Presentation by Janne Corneil at "After the Mobility Revolution: Rethinking the Future of Our American City" on September 13. Includes questions addressed by working groups on the topics of equity and the collaborative economy.
Micro-mobility & free floating bike sharing are disrupting the classical mobility model in European cities. The Brussels region has adopted a balanced legal framework empowering disruptive innovation on the one hand and meeting public interests (such as saving public space) on the other hand
1) Stockholm has transformed over time from a walkable medieval old town to expanding suburbs focused on cars, and now aims to again promote walkability and transit with its city plan.
2) A survey of over 4,850 people about future scenarios for Stockholm showed the most popular was a "Techno City" focused on high growth, public transit, and shared mobility rather than car-oriented suburban sprawl.
3) Reducing car space and increasing pedestrian access and connectivity is a goal for redesigning areas like Slussen in Stockholm.
The document discusses sustainable urban transportation strategies including compact, mixed-use development; multimodal transportation networks focusing on public transit, walking and biking; and pedestrian-friendly street design. It provides examples from cities like Sendai, Japan that implement these strategies through land use planning, high-quality public transit systems, transit-oriented development, and reducing auto dependence. The goal is to provide sustainable transportation choices rather than requiring driving.
This document summarizes a presentation about three potential revolutions in global transportation by 2030/2050: electrification of vehicles, real-time shared mobility, and vehicle automation. It outlines three scenarios for how these revolutions may play out: Business As Usual with limited changes; a Technology-Dominant scenario where automation and electrification grow substantially but shared mobility does not; and an Avoid-Shift-Improve scenario where all three revolutions are adopted at large scale alongside supportive urban planning and pricing policies. The presentation analyzes the impacts of these scenarios on passenger travel, vehicle sales, and energy use in the United States. The next steps are to refine the results and develop full narratives and policy implications.
This document discusses sustainable urban transportation systems. It notes that urban transportation is a major source of emissions, congestion, and health issues. Currently, most urban travel in the US is by private automobile. The document advocates for more compact, multi-modal transportation systems that emphasize public transit, walking, and biking. This includes pedestrian-friendly street designs, transit-oriented development, and integrating different transportation modes. The goal is to create more sustainable, low-carbon and socially equitable mobility.
Cycling is an eco-friendly and healthy way to navigate congested city streets, but cyclists currently lack dedicated tracks. The document proposes "Traffic Track", which would create temporary cycling lanes within vehicle gridlock by marking automobile positions along crowded roads. This would allow cyclists to easily pass through traffic jams. The low-cost approach could provide bike infrastructure without using additional space. By emphasizing cycling's maneuverability, Traffic Track has the potential to ease urban transportation issues.
Driverless cars will have significant impacts on real estate:
- Parking demand and costs are expected to decrease substantially as people are able to do other activities during their commute. This could lead to 800 million square feet of commercial space being freed up.
- Retail locations may spread out and new mixed-use residential/retail developments could emerge as commutes become easier. Rents could decrease in some dense retail areas.
- Residential property values may increase in suburban areas with more land availability and bigger houses, while downtown living becomes less necessary. Overall, lifestyles and real estate uses may shift significantly.
Presentation by Janne Corneil at "After the Mobility Revolution: Rethinking the Future of Our American City" on September 13. Includes questions addressed by working groups on the topics of equity and the collaborative economy.
Micro-mobility & free floating bike sharing are disrupting the classical mobility model in European cities. The Brussels region has adopted a balanced legal framework empowering disruptive innovation on the one hand and meeting public interests (such as saving public space) on the other hand
1) Stockholm has transformed over time from a walkable medieval old town to expanding suburbs focused on cars, and now aims to again promote walkability and transit with its city plan.
2) A survey of over 4,850 people about future scenarios for Stockholm showed the most popular was a "Techno City" focused on high growth, public transit, and shared mobility rather than car-oriented suburban sprawl.
3) Reducing car space and increasing pedestrian access and connectivity is a goal for redesigning areas like Slussen in Stockholm.
The document discusses sustainable urban transportation strategies including compact, mixed-use development; multimodal transportation networks focusing on public transit, walking and biking; and pedestrian-friendly street design. It provides examples from cities like Sendai, Japan that implement these strategies through land use planning, high-quality public transit systems, transit-oriented development, and reducing auto dependence. The goal is to provide sustainable transportation choices rather than requiring driving.
This document summarizes a presentation about three potential revolutions in global transportation by 2030/2050: electrification of vehicles, real-time shared mobility, and vehicle automation. It outlines three scenarios for how these revolutions may play out: Business As Usual with limited changes; a Technology-Dominant scenario where automation and electrification grow substantially but shared mobility does not; and an Avoid-Shift-Improve scenario where all three revolutions are adopted at large scale alongside supportive urban planning and pricing policies. The presentation analyzes the impacts of these scenarios on passenger travel, vehicle sales, and energy use in the United States. The next steps are to refine the results and develop full narratives and policy implications.
This document discusses sustainable urban transportation systems. It notes that urban transportation is a major source of emissions, congestion, and health issues. Currently, most urban travel in the US is by private automobile. The document advocates for more compact, multi-modal transportation systems that emphasize public transit, walking, and biking. This includes pedestrian-friendly street designs, transit-oriented development, and integrating different transportation modes. The goal is to create more sustainable, low-carbon and socially equitable mobility.
Cycling is an eco-friendly and healthy way to navigate congested city streets, but cyclists currently lack dedicated tracks. The document proposes "Traffic Track", which would create temporary cycling lanes within vehicle gridlock by marking automobile positions along crowded roads. This would allow cyclists to easily pass through traffic jams. The low-cost approach could provide bike infrastructure without using additional space. By emphasizing cycling's maneuverability, Traffic Track has the potential to ease urban transportation issues.
Driverless cars will have significant impacts on real estate:
- Parking demand and costs are expected to decrease substantially as people are able to do other activities during their commute. This could lead to 800 million square feet of commercial space being freed up.
