CORRIDORS OF FREEDOM – BROAD CONCEPT

Herman Pienaar

Development Planning – City Transformation

CONTENT

• Background and overview of city development strategy

• Corridors of Freedom concept and approach

• Corridor focus areas

JOHANNESBURG DEMOGRAPHICS

• Total Population – 4.4 million

• 36% of Gauteng population

• 8% of national population

• Johanesburg is growing faster than the Gauteng Region

• COJ population increase by 38% between 2001 and 2011.

JOHANNESBURG POPULATION PYRAMID

Based on 5 indicators: •Income

•Employment

•Health

•Education

•Living Environment

THE CONCEPT – CORRIDORS

OF FREEDOM

• The City of Johannesburg is embarking on a new spatial

vision for the city in line with the Growth and Development

Strategy 2040, based on corridor Transit-oriented

Development (TOD).

• The shape of the future city will consist of well-planned

transport arterials – the “Corridors of Freedom” – linked to

interchanges where the focus will be on mixed-use

development – high-density accommodation, supported by

office buildings, retail development and opportunities for

leisure and recreation.

FUTURE PUBLIC

TRANSPORT NETWORK

SUSTAINABLE HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

URBANISATION PLAN (SHSUP)

STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT

AREA

MODEL-

LED

YIELD

1 In-situ Upgrading 26,500

2 Nodes Within PPTN 75,500

3 Nodes Outside PPTN 30,585

4 TOD 74,117

5 BRT 84,482

6 Short-Term North 56,929

7 Short-Term South 91,497

8 Consolidation &Infill (North) 157,539

9 Consolidation &Infill (Mining Belt) 70,461

10 Redevelopment South Suburbs 23,775

Sub-Total 691,385

11 Expansion North 78,662

12 Expansion South 72,138

Sub-Total 150,800

13 Rest of the City 293,970

Sub-Total 293,970

Total 1,136,155

Railways

Motorway

Gautrain_Rail

Development_Corridors

Industrial_Node_polygon

Mixed_Use_Nodes_polygon

Captital Invesment Prioirty Areas

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Inner City

City Deep

Empire_Perth_Corridor

SowetoHighway_Corridor

Turffontein_Corridor

Soweto_Public_Transport_Corridor

LouisBotha_Corridor

Within UDB

Areas_Beyond_UDB

Cadastral Base

!. Cross_Border_Nodes

CoJ_boundary

Capital Investment Priority Areas (CIPAs)

Addressing Deprivation Levels Through Spatial Restructuring

CORRIDORS OF FREEDOM OUTCOMES

Study Outline • Strategic analysis

• Strategic Area Framework

– Desired built form and spatial vision

• Interventions for increased accessibility

– Quantified development potential

• Interventions to achieve density within a TOD/SHS framework

• Cost benefit

– Modelling current and future scenarios

• Corridor Development Programme

– Quantified interventions

– Spatially defined with time and sequential events

DEDICATED PUBLIC TRANSPORT AS BACKBONE

URBAN RESTRUCTURING

Translating the Vision and Defining the Targets

NANCEFIELD TOD NODE

THE STUDY AREA T S O L O R O A D

CORRIDORS OF FREEDOM APPROACH

Guiding Principles

CORRIDOR AS AN URBAN SYSTEM

Densification options Large Scale Precinct Development

High Density Infill on Underutilised Land

Consolidation and Redevelopment

CORRIDORS OF FREEDOM FOCUS

Empire Perth Corridor of Freedom

Proposed transit system

Good quality North South

linkages required

Existing Metrorail Stations

Existing Bus Terminals

Densification areas

backbone for densification policies, land use zoning and development controls.

Delineation of areas of densification

Vertical density

Louis Botha Corridor of Freedom

Turffontein “Corridor” of Freedom

Proposed transit system

Several of the streets in Turffontein used to be tramway reserves and consequently De Villiers-, Turf- and Turffontein Road have road reserve widths of more than 18m. These road reserve widths are suitable to accommodate a Bus Rapid Transit System.

Delineation of areas of densification areas

Densification areas

Backbone for densification policies, land use zoning and development controls.

3D Visualization

• Land Use

• How can we transform cities to be sustainable, efficient, beautiful, and invigorating to the human sole?

• How can we bring together residents of diverse backgrounds, and empower and uplift the disenfranchised?

• How can urban environments propel us to realise our healthiest bodies, strongest communities, and most creative minds?

• And practically speaking, how do we get from here to there?

CONCLUDING REMARKS