MARINI - URBANISMOCities dialogue: Active design

LONDON 6 JUNE 2017

TAYLORISM APPROACH TO PLACE

WHAT IS THE MOST VALUABLE THING WE HAVE?

“In the past man has been first, in the future the system must be first..........”

Frederick Winslow Taylor 1856 - 1915

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Courtesy of David Rudlin URBED

THE CAR AS SIMBOL OF PROGRESS

Car - Pedestrian conflict

DANGEROUS!what these Italians need is proper

traffic management

Perceived dangers

A CITY OF HIGHWAYS

A CITY OF STREETS

Cities for all

2050 19% 80

THE BUGGY TEST

Universal Design!

THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING PAVEMENT

“everyone wants progress, no onewants change”

Søren Kirkegaard

PEOPLE HAVE TO BE CENTRAL TO ALL WE DO.

YOU DO IT WITH THEM NOT TO THEM!

photograph by Lee-ann Ragan

The excruciating pain of our urban reality

“widening roads to solve traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity”

Walter Kulash

Don’t let the situationconfuse you………..

Something went terribly wrong

STRESS WELLBEING WEALTH

What makes people healthy?

fresh airSpending time outside

regular exercise& healthy eating

Meet PeoplePositive human contact - sharing quality time with each other

Hug someone

SMOKADIABESITY

Which risk factors kill more people

‘Smokadiabesity’ is reaching epidemic proportions. But low fitness still kills more Americans than smoking, diabetes and obesity combined!

WE HAVE TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS

IT’S ONLY ABOUT INVITATIONS

It is not about the bike

TheBestBicycleCityintheWorldAimfor2015

80%feelingsafebicycling

Morethan50%biketowork

50%reductionofaccidents

Popultion – City:550,000

Population – Region:1.5 mio

Size – City:90 km2

COPENHAGEN

TIME is $$

A citywide network of bicycle tracks

Copenhagen Super Cycle Highways- 20 municipalities and the Regional Authority - Coordinated with S-train (suburban train system)

Trips (to, from and internal)

Share of car trips to work or education

Jobs

Copenhageners

17%

19%

25%

-38%

Copenhagen 1995-2013

PRIORITIES

PRIORITIES

WHY DO COPENHAGENERS CYCLE?

1% environmentally friendly12% cheap21% exercise56% quick easy and convenient

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Investments in cycling 2007 - ?:App. $ 15-20m per yearApp. $ 25 per citizen

WHY CYCLE?

- it reduces congestion

- better environment

- less C02 pollution

- improved health

- better quality of urban life

- equal access to mobility

Bicycle • 1 mile separated cycle track (one direction)

• Regional net of Super Cycle Highways (150 miles)

$ 2 m

$ 200 m

Metro • 1 mile Metro city ring $ 250 m

Car • Connection from urban development area to inner city (”Nordhavnsvej”)

$ 300 m

Regional trains • New overtaking track, Holte-Bernstorffsvej

$ 250 m

Bus • Yearly municipal subsidy $ 75 m

WHY CYCLE?

photo Ursula Bach

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‘You can tell me’

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