- Retail locations may spread out and new mixed-use residential/retail developments could emerge as commutes become easier. Rents could decrease in some dense retail areas.
- Residential property values may increase in suburban areas with more land availability and bigger houses, while downtown living becomes less necessary. Overall, lifestyles and real estate uses may shift significantly.
This document discusses the characteristics and benefits of walkable cities. It defines a walkable city as one where residents can access destinations using public transit or by walking. The key features of walkable communities include having destinations within walking or biking distance, sidewalks and crossings that make walking safe, and a mix of businesses and homes. Benefits include more active and healthier residents, transportation choices, and a safer environment for walking and biking. Specific strategies to create walkable cities include redevelopment agencies, developing a multifunctional downtown, making the downtown more pedestrian-friendly, preserving historical structures, waterfront development, office development, and improving mass transportation and alternative transit options like walking and biking.
- Amsterdam is a highly compact and walkable city with a dense street system composed of narrow, winding streets and canals.
- The city focuses on sustainability through initiatives like widespread cycling infrastructure, electric public transportation, increasing sustainable energy sources, and improving the environmental impact of schools and businesses.
- Neighborhood parks were an important part of the city's design, with over 860 being built after World War II to serve local communities.
The document discusses strategies for sustainable mobility and traffic calming through compact urban planning, investment in public transit and active modes of transportation, and car restraint policies. It emphasizes reducing traffic volumes and speeds, improving safety of crossings, redistributing road space, and implementing bike lanes or paths through a hierarchy of decisions. The most efficient and safe way to promote cycling is to reduce the number and speed of cars and promote cycling through a cycle path network, considering bicycles as vehicles and public space, with an integrated approach of hardware, software, and mindware, including education, planning, and leadership by example.
Kiersten Grove, Senior Transportation Planner, Seattle Department of Transpor...INVERS Mobility Solutions
Seattle has seen significant growth in shared mobility options over the past decade, with over 750 carsharing vehicles and 67,000 members currently. Carsharing services like Zipcar and car2go started in Seattle in the late 1990s and 2000s, respectively, and car2go now has a fleet of 750 vehicles after legislation passed in 2012-2013 allowed free-floating carshare programs. The city is continuing to support shared mobility through plans to encourage shared vehicle land use, expand bike sharing, and determine how many additional free-floating carshare vehicles will be allowed in 2016.
A new era of micro-mobility managementpassportlabs
Charlotte, Detroit and Omaha announce a collaborative pilot program to manage micro-mobility in a new way, through sharing best practices and leveraging Passport’s mobility platform. With this solution, the cities can maintain visibility and control over scooter deployments and better manage their curbs, while enabling mobility providers like Bird, Lime, Spin and Razor to more flexibly and conveniently manage their fleets.
The document discusses concepts of urban sustainability and resilience. It defines sustainability as meeting present needs without compromising future generations, and resilience as a system's ability to absorb changes and persist. The document outlines strategies for building sustainable cities based on European models, including compact urban form, low-carbon transport, urban greening, and local renewable energy. It also discusses critiques of sustainability and differences between European and US approaches.
The document discusses elements of urban design related to streets. It summarizes the views of several experts, including Allan Jacobs who argued that street design can build community by bringing people together, and David Sucher who advocated for "traffic calming" strategies like narrower streets, curb extensions, and trees to slow traffic and make streets more pedestrian-friendly. The document also presents examples of complete streets, transit-oriented development, and well-designed streets in cities like Vaxjo, Gdansk, and Lugano.
L: How do you envision the city of the future?aismatov
The document discusses several key trends expected in future cities, including increased urbanization and population growth putting pressure on infrastructure. Cities will need more green spaces and renewable energy sources to combat climate change impacts. Public transportation will shift to low-carbon options like electric vehicles and driverless cars. Buildings will become more self-sufficient with energy generation.
Indian cities are moving towards more sustainable transportation systems by promoting public transit over private vehicles. As cities invest less in new car infrastructure and more in public transit like buses and trains, they are seeing reductions in traffic congestion and pollution. Sustainable transportation requires an integrated approach including improving existing transit systems, expanding bike and pedestrian infrastructure, implementing high-occupancy vehicle lanes, and promoting dense, mixed-use development near transit lines. The transition will take implementing multiple complementary policies tailored to each city's unique needs.
The document envisions several aspects of sustainable and technologically advanced cities of the future, including more efficient transportation systems like "concept roads" with intelligent traffic lights and pavement sensors to inform drivers; green illumination solutions like phosphorescent trees and data-driven lighting; intelligent public transportation accessed through mobile apps; futuristic homes with extensive automation and energy saving features; and retail stores utilizing data collection and self-service models. Overall, the future city is projected to be defined by new technologies, sustainability, intelligent infrastructure, and energy efficiency.
An application presentation made specifically for IE business school in Spain answering the question "How do you envision the city of the future?" #IEApplication, #GoBeyond
The document summarizes a presentation by Davis Wang, co-founder and CEO of Mobike, about transforming cities through biking. It discusses how China used to be the "Kingdom of bicycles" but cars increased, causing congestion and pollution. Mobike provides station-less bike sharing that allows bikes to be unlocked through a smart lock and mobile app. Within six months of launching, Mobike grew to serve over 10 million users across 12 cities and 151 nationalities, using big data to help transform cities.
Transport Planning for the Future—Susan Claris | 24 Nov 2020 Linda Gessner
1. Most journeys are short, under 5 miles, but people drive more than necessary due to issues like a lack of walking and cycling infrastructure. Electric vehicles have seen slower adoption than predicted.
2. The document advocates putting walking and cycling first through measures like safer streets and neighborhoods with less traffic that allow exercise to be built into daily routines, improving health, air quality, and the local economy.
3. It also addresses "transport gluttony" or the excessive use of vehicles that negatively impacts others, and encourages supporting more inclusive active transportation for all groups.
