sustainable mobility

Mobility BoostersImproving

sustainable mobility

Mentor&Student Research Lab - Urban Transformations, September 2014

Mobility Boostersour team


Mobility Boosterswork in progress


plan of presentation• Our goal• Case of Gdańsk• Good practices from other cities• Our ideas


Our goal



our goal

current situation

Case of Gdańsk



Case of Gdańsk

•population: 461.531•area: 291,96km2

•density: 1759 inhabitants/km2


Case of Gdańsk

Hipsometric map of Gdansk showing apportionment on the upper and the lower terrace

241 608number of private cars


Case of Gdańsk

private cars per 1000 inhabitants:

(2008) (2013)474

523


Case of Gdańsk

In Gdańsk when we say „bike”, we meanimprovement of quality life, improvement of

public spaces, and generating profits and new workplaces in local economy

Paweł Adamowicz, President of Gdańsk


Case of Gdańsk


Case of Gdańsk

Velo-city 2009

STeR

Congress of Active Mobility - Gdańsk charter

technical and planning standards and rules in Gdańsk for bike lanes

„Bike Officer” - assignee of Gdańsk’s President in bike

communication cases

„Mobilny Gdańsk” strategyCharter of Brussels


The survey• internet site, paper version• most of respondents - between 16 and 24 years old• 281 answers

Case of Gdańsk


Case of Gdańsk


Interviews

Remigiusz KitlińskiBike Officer of Gdańsk

Dariusz SłodkowskiMember of Gdańsk city

council, member of planning and environmental PROTECTION commision and head of

revitalization commision

Case of Gdańsk


Interviews

„The main obstacle for quicker and visable changes in the city are outdated way of thinking about urban development and mentality towards motorization and car ownership.”

Case of Gdańsk

Good practices from other cities



ANTWERP• Population: 483.505• area: 204,51km2,

density: 2364p/km2

BASEL• Population: 180.000• area: 24 km2,

density: 6839p/km2

GOTHENBURG• population: 533.27• area: 447.76km2,

density: 1191p/km2

FRANKFURT • Population: 687.775• area: 248,31km2,

density: 2809p/km2

HELSINKI• population: 1612.664• area: 187,1km2

density: 2800p/km2


Antwerp - Belgium

• Pedestrian signs signs which help finding the best way to different destinations


Antwerp - Belgium


Basel - Switzerland

Basel - Switzerland

• App for less mobile people practical information on services accesible to wheelchair users

• Tickets for tourists free mobility ticket for tourists for 30 days max.

• Cross border tickets allowing everyday travel inside and outside city borders on the same seasonal ticket

• Car-sharing cars for rent via phone or online



Gothenburg - Sweden

Gothenburg - Sweden

• Apps online travel planner and sightseeing tour for smartphones• Trunk cycle lanes direct, wide, smart, safe and well lightened „motorway” for cyclist



Frankfurt - Germany

Frankfurt - Germany

• Velotaxis tricycle rickshaws allowed to drive in pedestrian-only areas

• Low emission zonevehicles have to meet certain emission criteria to enter the zone



Helsinki - Finland

• Bus on demand booking bus rides via SMS

• Online apps provide real time data


Helsinki - Finland

Mobility Boosters Team

Improving sustainable mobility in Gdańsk



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