sustainable mobility

Mobility Boosters
Improving
sustainable mobility
Mentor&Student Research Lab - Urban Transformations, September 2014

Mobility Boosters
our team

Mobility Boosters
work in progress

plan of presentation
• Our goal
• Case of Gdańsk
• Good practices from other cities
• Our ideas

Our goal

current situation
our goal

Case of Gdańsk

Case of Gdańsk
•population: 461.531
•area: 291,96km2
•density: 1759
inhabitants/km2

Case of Gdańsk
Hipsometric map of Gdansk showing apportionment
on the upper and the lower terrace

Case of Gdańsk
number of private cars
241 608

Case of Gdańsk
private cars per 1000 inhabitants:
474
523
(2008) (2013)

Case of Gdańsk
In Gdańsk when we say „bike”, we mean
improvement of quality life, improvement of
public spaces, and generating profits and
new workplaces in local economy
Paweł Adamowicz, President of Gdańsk

Case of Gdańsk
Velo-city 2009
„Bike Officer” - assignee of
Gdańsk’s President in bike
communication cases
Congress of Active Mobility -
Gdańsk charter
„Mobilny Gdańsk” strategy
STeR
technical and planning standards
and rules in Gdańsk for bike lanes
Charter of Brussels

Case of Gdańsk
The survey
• internet site, paper version
• most of respondents - between 16 and 24 years old
• 281 answers

Case of Gdańsk
Interviews
Remigiusz Kitliński
Bike Officer of Gdańsk
Dariusz Słodkowski
Member of Gdańsk city
council,
member of planning and environmental
PROTECTION commision and head of
revitalization commision

Case of Gdańsk
Interviews
„The main obstacle for quicker and visable changes in
the city are outdated way of thinking about urban
development and mentality towards motorization and car
ownership.”

Good practices from
other cities

ANTWERP
• Population: 483.505
• area: 204,51km2,
density: 2364p/km2
BASEL
• area: 24 km2,
density: 6839p/km2
GOTHENBURG
• population: 533.27
• area: 447.76km2,
density: 1191p/km2
FRANKFURT
• area: 248,31km2,
density: 2809p/km2
HELSINKI
• population: 1612.664
• area: 187,1km2
density: 2800p/km2

Antwerp - Belgium

• Pedestrian signs
signs which help finding
the best way to different
destinations
Antwerp - Belgium

Basel - Switzerland

Basel - Switzerland
• App for less mobile people
practical information on services
accesible to wheelchair users
• Tickets for tourists
free mobility ticket for tourists for 30
days max.
• Cross border tickets
allowing everyday travel inside and
outside city borders on the same
seasonal ticket
• Car-sharing
cars for rent via phone or online

Gothenburg - Sweden

Gothenburg - Sweden
• Apps
online travel planner and sightseeing
tour for smartphones
• Trunk cycle lanes
direct, wide, smart, safe and well
lightened „motorway” for cyclist

Frankfurt - Germany

Frankfurt - Germany
• Velotaxis
tricycle rickshaws allowed to drive in
pedestrian-only areas
• Low emission zone
vehicles have to meet certain emission
criteria to enter the zone

Helsinki - Finland

• Bus on demand
booking bus rides via
SMS
• Online apps
provide real time data
Helsinki - Finland

Mobility Boosters Team
Improving sustainable
mobility in Gdańsk

Thank you for your attention

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