Violet10 cycling is possible also in big townscyclecities
The document discusses a public bicycle sharing scheme called "Be-Cycle" created by the Cycle Cities project to promote cycling in large cities like Paris, London, and Hamburg. It notes that supporting bicycle traffic through such schemes is an attractive transportation strategy as cycling infrastructure is cheaper than other public transit options and promotes pollution-free and low-noise traffic. Additionally, having more cyclists in cities can make roads safer as drivers become more aware of pedestrians and cyclists.
L.how do you envision the city of the futurebaldo80
The document envisions the city of the future as medium-small in size, prosperous, and dynamic. Key characteristics include being green through increased vegetation and tree planting, sustainable through public transportation, mobility services, and green/efficient buildings, and high-tech through real-time travel information, smart lighting, and dashboards. The overall vision is for a livable city that offers high quality of life and supports people's health, well-being, and opportunities through being green, sustainable, and utilizing high technology.
L. How do you envision the city of the future?Daria Aleshina
The document discusses how cities of the future will need to change and adapt to pressures from rapid urbanization and technological advancement. Some key changes envisioned are more efficient transportation systems with self-driving vehicles and improved public transit to reduce car dependence. Advanced e-commerce and logistics networks will allow for more shopping online and delivery to homes. Sustainable energy use will be driven by carbon taxes and credits to increase the use of solar, wind, and other renewable resources. Cities will also maximize the use of space by converting rooftops and atriums to green areas for environmental benefits. Waste management will follow global best practices of increased recycling and producers assisting with disposal.
How would you envision the city of the future?lauradelbarrio
Distintas formad de contemplar el futuro de las ciudades. Opinión personal y distintas circunstancias y consecuencias para argumentar esos puntos de vista. Conclusión final que engloba toda la explosión y que concluye todos los argumentos y consecuencias presentadas. Ilustrado con fotos e imágenes en movimiento para que sea una exposición más didáctica e interactiva. Lengua utilizada: inglés.
How do you envision the city of the future?Dick Jenkins
Future cities will be divided into two main sectors: industrial cities and livable cities. Industrial cities will be completely secluded and focused on production, using environmental security procedures, high-tech automation, and robotics. Livable cities will have a green infrastructure using parks and gardens, sustainable energy and water systems, and smart wireless technology to improve life for residents. Intermediate zones will connect the two city types and allow access in emergencies. The future of cities requires balancing industrial progress with protecting society.
Barter taking bicycles seriously as transportPaul Barter
Paul Barter presented at a town hall forum on cycling in Singapore. He argued that bicycles have not been taken seriously in Singapore's transportation planning. Bicycle infrastructure and policies have been half-hearted and poorly coordinated without clear goals. For Singapore, slow cycling of short 1-5km trips is the most important to focus on, as it could fill a gap in mobility options. Successful bicycle policies in places like Germany and Japan focus on protecting slow and timid cyclists, not just fast cyclists. For bicycles to be practical transportation in Singapore, the country needs coordinated bicycle policies led by an entity like the LTA.
US Audi Urban Future Team lead Philip Parsons presents on emerging trends in mobility -- technology, pricing and regulation, and ownership trends -- and implications for the future of cities everywhere. Reveals the preliminary results and analysis of the MyUSQ survey about the user experience of Somerville's Union Square, and introduces the concept of a multi-modal mobility hub.
Includes the results of the MyUSQ survey.
The document discusses principles of new urbanism for creating sustainable, livable communities. It outlines 27 core principles focused on regional planning, neighborhood design, and human-scale architecture. The principles promote compact, mixed-use, and walkable development to reduce sprawl and automobile dependence. They include connected street networks, diverse housing types, and prioritizing pedestrians. New urbanist codes and LEED-ND standards now provide tools to implement these principles and overcome barriers in conventional zoning.
This document discusses the characteristics and benefits of walkable cities. It defines a walkable city as one where residents can access destinations using public transit or by walking. The key features of walkable communities include having destinations within walking or biking distance, sidewalks and crossings that make walking safe, and a mix of businesses and homes. Benefits include more active and healthier residents, transportation choices, and a safer environment for walking and biking. Specific strategies to create walkable cities include redevelopment agencies, developing a multifunctional downtown, making the downtown more pedestrian-friendly, preserving historical structures, waterfront development, office development, and improving mass transportation and alternative transit options like walking and biking.
- Amsterdam is a highly compact and walkable city with a dense street system composed of narrow, winding streets and canals.
- The city focuses on sustainability through initiatives like widespread cycling infrastructure, electric public transportation, increasing sustainable energy sources, and improving the environmental impact of schools and businesses.
- Neighborhood parks were an important part of the city's design, with over 860 being built after World War II to serve local communities.
The document discusses strategies for sustainable mobility and traffic calming through compact urban planning, investment in public transit and active modes of transportation, and car restraint policies. It emphasizes reducing traffic volumes and speeds, improving safety of crossings, redistributing road space, and implementing bike lanes or paths through a hierarchy of decisions. The most efficient and safe way to promote cycling is to reduce the number and speed of cars and promote cycling through a cycle path network, considering bicycles as vehicles and public space, with an integrated approach of hardware, software, and mindware, including education, planning, and leadership by example.
Kiersten Grove, Senior Transportation Planner, Seattle Department of Transpor...INVERS Mobility Solutions
Seattle has seen significant growth in shared mobility options over the past decade, with over 750 carsharing vehicles and 67,000 members currently. Carsharing services like Zipcar and car2go started in Seattle in the late 1990s and 2000s, respectively, and car2go now has a fleet of 750 vehicles after legislation passed in 2012-2013 allowed free-floating carshare programs. The city is continuing to support shared mobility through plans to encourage shared vehicle land use, expand bike sharing, and determine how many additional free-floating carshare vehicles will be allowed in 2016.
