact urban form and flat topography
Leveled and accessibleCompact and lively
Political leadership
9th Ave. Apr.08
9th Ave. Sep.08
Times Square - before
Goal: To see the possibilities in asphalt.....
…possibilities to impact behaviour and culture!
Times Square - after
Building sustainable cultures: New York World Class Streets
www.nyc.gov/html/dot
Midtown Evaluation Report
17% improvements in travel time11% increase in pedestrian numbers 63% decrease in injuries 84% increase in stationary activities74% Times Square has improved dramatically
Task:
To develop a “Mexico City Model for
establishing a bicycle culture”
Gehl Architects working with UNAM in Mexico City
The Gehl Team
Urban expert Jens Rørbeck, Troels Andersen, Gil
Penaloza & Projekt Manager Ass. Lin Skaufel
Much more than a bicycle project
People spend on average 2,5 hours in transport
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95% of all street are incompact bikable districts80% of all trips are below 8 km.
Great Potentials:
1.Flat topography
2.Coherent Urban Form
3.Lively neighbourhoods
4.Tree covered streets
5.New BRT lines
Thank you
www.cycling-embassy.org
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