ISSUE 02: ROUTES AND SPACES FOR WALKING AND CYCLING NEED TO FORM INTERCONNECTED NETWORKS

As cycling in Hong Kong is often regarded by planners as a recreational activity, opportunities for using bicycles or other personal mobility devices for everyday trips to essential shops and services, and as part of daily commuting, are limited. Mobility strategies should be planned comprehensively and regionally, to reduce car dependency and improve local neighbourhoods.

BEFORE BEFORE BEFORE

Pedestrian and cycling oriented road reconstructions can include adding more public spaces and plazas while connecting them to the new road system. Different types of squares and public spaces are added in different areas, such as open squares in school areas and seating and socialising areas in neighbourhoods with a large elderly population, to provide them with more space for activities (images by Yao Hongru and Zhou Yucheng).

AFTER AFTER AFTER

Yao Hongru Zhou Yucheng