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Putting walking first
The mobility challenge for our cities and townsIrish Transport Research Network Conference, Galway 28th August 2015
ITRN 2015Ciarán Cuffe
Dublin Institute of Technology
Putting walking first: the mobility challenge for our cities and towns
@ciarancuffe
Putting walking first
• Setting the Scene• Impediments to Prioritising Walking• Opportunities to Improve Walking• Specific Measures to Favour Walking• The Challenge of Delivery• The Road Ahead
The straight line ... economic growth, past and future, the curved line the rise and fall of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Christiana Figueras, UNFCCC
economic growth
time
emissions
Putting walking first
• Setting the Scene• Impediments to Prioritising Walking• Opportunities to Improve Walking• Specific Measures to Favour Walking• The Challenge of Delivery• The Road Ahead
Walkable Places• More walkable places perform better economically• Walkable places benefit from being near other walkable
places. • Residents of more walkable places have lower transportation
costs and higher transit access, but also higher housing costs.
• Residents of places with poor walkability are generally less affluent and have lower educational attainment than places with good walkability.
Brookings Institute, Leinberger & Alfonzo, 2012
DTI Final Report 1994
1,650 pedestrian survey
• too much traffic• environmental pollution/fumes• insufficient pedestrian crossings• footpaths too crowded• traffic speeds too high for safe crossing• length of pedestrian crossing signal time too short• poor state of footpaths
DTI, p. 27
Putting walking first
• Setting the Scene• Impediments to Prioritising Walking• Opportunities to Improve Walking• Specific Measures to Favour Walking• The Challenge of Delivery• The Road Ahead
Putting walking first
• Setting the Scene• Impediments to Prioritising Walking• Opportunities to Improve Walking• Specific Measures to Favour Walking• The Challenge of Delivery• The Road Ahead
Putting walking first
• Setting the Scene• Impediments to Prioritising Walking• Opportunities to Improve Walking• Specific Measures to Favour Walking• The Challenge of Delivery• The Road Ahead
Dublin City NTA Funding, walking highlighted
Dublin City NTA Funding for walking
€43,577,254.65 overall on capital projects
€1,706,868.15 on ‘pedestrian’ projects
Over five years
Just under 4%
Putting walking first
• Setting the Scene• Impediments to Prioritising Walking• Opportunities to Improve Walking• Specific Measures to Favour Walking• The Challenge of Delivery• The Road Ahead