A new era of micro-mobility managementpassportlabs
Charlotte, Detroit and Omaha announce a collaborative pilot program to manage micro-mobility in a new way, through sharing best practices and leveraging Passport’s mobility platform. With this solution, the cities can maintain visibility and control over scooter deployments and better manage their curbs, while enabling mobility providers like Bird, Lime, Spin and Razor to more flexibly and conveniently manage their fleets.
The document discusses concepts of urban sustainability and resilience. It defines sustainability as meeting present needs without compromising future generations, and resilience as a system's ability to absorb changes and persist. The document outlines strategies for building sustainable cities based on European models, including compact urban form, low-carbon transport, urban greening, and local renewable energy. It also discusses critiques of sustainability and differences between European and US approaches.
The document discusses elements of urban design related to streets. It summarizes the views of several experts, including Allan Jacobs who argued that street design can build community by bringing people together, and David Sucher who advocated for "traffic calming" strategies like narrower streets, curb extensions, and trees to slow traffic and make streets more pedestrian-friendly. The document also presents examples of complete streets, transit-oriented development, and well-designed streets in cities like Vaxjo, Gdansk, and Lugano.
L: How do you envision the city of the future?aismatov
The document discusses several key trends expected in future cities, including increased urbanization and population growth putting pressure on infrastructure. Cities will need more green spaces and renewable energy sources to combat climate change impacts. Public transportation will shift to low-carbon options like electric vehicles and driverless cars. Buildings will become more self-sufficient with energy generation.
Indian cities are moving towards more sustainable transportation systems by promoting public transit over private vehicles. As cities invest less in new car infrastructure and more in public transit like buses and trains, they are seeing reductions in traffic congestion and pollution. Sustainable transportation requires an integrated approach including improving existing transit systems, expanding bike and pedestrian infrastructure, implementing high-occupancy vehicle lanes, and promoting dense, mixed-use development near transit lines. The transition will take implementing multiple complementary policies tailored to each city's unique needs.
The document envisions several aspects of sustainable and technologically advanced cities of the future, including more efficient transportation systems like "concept roads" with intelligent traffic lights and pavement sensors to inform drivers; green illumination solutions like phosphorescent trees and data-driven lighting; intelligent public transportation accessed through mobile apps; futuristic homes with extensive automation and energy saving features; and retail stores utilizing data collection and self-service models. Overall, the future city is projected to be defined by new technologies, sustainability, intelligent infrastructure, and energy efficiency.
An application presentation made specifically for IE business school in Spain answering the question "How do you envision the city of the future?" #IEApplication, #GoBeyond
The document summarizes a presentation by Davis Wang, co-founder and CEO of Mobike, about transforming cities through biking. It discusses how China used to be the "Kingdom of bicycles" but cars increased, causing congestion and pollution. Mobike provides station-less bike sharing that allows bikes to be unlocked through a smart lock and mobile app. Within six months of launching, Mobike grew to serve over 10 million users across 12 cities and 151 nationalities, using big data to help transform cities.
Transport Planning for the Future—Susan Claris | 24 Nov 2020 Linda Gessner
1. Most journeys are short, under 5 miles, but people drive more than necessary due to issues like a lack of walking and cycling infrastructure. Electric vehicles have seen slower adoption than predicted.
2. The document advocates putting walking and cycling first through measures like safer streets and neighborhoods with less traffic that allow exercise to be built into daily routines, improving health, air quality, and the local economy.
3. It also addresses "transport gluttony" or the excessive use of vehicles that negatively impacts others, and encourages supporting more inclusive active transportation for all groups.
Violet10 cycling is possible also in big townscyclecities
The document discusses a public bicycle sharing scheme called "Be-Cycle" created by the Cycle Cities project to promote cycling in large cities like Paris, London, and Hamburg. It notes that supporting bicycle traffic through such schemes is an attractive transportation strategy as cycling infrastructure is cheaper than other public transit options and promotes pollution-free and low-noise traffic. Additionally, having more cyclists in cities can make roads safer as drivers become more aware of pedestrians and cyclists.
L.how do you envision the city of the futurebaldo80
The document envisions the city of the future as medium-small in size, prosperous, and dynamic. Key characteristics include being green through increased vegetation and tree planting, sustainable through public transportation, mobility services, and green/efficient buildings, and high-tech through real-time travel information, smart lighting, and dashboards. The overall vision is for a livable city that offers high quality of life and supports people's health, well-being, and opportunities through being green, sustainable, and utilizing high technology.
L. How do you envision the city of the future?Daria Aleshina
The document discusses how cities of the future will need to change and adapt to pressures from rapid urbanization and technological advancement. Some key changes envisioned are more efficient transportation systems with self-driving vehicles and improved public transit to reduce car dependence. Advanced e-commerce and logistics networks will allow for more shopping online and delivery to homes. Sustainable energy use will be driven by carbon taxes and credits to increase the use of solar, wind, and other renewable resources. Cities will also maximize the use of space by converting rooftops and atriums to green areas for environmental benefits. Waste management will follow global best practices of increased recycling and producers assisting with disposal.
How would you envision the city of the future?lauradelbarrio
Distintas formad de contemplar el futuro de las ciudades. Opinión personal y distintas circunstancias y consecuencias para argumentar esos puntos de vista. Conclusión final que engloba toda la explosión y que concluye todos los argumentos y consecuencias presentadas. Ilustrado con fotos e imágenes en movimiento para que sea una exposición más didáctica e interactiva. Lengua utilizada: inglés.
How do you envision the city of the future?Dick Jenkins
Future cities will be divided into two main sectors: industrial cities and livable cities. Industrial cities will be completely secluded and focused on production, using environmental security procedures, high-tech automation, and robotics. Livable cities will have a green infrastructure using parks and gardens, sustainable energy and water systems, and smart wireless technology to improve life for residents. Intermediate zones will connect the two city types and allow access in emergencies. The future of cities requires balancing industrial progress with protecting society.
