Alicante’s Roundabouts SUBURBAN NEIGHBOURHOODS DEVELOPMENT configured by LONG AXES AND BOULEBARDS
ALICANTE URBAN BOOM
articulated by
PROCESS OF SELECTION (I)
OUR ROUNDABOUT IS SEEN BY 38.000 DRIVERS DAYLY
MONEY INVESTED IN MAINTAINING AN AREA WITHOUT LIFE
SUPPOSING A COST FOR THE CITIZENS
URBAN ISLANDS
WITHOUT USE
The 70% of people are happy with the roundabouts we have
The roundabouts are used as a traffic node: They permit the traffic flow, there is not necessity to install traffic lights and they control the speed of the vehicles.
They reduce traffic congestion keeping vehicles moving, but they lose their efficiency when the intersection is occupied by cars and pedestrians, which involves the placement of traffic lights. Besides they generate an island in the middle of asphalt with visible and invisible boundaries.
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ROUNDABOUTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED URBAN AREA
ROUNDABOUTS WITH AN USE AND FUCTION ALREADY
ROUNDABOUTS WITH A SURFACE LESS THAN 1000 M2 OR NOT SUSCEPTIBLE TO HAVE A PROGRAM (CROSSED BY RAILWAYS OR ROADS)
OUR ROUNDABOUT IS SEEN BY 200 PEOPLE ON AVERANGE PER HOUR
The 90% Alicante roundabouts are inaccessible The 46% of roundabouts of Alicante are considered as green
What is a roundabout and Which is its function?
What is the main problem of the roundabouts out of its context (in the middle of the city)?
ROUNDABOUTS
ROTONDA AGATÁNGELO SOLER CONTROVERSY I
(ALICANTE 4TH PROVINCE WITH MORE ROUNDABOUTS IN SPAIN)
Unconsolidated urban area (urban plan of the CV) -Aún habiendo estado previamente urbanizado se halle en áreas de reforma interior que precisen complementar sus dotaciones mediante actuación integrada para la implantación de los nuevos usos, tipologías o aprovechamientos previstos o por cambiar su función o estructura urbana. -Configuren áreas de nueva urbanización adyacente al suelo urbano y sin entidad suficiente para configurar un sector de planeamiento parcial.
EGÍO PÉREZ, ROCÍO // PALAU PALACIO, SANDRA
THE MILLENNIUM GATE IS SEEN TOWARDS SE FROM 700 M.
1.000.000 € maintenance 90% change their mind, considering it an area that should be used by the city
THE MILLENNIUM GATE IS SEEN TOWARDS O FROM 450 M.
SOURCES -(WTF database) - Highest maintenance costs are those whose surface of grass is 100%. The expenses are: equipment for personnel , labor , plant material , tools, vehicles maintenance -(Beautification and regeneration of different roundabouts in the city of Alicante)The projects under the name of “Embellecimiento y regeneración de las diferentes rotondas en la ciudad de Alicante”
CONTROVERSY II
PUBLIC SQUARE PROJECT GOALS IN THE ROUNDABOUT
OUR ROUNDABOUT HAS A HIGH AVERAGE POPULARITY IN THE ROUNDABOUTS OF ALICANTE
NEW PEDESTRIAN SPACE NEW GARDEN
AGENTS
146 775 € 50.768 €
50.768 €
45.239 €
CONTROVERSY I
NEW BIKE LANE 120 000 € (146 775 € with IVA) 2 MONTHS
Popular Opinion 8 out of 10 residents of the neighborhood do not see the project logical
CONTROVERSY II
¿Is the Project the use that the citizen needs?
NO ¿Petition neighborhood?
NO
EXISTING BIKE LANE IN THE AREA
“According to the president of the neighborhood association Gran via-Park Avenues, Francisco Esteve from them have not made any request.”
