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