Barter taking bicycles seriously as transportPaul Barter
Paul Barter presented at a town hall forum on cycling in Singapore. He argued that bicycles have not been taken seriously in Singapore's transportation planning. Bicycle infrastructure and policies have been half-hearted and poorly coordinated without clear goals. For Singapore, slow cycling of short 1-5km trips is the most important to focus on, as it could fill a gap in mobility options. Successful bicycle policies in places like Germany and Japan focus on protecting slow and timid cyclists, not just fast cyclists. For bicycles to be practical transportation in Singapore, the country needs coordinated bicycle policies led by an entity like the LTA.
US Audi Urban Future Team lead Philip Parsons presents on emerging trends in mobility -- technology, pricing and regulation, and ownership trends -- and implications for the future of cities everywhere. Reveals the preliminary results and analysis of the MyUSQ survey about the user experience of Somerville's Union Square, and introduces the concept of a multi-modal mobility hub.
Includes the results of the MyUSQ survey.
The document discusses principles of new urbanism for creating sustainable, livable communities. It outlines 27 core principles focused on regional planning, neighborhood design, and human-scale architecture. The principles promote compact, mixed-use, and walkable development to reduce sprawl and automobile dependence. They include connected street networks, diverse housing types, and prioritizing pedestrians. New urbanist codes and LEED-ND standards now provide tools to implement these principles and overcome barriers in conventional zoning.
Complete Streets and Implementation.pdfGintoAquino
This document summarizes research on implementing complete streets in small towns. It begins with background on the complete streets movement and how transportation has become more auto-focused over time. It then provides international examples of complete streets from cities like Amsterdam, London, Copenhagen, and Barcelona, noting designs and policies that increase access for multiple modes of transportation. The document argues that while most complete streets improvements have occurred in urban areas, small towns need such policies to link destinations and support non-driving residents who have limited transportation options. It concludes by outlining challenges to implementing complete streets in rural communities and providing suggestions for an implementation process tailored to small towns.
The document discusses the concept of urban green infrastructure. It defines urban green infrastructure as the parts of a city that contribute to natural processes like keeping water and air clean and recycling waste. This includes parks, stream corridors, utility corridors, and vacant lands. These green spaces, if viewed as a single interconnected system, can help keep cities clean and provide recreational areas. The green infrastructure works with engineered systems to manage resources like energy, waste, and stormwater runoff in a balanced way, analogous to natural ecological processes.
Principles of Sustainable Transport: Shreya Gadepalli, Sr. Programme Director...www.theurbanvision.com
Building Livable Cities : a multi city investigation on ideas that can make Indian cities livable. See: www.theurbanvision.com/blc
Principles of Sustainable Transport: Christopher Kost ,ITDP Principles of Sustainable Transport: Shreya Gadepalli, Sr. Programme Director,
ITDP
The document discusses the importance of designing cities for people rather than cars. It argues that cities should prioritize public pedestrian spaces and the quality of life of residents over private vehicle infrastructure. Specifically, it advocates that cities reserve half of their streets for exclusive pedestrian and bicycle use to make urban living more humane and child-friendly. The document also emphasizes that high-quality public spaces are essential for social justice, civic life, tourism, and attracting skilled workers to cities.
The document summarizes proposals from the OECD Working Group on 'Walking, Urban Space and Health' to encourage walking in urban areas. The proposals aim to provide governments with recommendations to implement policies that view walking as essential to urban mobility and public health. Specifically, the proposals focus on analyzing pedestrian needs, measures to promote walking, and transforming urban spaces from car-centric to people-centric through urban planning and design. The ultimate goal is to create livable, healthy and safe urban environments where walking and socializing are a pleasure rather than a burden.
Shreya Gadepalli, Sr. Programme Director, ITDP "Transport is key to sustainab...www.theurbanvision.com
Building Livable Cities : a multi city investigation on ideas that can make Indian cities livable. See: www.theurbanvision.com/blc
Shreya Gadepalli, Sr. Programme Director, ITDP "Transport is key to sustainable Cities"
The document discusses how the city of Somerville has channeled change in a positive direction. It summarizes that Somerville knows where it came from by reviewing historical trends, determines which current trends to build on as strengths and weaknesses to address, and sets a clear long-term vision for the future through community involvement and implementation of comprehensive plans. Examples of Somerville leveraging transit investments and implementing plans through projects like Assembly Row are provided.
The document discusses the importance of designing cities for people rather than cars. It argues that cities should prioritize public pedestrian spaces and quality of life over private vehicle infrastructure. Specifically, it advocates designing cities so that half the streets are for pedestrians and bicycles only, and building more parks, pedestrian promenades, and pedestrian-only waterfronts to improve quality of life for all residents.
Project for Public Spaces - Streets as Placesmetroplanning
Fred Kent of Project for Public Spaces (pps.org) made this presentation on streets as places in Chicago on March 15, 2007. Contact PPS to invite him to speak in your city.
This document is the November 2016 issue of Thinking Cities magazine. It contains articles on various topics related to smart and sustainable transportation in cities, including electric vehicles and infrastructure, autonomous vehicles, mobility solutions, and social and economic challenges. The issue features interviews with transportation leaders from cities such as Dubai, Rotterdam, La Rochelle, Jerusalem, and Trondheim.
This document discusses the massive change towards more human-centered cities. It notes that by 2050, 75% of the world's population will live in cities, with Asia, Africa, and Latin America seeing the largest urban growth. This urbanization will require rethinking how people move around cities in a sustainable way. The document advocates for shared, multimodal transportation solutions like public transit, bikesharing, and mobility as a service rather than personal car ownership. It also calls for more citizen involvement in city planning and co-creation of transportation services to build resilient, accessible, and sustainable cities.
“The ethics of transport planning” - Prof Stephen Potter talks at the HCDI se...Marco Ajovalasit
This presentation will explore the ethical issues behind what appears to be a technical design process - that of transport planning decisions. It will draw upon the transport/land use designs explored in Britain’s new towns (and Milton Keynes in particular) which help to highlight the ethical decisions involved.
