city speak xi - is transport the solution or the enemy? julian kwong - road safety engineer
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Development and transport are closely related, but how do we connect the dots and guarantee a livable city for future generations? Lifting the moratorium in Mid-levels, reducing the threshold for redevelopment and the constant pressure to increase density are all choking the older parts of Hong Kong with more traffic and roadside air pollution. How do we deal with the increased traffic on new roads to the Mainland? How many more roads are we planning to build on our waterfront? Is there too much public transport clogging up our roads? Is replacing pedestrian crossings with subways and footbridges a good thing? What plans are there for environmentally friendly transport and aesthetically more pleasing transport infrastructure in Hong Kong? Where are the hopes for making our city more pedestrian-friendly? Can new engine technology solve our problems? Could electronic road pricing help? Will the new rail lines be enough? Do we have a sustainable (transport) plan for our city? Planners, engineers, academics and officials will discuss whether transport is our solution or our enemy. Designing Hong Kong is a not-for-profit organisation focused on sustainable urban planning. See: www.designinghongkong.comTRANSCRIPT
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CITY SPEAK XICITY SPEAK XI- Is transport the solution or the - Is transport the solution or the enemy?enemy?
Julian TH KWONGJulian TH KWONGRoad safety engineering consultantRoad safety engineering consultant
24th April 201024th April 2010
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The pedestrian safety problem
Courtesy: Transport Department 2009
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Pedestrians prefer level crossings …..
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A Vision …..
Extensive traffic calming applications
Self-explaining road design
Education emphasizing shared road-usage
Integration with quality of living, streetscapeand landscape
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Courtesy: CERTU, France
Streets for all pedestrians
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Speed is an unavoidable subject
Courtesy: Interdisciplinary Working Group on Accident Mechanics 1986 and Watz Hoefliger and Fehman 1983; quoted by Johansson. (2008)
>=50km/h
=<30km/h
Traffic Speed (km/h)
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Courtesy: CERTU, France
Urban traffic calming – 30km/h zones
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Rural traffic calming
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Quality of livingStreetscape, Landscape
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Design Standard
current Hong Kong standard largely based on British approaches of the 80s
assumptions and reality
need for research and development
need for visionary approaches
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Decade of Action for Road Safety2011-2020
UN General Assembly resolution (A/64/L.44/Rev.1)10 March 2010