Future Cities Ecobuild 2014, by Finlay McNab for Sustrans
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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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Future Cities Ecobuild 2014, by Finlay McNab for Sustrans
- 2. What are some of the challenges for Future Cities ?
- 5. 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
- 6. Inactive Lifestyles 71% adults played outside in streets areas close to home every day whe they were children, compared to 21
- 8. Money
- 9. A world where people choose to travel in ways that benefit their health and the environment
- 10. A world where you know your neighbours Whatever age (or species)
- 11. Future movement Sustrans wants to see the number of local journeys made by foot, bike and public transport double to four out of five by 2020. Now 2020 20% Car 54% Car 40% Foot 34% Foot 2% Bicycle 2% Other Source: Department for Transport, 2008 and the National Travel Survey for Great Britain 8% Public transport 20% Public transport 20% Bicycle
- 13. Traffic Danger = Biggest Fear Source: Department for Transport National Travel Survey 2008
- 14. Setting the scene: speed Source: Ashton and Mackay (1979)
- 15. Setting the scene : ‘severance’ 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 Source: Appleyard (1981)
- 16. Streets designed for maximum speed + volume Faster and greater More motorised traffic volume of traffic More people More barriers to walking and choose to drive cycling People feel less safe People feel more walking and cycling socially isolated Less people use streets for socialising
- 17. Don’t Despair There is another way..
- 18. Streets designed with local community as places for people People feel part of More people choose to their community walk and cycle More social interaction Less barriers to on streets walking and cycling Presence of people Streets and public attracts more people More pedestrian activity encourages slower traffic speeds spaces feel safer
- 19. Bringing people together in the street
- 20. Streets are places for people
- 28. Working hand-in-hand with local people
- 45. “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”
- 46. 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
- 47. 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
- 48. Current Projects: Barking & Dagenham
- 64. Green Streets – part of the solution to urban flooding?
- 66. Finlay McNab National Projects Co-ordinator, Street Design @FinMcNab finlay.mcnab@sustrans.org.uk Picture credits: Creative Commons: Alan Stanton, ‘Public Place’
Editor's Notes
- Figures show that regularly playing outdoors near home is much less common for today’s children than for previous generations. An ICM survey commissioned by Play England for Playday shows that 71 per cent of adults played outside in the street or area close to their homes every day when they were children, compared to only 21 per cent of children today. Both children and adults considered traffic to be the main factor that stops children and young people playing or spending time in the streets or areas near their homes, with nearly 1 in 4 children and 35 per cent of adults listing it as one of their top three barriers to street play. 29 per cent of under-18s and 39 per cent of adults said that more play spaces would make children and young people play on the streets and areas near their homes more often. Less danger from traffic was the second most popular solution given by adults (23 per cent), and children put less traffic in their top three solutions.
- Physical Inactivity costing close to a £billion a year
- The level of change needed will vary from place to place. In Edinburgh, for example, 22% of journeys are already made by foot, in Greater Manchester 28% are made by public transport, and in Cambridge 26% of journeys to work are made by bike. We need every town, city and village in the UK to make this move by 2020.