This will illustrate the way that the design of towns and cities affects our travel behaviour and constrains our ability to choose to travel in a socially and environmentally responsible way. Indeed, we can get locked into unsustainable travel behaviours and feel powerless to behave otherwise. This leads to the now prevalent negative attitude towards transport policy initiatives and often outright opposition to sustainable transport developments.
Urban design professionals argue that high density settlements are the main way that sustainable transport choices can be provided, as such designs produce conditions which make for good public, and also suppress car use. However, although such an approach is possible in major conurbations and city centres, this is a difficult and contentious approach for suburban Britain. For most places ‘big city’ design solutions are not politically viable.
Perhaps we should be looking to more innovative approaches. These could blend a variety of new measures, such as the ‘smarter travel’ initiatives as well as new emerging technologies. However these require a different way of doing transport planning to the traditional ‘big infrastructure’ transport policy approaches. New physical design approaches often require the redesign of the processes and structures to implement and manage them, and this may be the key barrier to success.
At iomob we seek to transform urban mobility from its current fragmented state towards a decentralised internet of mobility marketplace. This white paper seeks to explore emerging trends and future directions towards more seamless access to public and private mobility services.
The document discusses the concept of "Great Streets" which are streets designed to prioritize people and community over vehicles. Great Streets are places for people to eat, shop, hang out, and get around via walking, biking, transit or vehicles. The Los Angeles Department of Transportation aims to develop people-centric public spaces on streets, which make up 13% of the city's land. Examples of Great Streets projects in LA include Broadway and My Figueroa, which reallocated street space for public use through plazas, bike lanes, and parklets. The document emphasizes the importance of inter-departmental partnerships to transform streets into vibrant community spaces.
The document proposes a 3-phased, 25-year plan to gradually convert a 300m stretch of rue St-Viateur in Montreal's Mile End neighborhood from a car-dominated street to a pedestrian-oriented public space called "The Outdoor Living Room." Phase 1 would include low-cost, temporary interventions to generate discussion. Phase 2 would involve more collaboration with the community. Phase 3 would create additional public spaces and amenities, culminating in a fully car-free street. The goal is to demonstrate the environmental, economic, and social benefits of prioritizing people over cars in urban design.
Title: How Placemaking Can Transform Transit Facilities into Vibrant Destinations
Track: Prosper, Place
Format: 60 minute panel
Abstract: A transit station or stop can serve much more than a transportation function; it can be a focal setting for community interaction and a place that fosters a diversity of activities. Learn about opportunities for Placemaking at transit stops that creates a win-win-win for ridership, economic development, and local communities.
Presenters:
Presenter: Cynthia Nikitin Project for Public Spaces, Inc.
Co-Presenter: Jennifer Flynn Center for Urban Transportation Research, USF
Co-Presenter: David Nelson Project for Public Spaces, Inc.
This document discusses transit oriented development (TOD). It explains that TOD brings compact, mixed-use development within walking distance of high capacity transit like rail or bus rapid transit. This allows people to access jobs, services, and opportunities with short commutes by walking, biking or public transit rather than personal vehicles. TOD is described as creating more sustainable, livable communities that promote public health and reduce environmental impacts. The document provides examples of Wendel's work on TOD projects and outlines their approach to responsible design focused on connectivity, density, mixed uses and other principles.
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This document provides tips for urban planners to effectively advocate for good urbanism and make their plans a reality. The tips are:
1) Preach to decision-makers, not just those already convinced of urbanist ideas
2) Be louder than anti-urban interests who may oppose plans
3) Defend the professional worth of urban planning to resist efforts to circumvent the planning process for political or business interests
4) Change the conversation away from cars if a discussion focuses too much on automotive infrastructure
5) Consider joining the public sector where the ability to directly implement plans may be greater than in other roles
The document summarizes the Boston Redevelopment Authority's (BRA) efforts to extend urban renewal plans in Boston through public outreach and engagement. It describes how the BRA has adapted its approach to urban renewal to focus on assembling land for development, affordable housing, infrastructure, and creating vibrant neighborhoods. It then details the extensive public process undertaken from 2014-2015, including community meetings, briefings, exhibitions, and outreach through initiatives like "City Hall to Go" to discuss goals and planning with residents before submitting extension requests to city and state agencies for approval.
Copenhagen has established itself as the bike capital of Denmark due to heavy investment in biking infrastructure, Denmark aims to source 50% of its electricity from wind, and Copenhagen utilizes district heating. Stockholm converted a former industrial site into Hammarby Sjostad, an eco-district with sustainable features. China has transformed through high-speed rail investment and Shanghai grew its transit lines from 4 to 14 in 10 years, while China plans to spend $360 billion on renewable energy by 2020 but also enables suburban sprawl. CNU 25 in Seattle discussed how New Urbanism can contribute to climate change through communication, knowledge expansion, new skills, and addressing key issues and opportunities.
The document lists the names of several local businesses and landmarks located in the East Rock neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut, including grocery stores, coffee shops, a pharmacy, hardware store, hotel, theater, and park. It promotes the variety of establishments and community feel of the area.
This document discusses transportation planning and sustainable urban mobility plans. It focuses on Milan, Italy as a case study. The key points are:
1. Transportation planning has shifted from a 20th century focus on cars to a 21st century approach that also emphasizes public transit, pedestrians, bicycles, and land use planning.
2. Modern transportation planning requires a multidisciplinary approach to address the complexity of urban environments and societies.
3. Milan's sustainable urban mobility plan focuses on enhancing the existing surface public transit network through incremental improvements, rather than large infrastructure projects, given limited financial resources. The plan aims to increase commercial transit speeds by 30%.
Boston is expecting significant population growth over the next decade, requiring thousands of new housing units per year. While progress has been made in developing housing, challenges remain around affordability, speed of development, and ensuring a diversity of housing types. Regional collaboration will also be needed to address the shortage, as Boston already has the highest percentage of deed-restricted affordable housing in the nation. Moving forward, the city aims to thoughtfully accommodate growth while preserving neighborhood character, creating mixed-income communities, and maintaining access to open space and transportation options.
