From Mobility to Proximity Landscapes

from mobility to proximity landscapes presenting bicycle mobility strategy for Mexico City

PROXIMITY THE LANDSCAPE MEGACITY STRATEGY

Velo City 2010

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.

THE LANDSCAPE : Observing people and their environment

1325

2010

THE LANDSCAPE

SYMBOLS Archaeological area Archaeological area open to public Prehispanic roads Boundaries of the lake in the sixteenth century islets

SYMBOLS Main roads State boundaries delegacion and municipal boundaries

1325

2010

THE LANDSCAPE: Observing people and their environment

Coyoacรกn

LyticPostclassic phase Late Classic Epiclassic Early Early Preclassic and andMiddle MiddlePostclassic Preclassic 30000-2000 400a.C 150-600/650 650-900 900-1350 1350-1519 2500-400 - d.C 200d.C d.C d.C a.Ca.C d.C

2010 Neighborhood: Rinconada Coyoacรกn 500 mts 0.00 mts

1.5 km 1 km

2.5 km 2 km

3 km

MEGACITY

CITY OF CITIES expansion of the urbanized area

MEGACITY

Copenhagen fits 13 times in metropolitan area

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

MEGACITY

MOBILITY / PROXIMITY landscapes

MEGACITY

MOBILITY / PROXIMITY landscapes

Transportation

Proximity

Negative Externality

Never ending travel landscape

Sustainable mobility is about less mobility

People landscape

MEGACITY To design for a dinamic social landscape

CITY OF CITIES living mexico

STRATEGY

o Scientific research team o Landscapers, Architects o Urban social planners o External Urban Quality Consultants, Gehl architects

THE TEAM

STRATEGY

WHY BIKES?

19 million trips in

STRATEGY

WHY BIKES?

8 km

STRATEGY: The math for bicycle planning Bionomial Logistic model

Population node Employment / Shopping / School nodes

Desire lines linking nodes districts and population and housing Flat area

Where to start?

What to link?

STRATEGY : The math for bicycle planning and streets survey

Different efficent and complementary ways to find people in their daily life for Megacity planning

STRATEGY

PUBLICATIONS

WHY

WORLD

HOW & WHERE

vision

best practices

strategy

SOFTWARE

HARDWARE

EVIDENCE

design guide

cycling culture

count

STRATEGY

PUBLICATION Elements for creating a cycling culture Infrastructure Bikeways

Bike parking

Culture Multimodality

The bike in the world

Promotion

Legislation

Copenhaguen

WORLD Bogota

Melbourne

New York

Paris

Berlin Mexico

best practices

Innovation

STRATEGY

PUBLICATION Cycling in Mexico City

Rural bike path

Cycle rural stations

Chapultepec

Public transport facilities

Cycle urban stations

Mejor en Bici Condesa

WORLD Who uses the bike?

Portland, USA Portland, USA

best practices

Copenhaguen

Copenhaguen

Melbourne

Melbourne

20 % 80 %

MEXICO

STRATEGY

PUBLICATION

Private car: inflexible, difficult to adapt to the needs.

WORLD

Local implementation need specific studies best practices

STRATEGY

PUBLICATION Methodology

HOW & WHERE

strategy

A process, not a project

STRATEGY

PUBLICATION Vision Not a master plan but the right information

HOW & WHERE

strategy

Distances

Topography

Traffic on city

Velocity

Weather

Green infrastructure

Bike

Diversity of urban area

Social meeting

Urban barriers

Bike and Public transport

STRATEGY

PUBLICATION integration of transport network

HOW & WHERE cycle parking

strategy

4 iniciatives, the same urban quality criteria

STRATEGY

HOW & WHERE

strategy

PUBLICATION

STRATEGY

PUBLICATION

Street

SOFTWARE

design guide

Desing principles to achive quality criteria

STRATEGY

PUBLICATION

Crossings

safe cycling + painted bike lanes secondary streets T crossing

maximum protection

SOFTWARE

design guide

Ideal infrastructure

STRATEGY

PUBLICATION

A meeting place for people

SOFTWARE

design guide

cyclists as part of public life

STRATEGY

PUBLICATION

Cycle parking and bike parking

SOFTWARE

design guide

The expansion of bicycle lanes on major destinations

Cycle stations with additional services

STRATEGY

PUBLICATION

A menu of options to combine over the time and existing budget

Bike to integrate public transport

SOFTWARE

network of bike paths design guide

Bicycle access

MEGACITY

Cycle parking

Traffic calming areas

MEGACITY

Public bicycle

Bike ways and Green Infrastructure

MEGACITY

Cycle parking

CITY OF DIVERSITY

Traffic calming areas

Public bicycle

Orthogonal trace

Orthocenters trace

Irregular trace

Mixed trace

Bike ways and Green Infrastructure

MEGACITY

Street transformation

CITY OF DIVERSITY

MEGACITY GOVERNMENT PROJECTS EVERY SUNDAY 12 km. CLOSED STREETS FOR CARS 3 years operating 2.5 million users 15,000 / every sunday

Taxanomy projects

MEGACITY GOVERNMENT WORKING INICIATIVES

Taxanomy projects

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

MEGACITY GOVERNMENT WORKING INICIATIVES BIKEWAYS 2.2 Kilometers being built With high standars for mobility

Taxanomy projects

MEGACITY GOVERNMENT WORKING INICIATIVES BICYCLE PARKING 900 set at strategic locations

Taxanomy projects

MEGACITY

Taxanomy projects

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

MEGACITY

PRIVATE PROJETS MEXICO BIKE TOUR AND BIKE RENTAL 2 Locations

Taxanomy projects

MEGACITY

PRIVATE PROJETS BICYCLE TAXI GROWTH 2001 ----- 271 Operating 2010 ----- 15,000 Operating

Taxanomy projects

MEGACITY UNAM UNIVERSITY PROJECTS

BICIPUMA BIKE SHARE 2,500 Bicycles 14,000 Daily users

Taxanomy projects

MEGACITY

BIKE Amussesment

Taxanomy bikes

MEGACITY

BIKE MOBILITY

Taxanomy bikes

MEGACITY

BIKE WORK / DELIVERY

Taxanomy bikes

MEGACITY

TRICYCLE WORK- service

Taxanomy bikes

MEGACITY

BIKE WORK AND BUSSINESS

Taxanomy bikes

MEGACITY

BIKE WORK- transport

Taxanomy bikes

MEGACITY: Green infraestructure

Mobility --> Resources = Green Infraestructure

Should bicycle planning be something else than mobility?

Moving ahead while having history in mind

CITY OF CITIES Flooding big city risk

Active NGO´s CAMPAINGS

CURRENT PROJECTS

Proximity

CULTURAL HUB Frida BikeTour / Mexico BikeTour

Integration

BIKE PATHS PLANS FOR DELEGATIONS Coyoacรกn Bike Paths

BIKE PLANS IN CITY EcoBici

International cooperation

The bicycle Cargo Hub The Bicycle Institute

Trainning information Local and international cooperation

LESSONS LEARNED

IMPLEMENTING BICYCLE USE IS A PROCEESS NOT A PROJECT

MEGACITY PLANING NEEDS HOLISTIC AND CIENTIFIC APROACHES

PROXIMITY IS ABOUT PEOPLE BUILDING A SOCIAL LANDSCAPE

MEGACITY IS ABOUT MEGAOPORTUNITIES

THANK YOU

Antonio Suarez / Pedro Camarena

www.laap.com.mx

www.mexicobiketour.com

www.unam.mx

www.gehlarchitects.dk