Programme Stedenbaan

Integrating sustainable mobility and urban development in the South Wing of the Randstad Holland

Connected Cities, Brussels Conference

Joost Molenaar, programme Stedenbaan

December 21st 2005

Presentation

1) Introduction & context

2) Development of a ‘network city’

3) Government & governance

4) Programme Stedenbaan

Introduction South Holland

Introduction South Holland

• 3,5 million inhabitants

• 60 x 40 km

• Economic profile:

• Mainport Rotterdam (harbour)

• Greenport (vegetables, fruit, flowers)

• Knowledge (technical and medical)

• International justice (The Hague)

• Main urban centres:

• Rotterdam (ca. 650.000): Harbour-HST-airport

• The Hague (ca. 450.000): public sector

• Delft and Leiden: universities and tourism

The Randstad

1950

From: Hybrid Landscapes - Must, 2004

The Randstad

2010

From: Hybrid Landscapes - Must, 2004

Development of the ‘network city’ (1)

Increasing functional interaction and relations in the urban region of the South Wing – for example:

•Housing;

•Employment opportunities;

•Culture and recreation.

> Different functions, different scales

Severe consequences for transport by car & train and other modes of public transport

> Rethinking the organization of mobility and spatial planning

Development of the ‘network city’ (2)

From cities to agglomerations to urban regions

the South Wing region (or city….)

Development of a ‘network city’ (3)

However:

- no territorial coherency;

- no common identity;

- no public acceptance;

- and certainly no regional authority

Creates a ‘gap’ between identified spatial and mobility problems and existing territorial organized political structures

Government & governance (2) Current spatial planning system• Hierarchical organization, horizontal;• Three (or four) government levels; - National, provincial, (regional), local plans• Highly centralised tax-system (>90% national);• Sectoral financial organization; - Strong position State and dependance decentral

authorities in financing infrastructural projects• Strong local autonomy in urban development and

land use plans; - in cooperation with private parties and housing

corporations> proces of decentralisation

Government & governance (2)

• Semi-formal structures within the formal administrative context;

• Institutional & functional bodies and organizations.

Government & governance (3)

Public governance in the South Wing

• Platform South Wing;

• Cooperation between the province of South Holland;

• Five regions;

• and the big(ger) cities

The platform has no formal or legal status

Originally instigated as a platform for lobbying for funds for ‘collective’ goals and projects at national level

Government & governance (4)

Development of the Platform South Wing

1) Organizing collective lobby

2) Development of collective vision and strategy;

3) Prioritizing strategic projects

4) First collective programme:

- programme Stedenbaan

Collective vision – the South Wing network

• Development of regional railsystem;

• Using existing railinfrastructure;

• Functioning as a ‘backbone’ for the public transport system in the South Wing;

• Supporting the urban development program in the South Wing;

• Mainly in existing build-up area’s.

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Background

• Free capacity on the existing railinfrastructure with the completion of the HST and the ‘Betuwe-route’

• Aimed at the improvement of internal coherency of the South Wing;

•Integral approach of transport and urban development

Public transport system

•‘Metro’ of the South Wing

• light train

• high frequency

• high quality

• using existing infrastructure

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Increasing accessibilty

Backbone South Wing network

Connecting with:

- national public transport;

- local public transport;

- private transport

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Surplus value Stedenbaan as transport concept

• South Wing:- improvement internal coherency

- enlargement support higher level public transport

• Urban area’s related to Stedenbaan:- connected with South Wing metro- connecting car - bike - public transport- modernization stations / new stations

- enlargement support lower level public transport

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Backbone for urbanisation

• Development of urban area’s;

• Improvement spatial quality of urban area’s;

• Creating spatial diversity and cohesion.

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Surplus value Stedenbaan for urbanisation

• South Wing- development of new regional centers- accommodation variaty of urban programs

• Urban area’s related to Stedenbaan:- development of new local centers - upgrading existing urban area’s

‘Study on profiles’ – Urban Unlimited

Differentiation in urban development programmes

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‘Governance of the programme’

• Public-public regional cooperation – integrating system:

cie. Bandell - transport authority ‘ avant la lettre’

• Public-(private thinktank) atelier South Wing

Study on opportunities and development spatial vision

• Project plan at local level in cooperation with private parties:

Pilots Stedenbaan (good practices)

• Public-private cooperation with Dutch Rail

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Integrating sustainable mobility and urban development

• Efficient use of existing infrastructure and optimizing connections with national and local transport;

• Efficient land use; reconstructing and redevelopment of existing build-up area’s and brownfields;

• Integral approach by combining these efforts.

Programme Stedenbaan is a long term programme and vision (2030) with different projects (short term strategies) and also short term successes

• The ability to sustain the vision and strategy will define the ablility to create a coherent daily urban system in the South of Holland

Thank you for your attention

For questions or more information please contact me at j.molenaar@pzh.nl

Or visit www.stedenbaan.nl