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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
Cycle Life study Gehl Architects
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Take a short cut and cross minor barriersYou can always find a way
Cycle Life study Gehl Architects
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Many similarities but do not mix it upThere is often a need for different infrastructure
Copenhagen
Cycle Life study Gehl Architects
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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
CopenhagenBicycle Account2006
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Is it because of the exercise you get?
19%
Say yes
CopenhagenBicycle Account2006
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We must simply make it the easy choiceIs it because it is convenient, fast and easy?
61%
Yes!
CopenhagenBicycle Account2006
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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
New York Pedestrian & Bicycle Strategy
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New York Pedestrian & Bicycle Strategy
Times Square - before
New York Pedestrian & Bicycle Strategy
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New York Pedestrian & Bicycle Strategy
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