This document summarizes a presentation given at the CNU New England Summit on March 31, 2017. The presentation discusses how the Community of Practice for New Urbanism (CNU) has been working for years to promote walkable, mixed-use development through tactics like charrettes, form-based codes, and tactical urbanism projects. It outlines some of CNU's past accomplishments and identifies ongoing challenges around equitable development, regional disparities, and sustainability. The presenter argues CNU should create a multi-disciplinary force to address these issues through place-based solutions. Members are encouraged to advance the community by participating locally, training others, sharing ideas, writing about their work, doing tactical projects, and helping CNU events
ROBIN CHASE
Author, "Peers Inc: How People and Platforms are Inventing the Collaborative Economy and Reinventing Capitalism"
She is co-founder and former CEO of Zipcar, the largest carsharing company in the world; Buzzcar, a peer to peer carsharing service in France; and GoLoco, an online ridesharing community. She is also co-founder of Veniam, a vehicle communications company building the networking fabric for the Internet of Moving Things.
This document discusses financing options for urban development projects that fall outside typical financing models. It provides an example of a typical annual operating budget and funding gap for a sample project. New markets tax credits and historic tax credits can help fill funding gaps. Tenant-financed housing models in walkable urban areas may have lower initial and ongoing costs compared to suburban or rural options.
This document discusses challenges and lessons learned from retail developments near transit. It notes that access, visibility, tenant mix and the physical environment are key to retail success but that developments often provide too much parking, are located too far from transit, and have poor tenant mixes. The document examines case studies of developments with these issues, including an urban big box center 1/4 mile from transit that had high vacancy rates. It concludes that providing the right density, mix of uses and limiting parking can lead to more successful transit-oriented developments.
Principles of Lean Manufacturing and Lean Startups applied to real estate development:
Waste in development, zoning, and permitting
Fixed costs and switching costs -- and why they present a problem for both cities and developers
Default bias in the permitting process -- populist permitting vs. the pink zone
Tools for developers: incrementalism, successional development, and build-measure-learn
WalkUP Roslindale is a community group founded last April that aims to make Roslindale, MA the most walkable neighborhood in Boston. The group has over 270 Facebook friends and 170 Twitter followers. Their mission is to promote walkability in collaboration with neighbors. Some achievements include engaging developers to support walkability projects, conducting a visioning session and survey for a proposed walking path connecting to the Arnold Arboretum, hosting a film series about urban policies, and performing a walk audit of Roslindale Square to identify priorities to address with city officials. Challenges include gaining support from agencies and overcoming concerns about reducing parking for walking/biking.
This document discusses strategies for revitalizing small towns based on a presentation given in Providence, Rhode Island. It notes that demographics in many small towns, such as educational attainment and poverty levels, have been trending negatively in recent years. The presentation advocates reasserting the value of local assets like riverfronts and engaging citizens. It also recommends adopting new development rules like form-based codes, using funding tools to shift markets and support existing businesses and mixed-use projects. Specific strategies discussed include partnering with outside groups on projects, establishing new transportation centers and connections to reduce car dependency.
This document discusses the role of art and culture in community development. It outlines the history and programs of AS220, a nonprofit arts organization in Providence, Rhode Island, that has supported local artists since 1985 through galleries, live arts, youth programs, industries, and live/work spaces. The document questions whether art and culture should solely be a means to economic ends or if it can be the means of community development in its own right through supporting artists and creative practices.
The document discusses revitalizing downtown properties in Connecticut. It describes how downtown properties are underutilized and how people want walkable, mixed-use communities. A pilot program partnered with the housing authority to explore solutions like supporting developers and making financing easier. Recommendations included regulatory changes and incentives to encourage mixed-income, mixed-use development and bring old buildings back to life. The presentation outlines next steps like tax increment financing districts and training more small-scale professionals to do downtown redevelopment work.
This document summarizes a panel discussion on new models for real estate development. The panelists included representatives from Gerding Edlen, a real estate investment firm; the city of Central Falls, Rhode Island; Guerrilla Development; and The Apiary. The Apiary aims to establish a community development private equity real estate fund to invest in small to mid-sized projects in low-to-middle income urban neighborhoods in Rhode Island. The fund would be open to both accredited and non-accredited investors. The goal is to fill a gap between projects too large for small developers and too small for large developers. Gerding Edlen focuses on investing in sustainable office, residential, and mixed-use projects in major cities.
The document discusses the importance of multi-modal transportation planning and complete streets design. It advocates for designing streets to prioritize pedestrians, bicyclists, and public transit users in addition to drivers. The document presents principles of multi-modal design from the NACTO Urban Street Design Guide, including that streets are public spaces, design for safety, and streets are ecosystems. Examples of successful multi-modal streets in cities like Groningen and Seattle are provided.
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Recycling and Disposal on SWM Raymond Einyu pptxRayLetai1
Increasing urbanization, rural–urban migration, rising standards of living, and rapid development associated with population growth have resulted in increased solid waste generation by industrial, domestic and other activities in Nairobi City. It has been noted in other contexts too that increasing population, changing consumption patterns, economic development, changing income, urbanization and industrialization all contribute to the increased generation of waste.
With the increasing urban population in Kenya, which is estimated to be growing at a rate higher than that of the country’s general population, waste generation and management is already a major challenge. The industrialization and urbanization process in the country, dominated by one major city – Nairobi, which has around four times the population of the next largest urban centre (Mombasa) – has witnessed an exponential increase in the generation of solid waste. It is projected that by 2030, about 50 per cent of the Kenyan population will be urban.
Aim:
A healthy, safe, secure and sustainable solid waste management system fit for a world – class city.
Improve and protect the public health of Nairobi residents and visitors.
Ecological health, diversity and productivity and maximize resource recovery through the participatory approach.
