Programme Stedenbaan
Integrating sustainable mobility and urban development in the South Wing of the Randstad Holland
Connected Cities, Brussels Conference
Joost Molenaar, programme Stedenbaan
December 21st 2005
Presentation
1) Introduction & context
2) Development of a ‘network city’
3) Government & governance
4) Programme Stedenbaan
Introduction South Holland
Introduction South Holland
• 3,5 million inhabitants
• 60 x 40 km
• Economic profile:
• Mainport Rotterdam (harbour)
• Greenport (vegetables, fruit, flowers)
• Knowledge (technical and medical)
• International justice (The Hague)
• Main urban centres:
• Rotterdam (ca. 650.000): Harbour-HST-airport
• The Hague (ca. 450.000): public sector
• Delft and Leiden: universities and tourism
The Randstad
1950
From: Hybrid Landscapes - Must, 2004
The Randstad
2010
From: Hybrid Landscapes - Must, 2004
Development of the ‘network city’ (1)
Increasing functional interaction and relations in the urban region of the South Wing – for example:
•Housing;
•Employment opportunities;
•Culture and recreation.
> Different functions, different scales
Severe consequences for transport by car & train and other modes of public transport
> Rethinking the organization of mobility and spatial planning
Development of the ‘network city’ (2)
From cities to agglomerations to urban regions
the South Wing region (or city….)
Development of a ‘network city’ (3)
However:
- no territorial coherency;
- no common identity;
- no public acceptance;
- and certainly no regional authority
Creates a ‘gap’ between identified spatial and mobility problems and existing territorial organized political structures
Government & governance (2) Current spatial planning system• Hierarchical organization, horizontal;• Three (or four) government levels; - National, provincial, (regional), local plans• Highly centralised tax-system (>90% national);• Sectoral financial organization; - Strong position State and dependance decentral
authorities in financing infrastructural projects• Strong local autonomy in urban development and
land use plans; - in cooperation with private parties and housing
corporations> proces of decentralisation
Government & governance (2)
• Semi-formal structures within the formal administrative context;
• Institutional & functional bodies and organizations.
Government & governance (3)
Public governance in the South Wing
• Platform South Wing;
• Cooperation between the province of South Holland;
• Five regions;
• and the big(ger) cities
The platform has no formal or legal status
Originally instigated as a platform for lobbying for funds for ‘collective’ goals and projects at national level
Government & governance (4)
Development of the Platform South Wing
1) Organizing collective lobby
2) Development of collective vision and strategy;
3) Prioritizing strategic projects
4) First collective programme:
- programme Stedenbaan
Collective vision – the South Wing network
• Development of regional railsystem;
• Using existing railinfrastructure;
• Functioning as a ‘backbone’ for the public transport system in the South Wing;
• Supporting the urban development program in the South Wing;
• Mainly in existing build-up area’s.
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Background
• Free capacity on the existing railinfrastructure with the completion of the HST and the ‘Betuwe-route’
• Aimed at the improvement of internal coherency of the South Wing;
•Integral approach of transport and urban development
Public transport system
•‘Metro’ of the South Wing
• light train
• high frequency
• high quality
• using existing infrastructure
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Increasing accessibilty
Backbone South Wing network
Connecting with:
- national public transport;
- local public transport;
- private transport
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Surplus value Stedenbaan as transport concept
• South Wing:- improvement internal coherency
- enlargement support higher level public transport
• Urban area’s related to Stedenbaan:- connected with South Wing metro- connecting car - bike - public transport- modernization stations / new stations
- enlargement support lower level public transport
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Backbone for urbanisation
• Development of urban area’s;
• Improvement spatial quality of urban area’s;
• Creating spatial diversity and cohesion.
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Surplus value Stedenbaan for urbanisation
• South Wing- development of new regional centers- accommodation variaty of urban programs
• Urban area’s related to Stedenbaan:- development of new local centers - upgrading existing urban area’s
‘Study on profiles’ – Urban Unlimited
Differentiation in urban development programmes
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‘Governance of the programme’
• Public-public regional cooperation – integrating system:
cie. Bandell - transport authority ‘ avant la lettre’
• Public-(private thinktank) atelier South Wing
Study on opportunities and development spatial vision
• Project plan at local level in cooperation with private parties:
Pilots Stedenbaan (good practices)
• Public-private cooperation with Dutch Rail
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Integrating sustainable mobility and urban development
• Efficient use of existing infrastructure and optimizing connections with national and local transport;
• Efficient land use; reconstructing and redevelopment of existing build-up area’s and brownfields;
• Integral approach by combining these efforts.
Programme Stedenbaan is a long term programme and vision (2030) with different projects (short term strategies) and also short term successes
• The ability to sustain the vision and strategy will define the ablility to create a coherent daily urban system in the South of Holland
Thank you for your attention
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