Active Mobility Cities People 2014 l Gz

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Active Mobility Cities for PeopleCities for Mobility Stuttgart June 2nd 2014

Lars Gemze Architect M.A.A.

Senior Consultant Associate Partner Gehl Architects

Stuttgart


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1. New Challenges health, congestion & global warming

2. Many Similarities between Cycling and Walking

3. People on Foot making people visible in planning

4. People Cycling the soft people city

5. People in Transit part of the picture

6. Public Spaces Active mobility and sustainable use of

public space


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New Challenges

Health and Obesity

Mobility and Congestion

The Environment andGlobal Warming


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Active mobility isgood on all three challenges

Walking & Cycling is Healthyin Daily Life

Walking & Cycling take up

Little Space and giveMobility for a wider rangeof people

Low cost and democratic

Quality of Life andSustainable use of PublicSpace Less Pollution


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Many Similarities in Active MobilityPeople walking and cycling can do most of the same things


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Cycle Life study Gehl Architects

More flexible than other modes of transportStop and talkno need to find a parking lot


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Follow your inspirationStop and take a closer look - No planning needed



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Take a short cut and cross minor barriersYou can always find a way



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Many similarities but do not mix it upThere is often a need for different infrastructure

Copenhagen



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Walking

Publictransit Publicspace

Access for allSustainable use of Public space

The Soft City

Cycling


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walking

People on foot

Simple, easy mobility for almostall people all through life - on

shorter distancesbut also the ability to stop, talk.Meet and do many other things


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People used to be invisible in the planning process

No dataon pedestrians

same old model, no marketing,

usually no organisations. Lowspeed, small size, no pollution, etc

No city department for Public Life

Lots of dataon vehicular traffic

Always Traffic Departments withdata about vehicular traffic

constantly new models,marketing, organisations but alsohigh speed, noise, pollution, etc.

The City of Copenhagen has a

department for Public Life now


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Studies of Public Life in Copenhagen1968, 1986, 1995 and 2005..2010 the city does it!

Pioneering studies by professor Jan Gehl

and the School of Architecture in Copenhagen


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From car invasion


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From car invasion....to people places


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Strget before 1962

They said it cannot be done

The shops will die!The climate is wrong!It is not our culture!


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Strget to day

80.000 people per 24 hours in the summer

The shops had a great time!


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Pedestrian streets became very popular .even on rainy days

The climate is not a great problem


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People stayed longer


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People stayed longer and longer


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and longerAlmost 4 times more space

= Almost 4 times more activity

We changed culture


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The result is a much morepeople friendly city


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walking cycling

People on bicycles

Active transportationCycling is new mobility


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A city full of moving objects.....or


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A city full of people on the streets

Copenhagen


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Bicycling is much more than transport

Individual mobility

for all ages

It is green!

No pollution and no

noise

It is good for

your health tooYou see

people in the

street

Everybody

can afford it

It is good for you,the city and

everybody else

Copenhagen


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Bicycling is also city life

Copenhagen


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Why would anyone cycle in the city?

It is of course because

I am poor!

..and you are

just in the way!

It is also

dangerous!It is too

slow!

and the weather

is also bad of

course!

Here we havea car culture!


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in many countries it is only guys in Tourde France outfits, that cycle

Australia


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or dare-devils who are fighting the cars

Australia


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Why do a lot of people cycle in some cities?

CicloViaLima, PeruCopenhagen

Let us ask the cyclists

in Copenhagen!


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Why do Copenhageners cycle?Is it because of the environment?

Copenhageners

cycling save over

90.000 t CO2

annually

1%

Say yes

CopenhagenBicycle Account2006


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Is it because of financial reasons?

6%

Say yes



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Is it because of the exercise you get?

19%

Say yes



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We must simply make it the easy choiceIs it because it is convenient, fast and easy?

61%

Yes!



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Almost the same number of people on the track as in the 3 lanes of cars

Bicycle tracks are very efficient5 times more people can move per hour on a bicycletrack compared with a traffic lane in urban traffic

(Estimation by the traffic planners in the Municipality of Copenhagen)


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Gehl Architects Urban Quality Consultants Gl. Kongevej 1, 4.tv DK-1610 Copenhagen V www.gehlarchitects.dk

Bicycle parking takes up little space compared with car parking

10 bicycles = 1 car parking space


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Cycling and shoppingShopping and transport habits in CopenhagenReport from the Centre for Traffic, City of Copenhagen June 2012

The report is inDanish only:Indkb og

transportvaner IKbenhavnKbenhavnsKommune,

Center for Trafik

Juni 2012


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2/3 of all shopping trips in Copenhagen are madeby cycling and walking p. 5 in the report


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Cyclists spend as much as car drivers

As a whole cyclistsspend just as muchmoney in shops as cardrivers

Main conclusion in the report p. 2

How important are cyclists for shopsin Copenhagen?Centre for Traffic, City of Copenhagen

June 2012

Also in USA Please see new report:Protected Bike lanes Mean BusinessPeople for Bikes and Alliance forBiking & Walking

Copenhagen


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Gehl Architects Urban Quality Consultants Gl. Kongevej 1, 4.tv DK-1610 Copenhagen V www.gehlarchitects.dk

People who take their bicycle to

work have a 28% lower mortality

rate than the average

population

(after adjustment for, among other issues,

differences in terms of job, smoking,

leisure-time activities, and body mass

index).

