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

ITRN 2015ciaran.cuffe@dit.ie

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