pedestrian

Odense: Masterplan for sustainable mobility

Anna Esbjørn Hess — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:29:58 +0000

Under the motto "playing is living" Odense municipality has presented its vision for the coming 10 years. An important link in the long-term strategy is the development of Odense as a sustainable and healthy city, which means that sustainability becomes an integral part of all political decision making. The ambition is to be CO2 neutral in 2025 and the three primary areas that will ensure the fulfilment of that ambition are traffic, energy and construction.

Hong Kong: Re-discovering escalators as public transport

Christopher Mackey — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:23:52 +0000

In the early 1900’s, many people believed that the cities of the future would be a maze of moving sidewalks, escalators, elevator shafts, and pedestrian bridges spanning over streets. As evidenced by creations such as the moving sidewalk in the 1900 Paris world’s fair, many people thought that such pedestrian-aiding transportation forms would become common ways to get around cities. Today, we ask: what has happened to this vision and why are many of our cities not really like this after an entire century?

Seattle: Water as an urban space maker

June-Catherina Starling — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:53:50 +0000

An enhanced network of open walking space is an integral element of the future sustainable city. Seattle has recently been working to create such a network that will provide a pedestrian-oriented environment with numerous gathering areas, green streets and accessible shorelines. Not only will such a network help reduce the city's CO² emissions, but it will also relive some of its car traffic problems by encouraging alternative transportation methods.