Goals:
Build awareness and capacity for source separation as essential components of sustainable waste management.
Build new environmentally sound infrastructure and systems for safe disposal of residual waste and replacing current dumpsites which should be commissioned.
Current solid waste management situation:
The status.
Solid waste generation rate is at 2240 tones / day
collection efficiently is at about 50%.
Actors i.e. city authorities, CBO’s , private firms and self-disposal
Current SWM Situation in Nairobi City:
Solid waste generation – collection – dumping
Good Practices:
• Separation – recycling – marketing.
• Open dumpsite dandora dump site through public education on source separation of waste, of which the situation can be reversed.
• Nairobi is one of the C40 cities in this respect , various actors in the solid waste management space have adopted a variety of technologies to reduce short lived climate pollutants including source separation , recycling , marketing of the recycled products.
• Through the network, it should expect to benefit from expertise of the different actors in the network in terms of applicable technologies and practices in reducing the short-lived climate pollutants.
Good practices:
Despite the dismal collection of solid waste in Nairobi city, there are practices and activities of informal actors (CBOs, CBO-SACCOs and yard shop operators) and other formal industrial actors on solid waste collection, recycling and waste reduction.
Practices and activities of these actor groups are viewed as innovations with the potential to change the way solid waste is handled.
CHALLENGES:
• Resource Allocation.
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Water polluted by dyestuffs compounds is a global threat to health and the environment; accordingly, we prepared a green novel sorbent chemical and Physical system from an algae, chitosan and chitosan nanoparticle and impregnated with algae with chitosan nanocomposite for the sorption of Malachite green dye from water. The algae with chitosan nanocomposite by a simple method and used as a recyclable and effective adsorbent for the removal of malachite green dye from aqueous solutions. Algae, chitosan, chitosan nanoparticle and algae with chitosan nanocomposite were characterized using different physicochemical methods. The functional groups and chemical compounds found in algae, chitosan, chitosan algae, chitosan nanoparticle, and chitosan nanoparticle with algae were identified using FTIR, SEM, and TGADTA/DTG techniques. The optimal adsorption conditions, different dosages, pH and Temperature the amount of algae with chitosan nanocomposite were determined. At optimized conditions and the batch equilibrium studies more than 99% of the dye was removed. The adsorption process data matched well kinetics showed that the reaction order for dye varied with pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order. Furthermore, the maximum adsorption capacity of the algae with chitosan nanocomposite toward malachite green dye reached as high as 15.5mg/g, respectively. Finally, multiple times reusing of algae with chitosan nanocomposite and removing dye from a real wastewater has made it a promising and attractive option for further practical applications.
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Landscape of Community, Mobility Hubs & Neighborhood Connections
1. LANDSCAPE OF COMMUNITY,
MOBILITY HUBS &
NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIONS
union square, somerville
THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS
THE ARMORY
SPONSORED BY:
MOBILITY REVOLUTION
after the
saturday, september 13
10am - 2pm
PRESENTED BY:
NEW
Information on speakers, workshops, and registration is available at: http://bit.ly/1tivm2Q
rethinking
the
future
of our american city
What will happen
when cars no longer
dictate the shape of our
cities?
In a community like Somerville,
with more than one third of today’s
land dedicated to roads and parking,
and with less open space than any city in
the Northeast, how will a mobility revolution --
reduced car ownership, automated vehicles, and shifting
global economics -- impact development, community, and
prosperity? Can it bring more jobs, more housing, more public
space, more accommodations for pedestrians and bicyclists -- and a
reduction in carbon emissions?
Join CNU New England and the US Audi Urban Future Team for expert-led
discussion and participatory design workshops that will explore possibilities for
Union Square, Somerville -- a laboratory for the future our American city.
union square, somerville
THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS
THE ARMORY
191 HIGHLAND AVE
SOMERVILLE MA
SPONSORED BY:
MOBILITY REVOLUTION
after the
saturday, september 13
10am - 2pm
PRESENTED BY:
CNUNEW
ENGLAND
Information on speakers, workshops, and registration is available at: http://bit.ly/1tivm2Q
rethinking
the
future
of our american city
What will happen
when cars no longer
dictate the shape of our
cities?
In a community like Somerville,
with more than one third of today’s
land dedicated to roads and parking,
and with less open space than any city in
the Northeast, how will a mobility revolution --
reduced car ownership, automated vehicles, and shifting
global economics -- impact development, community, and
prosperity? Can it bring more jobs, more housing, more public
space, more accommodations for pedestrians and bicyclists -- and a
reduction in carbon emissions?
Join CNU New England and the US Audi Urban Future Team for expert-led
discussion and participatory design workshops that will explore possibilities for
Union Square, Somerville -- a laboratory for the future our American city.
23. more space for people
4M urban design ideas include:
• 4M HUB as more than a transit
shelter - a meeting place
connecting people and community
• More space for the square to
accommodate community life and
events
• Streets and crosswalks that
balance the needs of pedestrians,
bikes, and cars
• More sidewalks, pocket parks &
pedestrian alleyways for people to
enjoy
WHAT DOES 4M MEAN FOR THE URBAN EXPERIENCE?
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24. workshop questions 24
Group Discussion (30 minutes)
What are the physical and organizational characteristics of a multi-modal mobility hub? Where
might the various components be located?
How should the new Green Line station be connected to other modes of mobility in Union
Square?
What kinds of activity will a multi-modal hub most encourage?
How can the neighborhoods around Union Square better connect to the multi-modal hub as
mobility patterns change dramatically? (less car ownership, piloted parking, so less on-street
parking, more efficient traffic patterns)
How do the streets change with changes on mobility patterns? Beyond protected bike lanes,
dedicated bus lanes in Union Square, how can streets become more part of the public space?
What kinds of new services will better connect people in the Union Square neighborhood?
(transport, digital, community spaces)
How can an increase in public space made possible by the mobility revolution best be used to
strengthen the community?