Cycling, exercise and Health Published by The Ecological Council, The Heart Association, school

and Society and The Danish Bicycle Federation 2007

L.B.Andersen et al: All-cause

Mortality Assiciated with PhysicalActivity During Leisure Time, Work,

Sports, and Cycling to Work, Arch.

Intern. Med., Vol. 160, June 12,

2000, p.1621

It is good for your health

A large Danish study has shown that


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Gehl Architects Urban Quality Consultants Gl. Kongevej 1, 4.tv DK-1610 Copenhagen V www.gehlarchitects.dkSurvey by Megafon for Danish Cycle Federation 2010

Cyclistsare happier!

Feeling of happiness with yourchoice of transportation

Cycle Car

Train Bus


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Hardware


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Hardware Software


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We need user friendlyinfrastructure that is

self explanatory!

Hardware

The cycle track should come to youwhen and where you need it!

Y d k f li


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You need a network for cyclistsA citywide network of bicycle tracks in Copenhagen

Y i h bi li h i i !


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You must give the bicyclist the priority!

5-6 seconds

green light

before the

cars

Bicyclists

can turn right

but cars are

not allowed

Green wave for bicycles

Th i it i i iti i f t t


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The prerequisite is an inviting infrastructurewhere all generations feel good!

Copenhagen

The infrastructure must not only besafebut must increase the feeling of safety


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Copenhageners use bicycles more and more

Copenhagen Bicycle Account 2010

Latest update 2013

Highest number of cyclists per day

on this street is 40,000


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Building a bicycle cultureThe potentials of every day cycling

Software


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Business people cycle

Copenhagen


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Cellists and bass players cycle

Copenhagen


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Immigrants cycle

Copenhagen


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mothers cycle.

Copenhagen


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fathers cycle.

Copenhagen


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children and grown ups cycle

Copenhagen


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Old folks cycle

Copenhagen


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and lovers cycle

Copenhagen

Bi li i i di id l bilit d t


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Bicycling can give individual mobility - door todoor - to far more people than most alternatives

Copenhagen

P l l i ll th


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People cycle in all weathers

Al i Wi t ith


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Also in Winters with snow

Copenhagen

70 % continuein the Winter

Campaigns and events try it out


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Campaigns and events - try it outAnd there are many more things you can do besides a Ciclo-Via

CicloViaLima, Peru

Cycle to Work!


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Cycle to Work!National campaigns ever year Danish CyclistsFederation

Denmark

Cycling to school campaigns


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Cycling to school campaignsand teaching children in kindergartens to cycle

Copenhagen

Many other campaigns- Awareness of turning trucks

-Anti car-doring campaigns- Win a cake for good cycling

- etc

I iti th it t b d


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In many cities they say it cannot be done

Copenhagen

The topography is wrongThe climate is wrong!It is not our culture

But like walking:People and conditions can change!


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walking

Publictransit

cycling

Transit is part of city lifeand cycling should be an integrated part ofthe system

A good public space network is a


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A good public space network is aprerequisite for public transit

Freiburg Tram, Germany

Flexibility Cycles on commuter trains


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Flexibility - Cycles on commuter trainsNo restrictions or ticket for your bike

Copenhagen Free Internet

Double size compartments for cycles


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Double size compartments for cycles

Copenhagen 2011

Also cycles on the trams


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Also cycles on the tramsStrasbourg, France

Or cycles on the bus


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Seattle, USA

Or cycles on the bus

Taxies must have a rack for 2 bicycles


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Taxies must have a rack for 2 bicycles

Copenhagen

City Bikes


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New e-City Bikes with tablet computer,Copenhagen 2014

City BikesAnother possibility and link to transit


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Walking

Public

transitPublicspace

Sustainable use of Public space

= More active mobility= Softer Cities for People

Cycling

W ld Cl St t


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World Class StreetsNew York City

NYC Dept. of Transportw/ Gehl Architects,Published: 13 Nov 2008

PublicLife

PublicSpace

Recommendations

Pilot projects in New York


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Pilot projects in New YorkPainting on the streetConverting car-space to people-space

New York Pedestrian & Bicycle Strategy


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New York Pedestrian & Bicycle StrategyNew Copenhagen style cycle tracks

Copenhage

n style

bicycle

tracks andlanes

Main

principle:

Pedestrians +

bicyclists

Parked

cars +

9th Ave. Apr.08

9th Ave. Sep.08



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Times Square - before



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Times Square - after

From coffee to go to coffee to stay


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Times Square - before Times Square - after

It i ll b t


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It is all aboutquality of life

This used to be the case in N Y


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This used to be the case in N.Y.Bicycle couriers and daredevils fighting the cars

New York 1990

Now: Cycling upright


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Now: Cycling uprightDutch style cycles = Indicators of change

New York 2011

Parents cycling with kids


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Parents cycling with kidsIndicators of change

New York 2011

Parents and kids cycling


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Parents and kids cyclingIndicators of change: Feeling of safety is growing

New York 2011

Why are some cities great to walk & cycle in?


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It is not the question about different cultures, different

climates, different topography that matters

Political will and action is a necessity!

Cities that do the

right things - over

t ime- are the

successful walk &

cycle cities

There aregreat

di f ferencesin cycling in

different cities in the

same Nat ion with the

same culture, climate

and topography.


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Welcome in the 21st Century


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Welcome in the 21st Century

www.cycling-embassy.org


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Cities for Peopleare soft cities that combinewalking, cycling and transit inan intelligent way

Walking

Public Public

Cycling

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