CSUD building a transport policy for nairobi E l l i o t t D . S c l a r J u l i e T o u b e r Volvo Summer Workshop - UC Berkeley - July 24, 2006 Center for Sustainable Urban Development The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Dec 19, 2015
CSUDbuilding a transport policy for nairobi
E l l i o t t D . S c l a r
J u l i e T o u b e r
Volvo Summer Workshop - UC Berkeley - July 24, 2006
Center for Sustainable Urban DevelopmentThe Earth Institute at Columbia University
introduction 1
about half the world’s population is classified as urban
by 2020 the urban population will be the majority
the urban challenge: focus on Africa
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the urban challenge: the peri-urban question
defining Land use becomes key
urban sprawl relies on a transportation system
transitional zone between the
rural and the urban environment
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the urban challenge: rethinking policy and institutionsm
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institutions
governance
technologies
networking
local context
int’l contextMillennium Development Goals
Democracy
Reformed Government
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process
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land and transport 2
metropolitan planning : two land dynamics
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metropolitan planning : two land dynamics
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metropolitan planning : two land dynamics
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keep private
larger buses
better safety
time gained
keep flexibility
market place
service focus point
health monitoring point
BRT option
image change
socially and environmentally
sustainable
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NairobiCBD
public transit system
matatus terminal
metropolitan planning - transport
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metropolitan planning : transport as a backbone
land use and transport : understanding an history
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land use and transport : understanding an history
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land use and transport : the green brown divide
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equity focus 3
transport : an equity policy tool
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every city is a solution to a transportation problem
how we lay out our cities determines who has worse access and who has better access
mobility is a means of providing access but it is not the same thing
transport : a public health hazard
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46% of the road users involved in fatal crashes are pedestrians (Global Road Safety Partnership, 2004)
air pollution 550% over the US 24hours standard for PM2.5
transport : more than a infrastructure, it’s social policy
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equality of access
access to work
access to service
mix social groups
reduce segregation
public transport for all
structure image of city
promote public space
Promote NMT and BRT
defining access
defining mobility
defining public space
shaping identity
redefining planning 4
LeCorbusier 1920
Frank Lloyd Wright Broadacre City
1934-58
rethinking planning: do we need planning?
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urban planning suffers from a negative image …
rethinking planning: do we need planning?
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policy vs planningurban management vs planning
role of
disaster management planning
economic development
social equity
rethinking planning: training and process
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1MOU signed between
CSUD at Columbia University and
DURP at University of Nairobi
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2letters of intent signed between
CSUD/DURP and Dpt of Planning at the Ministry of Lands
CSUD/DURP and Ruiru Municipal Council
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3s t u d i o s
Columbia Universityurban planning studio
with school of public healthInt’l development workshop
University of Nairobi UP undergraduate studio X2
UP graduate studio
rethinking planning: training and process
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4delivering in
roundtable
Sharing experience
opening on advocacy planning
rethinking planning: training and process
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Question of
information
lobbying
for public transit
Pressuring the
decision makers
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conclusion 5
what’s next?
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facilitate training
facilitate dialogue
access to technologies
global networks
extend the work in developing cities
short termdelivering findings
timing
continuity
research
long term