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This set of slides is from the Future Cities Session of Ecobuild 2014, and was delivered by Finlay McNab, Sustrans' National Projects Co-Ordinator for Street Design. It explores the key challenges faced by cities of the future, and the need to adopt a different and smarter way to design our cities.
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What are some of the challenges for Future Cities ?
Climate Change
connected but disconnected
Loneliness twice as unhealthy as obesity of older people
Source:
Christina R. Victor Ann Bowling
Longitudinal Analysis of Loneliness Among Older
People in Great Britain
Volume 146 Issue 32012 The Journal of Psychology:
Interdisciplinary and Applied
71% adults played outside in streets or
areas close to home every day when
they were children, compared to 21% of
children today.
Play England 2008, ICM Poll0
Inactive Lifestyles
Money
A world where people choose to travel in ways that benefit their health and the environment
A world where you know your neighbours
Whatever age (or species)
Future movement
Source: Department for Transport, 2008 and the National Travel Survey for Great Britain
2% Other
54% Car34% Foot
2% Bicycle
8% Public transport
Now20% Car
40% Foot
20% Bicycle
20% Public transport
2020
Sustrans wants to see the number of local journeys made by foot, bike and public transport double to four out of five by
2020.
Traffic Danger
Source: Department for Transport National Travel Survey 2008
= Biggest Fear
0%10%20%
30%40%50%60%70%
80%90%
100%
40mph 30mph 20mph
Ch
ance
Death Injured Uninjured
Source: Ashton and Mackay (1979)
Setting the scene: speed
Setting the scene :‘severance’
Source: Appleyard (1981)
Appleyard study in San Francisco: affects of traffic volume
Light traffic:
3.0 friends
6.3 acquaintances
Moderate traffic:
1.3 friends
4.1 acquaintances
Heavy traffic:
0.9 friends
3.1 acquaintances
More motorised traffic
People feel more
socially isolated
More people
choose to drive
Less people use streets
for socialising
People feel less safe
walking and cycling
Streets designed
for maximum
speed + volume
Faster and
greater volume
of traffic
More barriers to
walking and
cycling
There is another way..
Don’t Despair
More people choose to
walk and cycle
More social
interaction on
streets
Presence of people
attracts more people
Streets and public
spaces feel safer
Streets designed
with local
community as places
for people
Less barriers to
walking and
cycling
More pedestrian
activity encourages
slower traffic
speeds
People feel part of
their community
Bringing people together in the street
Streets are places for people
Working hand-in-hand with local people
Bridgwater, Somerset
“now walking to the tube station, I can say hello to lots of people”
“Dad used to bring me in the car (to school) because it was not so safe. I now come with Mum either walking or on my bike”
Safety
Almost 80% of residents surveyed now think the
street is pedestrian friendly
20% of residents surveyed now think the street is
safe for children to play on, compared
to 7% of those surveyed before the project
Traffic speed and volume
Recorded average daily traffic volume decreased
by 10%
63% of traffic now travelling at less than 20mph,
compared to 40% before the project
Current Projects: Barking & Dagenham
Rye Lane, Peckham
Collaborative Design
Green Streets –
part of the solution to urban flooding?
Finlay McNab
National Projects Co-ordinator, Street Design
@FinMcNab
Picture credits:
Creative Commons: Alan Stanton, ‘Public Place’
