From Mobility to Proximity Landscapes, Antonio Suarez / Pedro Camarena velo city 2010
1. from mobility to proximity landscapes
presenting bicycle mobility strategy for Mexico City
PROXIMITY
THE LANDSCAPE
MEGACITY
STRATEGY
Velo City 2010
2. PROXIMITY
o The state, quality, sense, or fact of being near, the property of being close
together
o Latin significance: Near relationship; resemblance; similarity, equity, fairness.
3. THE LANDSCAPE : Observing people and their environment
1325
2010
4. THE LANDSCAPE
SYMBOLS
Archaeological area
Archaeological area open to
public
SYMBOLS Prehispanic roads
Main roads Boundaries of the lake in the
sixteenth century
State boundaries
islets
delegacion and municipal
boundaries
1325 2010
5. THE LANDSCAPE: Observing people and their environment
Coyoacán
2010
Lytic and
Early phase
EarlyPostclassic
Epiclassic Middle
Classicand Middle Preclassic
Late Preclassic Postclassic Neighborhood: Rinconada Coyoacán
150-600/650 a.C
30000-2000
1350-1519 d.C
900-1350 d.C
650-900 200d.C
400a.C - d.Ca.Cd.C
2500-400
500 mts 1.5 km 2.5 km
0.00 mts 1 km 2 km 3 km
7. MEGACITY Copenhagen fits 13 times in metropolitan area
8. MEGACITY: PEOPLE BUILDING LANDSCAPE Finding the cities in the city
The city of cities
Origin to destination
mobility
Origin through destination
Relationship, close togehter
1350
1510
1750
1850
1950
2000
10. MOBILITY / PROXIMITY
MEGACITY landscapes
Transportation Proximity
Negative Externality
Never ending travel landscape Sustainable mobility People landscape
is about less mobility
11. CITY OF CITIES living
MEGACITY To design for a dinamic social landscape mexico
12. STRATEGY THE TEAM
o Scientific research team
o Landscapers, Architects
o Urban social planners
o External Urban Quality Consultants, Gehl architects
15. STRATEGY: The math for bicycle planning
Population node
Bionomial Logistic model Employment / Shopping / School nodes
Desire lines linking nodes districts and
population and housing
Flat area
Where to start?
What to link?
16. STRATEGY : The math for bicycle planning and streets survey
Different efficient and complementary ways to find
people in their daily life for Megacity planning
17. STRATEGY PUBLICATIONS
HOW &
WHY WORLD WHERE SOFTWARE HARDWARE EVIDENCE
vision best practices strategy design guide cycling culture count
18. STRATEGY PUBLICATION
Elements for creating a cycling culture
Infrastructure Culture
Bikeways Bike parking Multimodality Promotion Legislation Innovation
The bike in the
Copenhaguen
world
WORLD
Bogota Melbourne
New York
Paris
Berlin
Mexico
best practices
19. STRATEGY PUBLICATION
Cycling in Mexico
City
Public transport Mejor en Bici
Rural bike path Cycle rural stations Chapultepec Cycle urban
facilities Condesa
stations
WORLD
Who uses the bike?
Portland, USA Copenhaguen Melbourne
Portland, USA Copenhaguen Melbourne
best practices
20 %
80 %
MEXICO
20. STRATEGY PUBLICATION
“More options means more freedom of
mobility”
Private car: inflexible, difficult to adapt to the needs.
Be careful with the “mimics of
bicycle infrastructure”¡
WORLD
Local implementation need specific studies
best practices
21. STRATEGY PUBLICATION
Methodology A process, not a project
HOW &
WHERE
strategy
22. STRATEGY PUBLICATION
Vision
Not a master plan but
the right information
HOW &
WHERE Distances Topography Weather Bike Social meeting Bike and
Public
transport
Traffic on Velocity Green Diversity of Urban
strategy city infrastructure urban area barriers
23. STRATEGY PUBLICATION
integration of transport network
HOW &
WHERE
cycle parking
strategy
4 iniciatives, the same urban quality criteria
25. STRATEGY PUBLICATION
Street Desing principles to achive quality criteria
SOFTWARE
design guide
26. STRATEGY PUBLICATION
Crossings
safe cycling + painted bike
secondary streets lanes
T crossing maximum protection
SOFTWARE
design guide Ideal infrastructure
27. STRATEGY PUBLICATION
A meeting place for people
SOFTWARE
design guide cyclists as part of public life
28. STRATEGY PUBLICATION
Cycle parking and bike parking
SOFTWARE
The expansion of bicycle lanes on
major destinations Cycle stations with additional services
design guide
29. STRATEGY PUBLICATION
A menu of options to combine over the time and existing budget
Bike to integrate public transport
SOFTWARE
network of bike paths Bicycle access
design guide
31. MEGACITY
Public bicycle Bike ways and Green
Infrastructure
32. MEGACITY CITY OF DIVERSITY
Cycle parking Traffic calming areas Public bicycle Bike ways and Green
Infrastructure
Orthogonal trace
Orthocenters trace
Irregular trace
Mixed trace
33. MEGACITY CITY OF DIVERSITY
Street
transformation
34. MEGACITY Bicycle Taxonomy
GOVERNMENT WORKING INITIATIVES
EVERY SUNDAY 12 km. CLOSED STREETS FOR
CARS
3 years operating
2.5 million users 15,000 / every sunday
35. MEGACITY Bicycle Taxanomy
GOVERNMENT WORKING INITIATIVES BIKE SHARE
1114 Bicycles
5,000 Users with capacity for 24,000 ONLY 18%
3,000 Daily trips with capacity for 96,000
•Slow inscription rate
over 4 months
•Small coverage area
•High price card
•Few credit card users
• No vandalism at all
•No accidents
36. MEGACITY Bicycle Taxanomy
GOVERNMENT WORKING INITIATIVES
BIKEWAYS
2.2 Kilometers “to start
buillding”
With high standars for
mobility
37. MEGACITY Bicycle Taxanomy
GOVERNMENT WORKING INITIATIVES
BICYCLE PARKING
900 set at strategic locations
38. MEGACITY Bicycle Taxanomy
PRIVATE PROJECTS
BIKE STATIONS
18 Stations of manual Free bike
share with ID 70,000 users
within the 1st year , 15 stolen
bikes
2004
2007
2009
39. MEGACITY Bicycle Taxanomy
PRIVATE PROJETS
MEXICO BIKE TOUR
AND BIKE RENTAL
2 Locations
47. MEGACITY Bicycle Taxanomy
BIKE
WORK- transport
48. MEGACITY: Green infraestructure Mobility --> Resources = Green Infraestructure
Should bicycle infrastructure planning be something else than mobility?
49. Moving ahead while having history in mind CITY OF CITIES Flooding big city risk
51. CURRENT PROJECTS
Proximity Integration
CULTURAL HUB BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE
Frida BikeTour / Mexico BikeTour Coyoacán Bike Hub
BIKE SHARE
EcoBici / Others
52. International cooperation
The bicycle
Cargo Hub
The Bicycle
Institute
Trainning information
Local and international cooperation
53. LESSONS LEARNED
IMPLEMENTING BICYCLE USE IS A PROCESS NOT A
PROJECT
MEGACITY PLANNING NEEDS HOLISTIC AND SCIENTIFIC
APPROACHES
PROXIMITY IS ABOUT PEOPLE BUILDING A SOCIAL
LANDSCAPE
MEGACITY IS ABOUT MEGAOPORTUNITIES
54. THANK YOU
Antonio Suarez / Pedro Camarena
www.laap.com.mx www.mexicobiketour.com www.unam.mx www.gehlarchitects.d
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