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W alking , from polic y to practice

W alking , from polic y to practice. The Geneva case Sonia Lavadinho Observatory of Mobility mobile 076 582 62 62 sonia.lavadinho@geo.unige.ch www.unige.ch/ses/geo/oum. The pedestrian masterplan.

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W alking , from polic y to practice

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  1. Walking, from policy to practice The Geneva case Sonia Lavadinho Observatory of Mobility mobile 076 582 62 62 sonia.lavadinho@geo.unige.ch www.unige.ch/ses/geo/oum

  2. The pedestrian masterplan Started in 1995, adopted by the Grand Council of Geneva in 2001 and the State Council of Geneva in 2004 Legal framework • Law on the application of the federal law on routes for pedestrians and routes for hiking, L 1 60 (1998) Sustainable development framework • Rio Conference (1992) • Aalborg Charter (1994) • Local Agenda 21 (1995)

  3. Ch. 1 Encouraging walking lay out walking routes promote a network connected to the suburbs

  4. The walking routes • From estate to estate • From site to museum • From quay to runway • From city to city • Walking downstream • From here and afar • From body to heart • From history to modernity • From cedar to cedar • Spirit of Geneva

  5. Station 4 – Budé Station 3 – Pl. du Petit-Saconnex Station 2 – Promenade des Crêts Station 1 – Parc des Franchises From history to modernity

  6. Station 8 - BFM Station 7 – CFF St-Jean Station 6 – Pointe de la Jonction Station 5 – Bois de la Bâtie Walking downstream

  7. Station 12 – Gare des Eaux-Vives Station11 – Parc des Contamines Station 10 – Plateau de Champel Station 9 – Pont de la Fontenette / Parc Noie-tes-Puces From city to city

  8. The ideal walking route • accessible • connected • homogeneous • continuous • attractive • readable • peripherical location • residential districts • org. secondary poles • daily places & activities • ordinary landscapes • implicit landmarks The real walking route

  9. Aims Demand-oriented evaluation 1. Giveelements for a targeted promotion policy in adequacy with user profile 2. Find out • walkers’ motives and practices • how walking gets inserted in daily agendas • which walking routes work and why some don’t • how walking promotion campaigns are perceived • where to disseminate information on walking

  10. What kind of people ?

  11. What about children ?

  12. What about cars ?

  13. How often ?

  14. How long ?

  15. Increase in walking patterns

  16. Knowledge of maps

  17. Influence of maps

  18. Global evaluation

  19. Lighting

  20. Urban furniture

  21. Nature & landscape

  22. Why are we talking instead of just walking ? • Today we walk out of choice, not out of necessity • Mobility for all means mobility for none • Targeted promotion policies can only work if walking is made to fit in multipurpose daily agendas • How do we know it’s working ? People actually walk there !

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