THEY DON’T NEED IT
THE PROJECT IN THE ROUNDABOUT OFFER NEW SERVICES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SOURCES -(WTF database) - The thesis Palenzuela Salvador Rueda was taken as a criterion in the definition of green spaces. -(Encuesta OSE-observatorio de la sostenibilidad en España) - OMS -(Design guide cycling trails in the region of Murcia) - Bike line -(Own elaborated - survey interviews) - Public opinions -(Impulsa Alicante-Agencia local de desarrollo económico y social) - Statistics
THE PROJECT OF THE ROUNDABOUT DOES NOT SUPPLY ANY NEED OF NEIGHBORHOOD
CONTROVERSY III
CONTROVERSY III
POTENTIAL ANALYSIS THE ROUNDABOUTS HAVE POTENTIAL AS AN USABLE AREA (LIKE GREEN SPACE) The 46% of roundabouts in Alicante belong to the grass that is considered as a Green space (data base WTF)
PROCESS OF SELECTION (II)
INSIDE THE BUSINESS GUIDE TOURS (TRADE IN ALICANTE) SOLER AGATANGELO ROUNDABOUT IS SCHEDULED AS “PLACE OF INTEREST”
“Place of interest” defined by the guide 71 In which 2 are roundabouts (Sergio Cardell and ours) In the guide we can found 35 commercial premises of our area
CONTROVERSY IV THE ROUNDABOUT IS QUALIFYED AS A POINT OF CULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL-INTEREST
There is
ROUNDABOUT HAVE LANDMARK STATUS (POPULARITY) AND RECONICED BY CITIZENS 1 of 3 sculptures of the city of Alicante are placed in the roundabouts
ROUNDABOUTS ARE PLACED IN NODES WITH HIGH DENSITIES OF PEDESTRIAN AND TRAFFIC 2.014 million car trips occur on one day in the roads where roundabouts are placed. (database WTF)
BY ITS LOCATION IN AXES AND BOULEVARDS AND THE DENSITY OF TRAFFIC, THE ROUNDABOUTS ARE VIEWED FROM LO NG DISTANCES
NOT MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION in the neighborhood
SOURCES -(Commerce association of Alicante) - Alicante Commerce Routes is an online guide shopping, which contains all the necessary information on the different kinds of shopping, restaurants and charming places in the city of Alicante. Their main objective is to promote and boost the retail business of the city. It’s designed for both foreigners and natives, establishing different types of cultural, shopping, dining, or variations between them. Within the route number 5, which runs from Plaza Manila to Pla Boulevard, one of the places of interest that is defined is our roundabout. -(Fran Colom’s work) - % using -(Own elaborated - survey interviews) - Types of consumers
THE ROUNDABOUT DOESN’T EXPLOIT ITS QUALITY AS A POINT OF INTEREST
CONTROVERSY IV
“PLACE OF INTEREST” - BAD CONNECTION
Alicante-roundabouts have the same visual importance that the castle or the Mediterranean Sea (Fran Colom’s work)
62.300 daily trips in each roundabout of Gran Vía
66.500 daily trips with views to the sea 61.000 daily trips with views to the Castle of
(THE USE THAT WE GIVE TO THE ROUNDABOUT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE LINKED TO THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE PEDESTRIAN)
Santa Barbara
ROUNDABOUTS OF ALICANTE AND ITS AXES CONNECT NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE CITY
Popular Opinion Parking area SURVEY The avenue has 3 lanes and a wide sidewalks , one of these lanes could put a car park , it can be blue zone Townhall answer The Pintor Xavier Soler is a stretch of the Gran Via, which is part of the main road of Alicante and is the main axis connecting the inner city neighborhoods
OUR ROUNDABOUT IS THE 2ND IN SURFACE WITH 100% GRASS SO ITS GREEN SPACE INVOLVED A HIGH MAINTENANCE EXPENSE IT’S ONE OF THE ROUNDABOUTS WITH THE MOST POTENTIAL ACCESSIBILITY DESPITE HAVING A HIGH NUMBERS OF LANES THE PEDESTRIAM POPULARITY IS HIGH BECAUSE IT’S PLACED IN THE HEART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND DESPITES THIS, THE DENSITY OF TRAFFIC IS SIMILAR TO ROUNDABOUTS WHICH CONNECT SUBURBAN AREAS, SO THEIR POPULARITY AMONG DRIVERS IS HIGH TOO THE SIZE OF THE SCULPTURE MAKES OUR ROUNDABOUT THE MOST REMOTE VIEW
THE ROUNDABOUT SEEN AS A COMMUNICATION TOOL THE ROUNDABOUT HAS AN ATRACTIVE POTENTIAL
DEFICIENCY OF RETAIL -Tow truck : The value of a ticket for parking tickets around 150 euros and , at face value , one must add the guard time in the tanks. -Traffic preparing a new ‘ contratazo ‘ ORA for the next ten years The annual cost of private management services and monitoring crane ORAes 4.8 million euros , according to the latest municipal budgets - Companies ( Pavapark mobility + Beach Bus San Juan ): responsible for the management of public services and removal ORA immobilization and storage of vehicles. SOURCES -(TRAM Metropolitano de Alciante) -(T.A.M Transporte Alicante Metropolitano) -(alabici.bici.net) -(google.maps)
THE ROUNDABOUT INFLUENCES IN NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL (PEDESTRIAN) AND CITY LEVEL (VEHICLE) THE PERFECT PLACE TO MAKE A “WAKE UP CALL” TO IMPROVE THE QUALITIES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THE ROUNDABOUT CAN ENCOURAGE THE CONSUMPTION
THE ROUNDABOUT DOESN’T HAVE A GOOD CONNECTIVITY