How do we plan for a sustainable and inclusive urban community?

1. UQ Geography Day How do we plan for a sustainable and inclusive urban community? Dr. Derlie Mateo-Babiano i.mateobabiano@uq.edu.au 25 July 2014

2. session aim • By the end, you are able to: • Discuss a number of MOBILITY CHALLENGESin our VERY unsustainable world • Understand the complex INTERACTION of land use and transport • COMPREHEND WAYS to achieve sustainable communities

3. How do we plan for a sustainable and inclusive urban community? Create compact and connected communities Provide infrastructure Plan for access Provide options

4. What is mobility & accessibility?

5. Mobility • Mobility ease with which people can move around, between or within locations.

7. Accessibility • Ability and ease with which people can access places, and social and economic opportunities, within a reasonable time and cost. • This includes physical access to public transport, buildings and facilities.

8. Access to opportunites http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/_wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/map.jpg

9. Transport system Physical environment geographic features, climate, air quality • Fixed asset: infrastructure set of interconnected routes transport network Mobile units people, goods and vehicles transport users Management, operations, regulations regulatory & management subsystem manage traffic interactions, communication, socio-economic structures social environment transport operating environment land use development patterns

10. What are our transport mobility challenges?

11. The Urban Transport Problem (UTP)

12. Way-of-life of Australian cities ……based aroundprivate motor vehiclesas the primary means of transportation n

13. Southeast QLD average commute distance

15. UTP with ‘private car’ How do we break thIS vicious cycle? (Tolley, 2003)

16. Create compact and connected communities Coordinate land use and transport

17. Transport and Land Use Interaction (LUTI)

18. Land use density Urban form Modal split

19. Land use density Urban form Modal split

20. Traditional or walking city (Tolley, 2003)

21. Automobile city

22. Transit city The transit city: mixed density, mixed use, grid based, centralised (http://maps.google.com/) (Tolley, 2003)

23. 2. provide integrated, adequate and appropriate infrastructure, especially for green transport options….it matters

24. Bull Creek station (Perth) Park-and-ride facilities at Murdoch, Cockburn and Bull Creek stations are often full by 7.15am Park & ride facility cap. = 598 vehicles http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/infrastructure/mcu/urbanpolicy/files/ACTIVE_TRAVEL_DISCUSSION_Chap_5.pdf

25. 1986: no major cycle infrastructure Brisbane’s cycling infrastructure 2006: 75km of major cycle infrastructure if we build it, will they come?

26. BCC’s public bike sharing scheme implemented in October 2010 • covers inner city Brisbane and the CBD

27. 3. Plan for access Promote the 'centres access hierarchy' & 'priority transit corridors

28. Centres Access Hierarchy + Priority corridors • a tool to achieve more integrated transport and land use planning • three levels of public transport hubs: • regional hubs • sub-regional hubs • district hubs

29. Eastern corridor renewal strategy Coorparoo precinct http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/documents/plans_strategies/local_plans_draft_eastern_corridor_renewal_strategy.pdf http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/documents/plans_strategies/local_plans_draft_eastern_corridor_renewal_strategy.pdf

30. Coorparoo precinct

31. Coorparoo precinct • high-quality mixed use ‘urban village’ • convenient access to public transport • diverse range of community facilities as well as an attractive public realm

32. 4. Provide transport options, but make sustainable options more attractive

33. 4. Plan for people “If you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan for people and places, you get people and places.” - Jan Gehl

34. Pedestrians Cyclists Public buses Motorcycles Private cars Green transport hierarchy

35. Park & ride facility cap. = 598 vehicles http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/infrastructure/mcu/urbanpolicy/files/ACTIVE_TRAVEL_DISCUSSION_Chap_5.pdf

36. CAN YOUWALK for 15 minutes?

37. 15-min walkable centres/neighbourhood

38. Roma street, Parklands SOURCE: http://brisurbane.wordpress.com/category/urban-planning/page/3/

39. Bangkok bus stop Paris sidewalk

40. Tokyo’s High Street: Omotesando

41. Copenhagen, Denmark converted from streets for car to streets for people

42. Switzerland Calatrava-like transit/bus stop

43. Zurich, Switzerland

44. trams in Switzerland

45. summary and conclusion Transport issues we encounter everyday are largely a product of 1) our unsustainable behaviourand 2) the way land use and transportinteract promoting car-orientated cities. How do we then encourage a more sustainable mobility culture?

46. Do you see an old woman or a young woman? It is a matter of perspective …paradigm shiftrequired!!! ….MUST HAVE effective infrastructure; prioritise people; plan for access; and create compact & connected communities; After all, we aim to create a more sustainable & liveable place to live and be.

47. Suggested readings/references • Newman, P 2003, ‘Walking in a historical, international and contemporary context’, in Tolley, R(eds), Sustainable transport: Planning for walking and cycling in urban environments, England, North America, CRC Press.http://www.knovel.com/web/portal/browse/display?_EXT_KNOVEL_DISPLAY_bookid=2309 • OECD 2002, Sustainable transport policies, Paris, OECD.http://english.cbcsd.org.cn/projects/mobility/download/oecd9714.pdf • Thomson, M 1977, Great Cities and their Traffic Harmondsworth: Penguin. • Kenworthy, JR 2006, ‘The eco-city: Ten key transport and planning dimensions for sustainable city development’ ,Environment & Urbanization, 18(1), 67-85. http://eau.sagepub.com/content/18/1/67.full.pdf+html • Ieda, H 2010,Sustainable urban transport in an Asian context. Tokyo,Springer. http://www.springerlink.com/content/k34183/#section=659326&page=1 • Jabareen, YR 2006, ‘Sustainable urban forms - Their typologies, models, and concepts’ Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, 26, 38-52. • SEQ Connecting 2031 • 2012, National urban policy: Our cities our future • Department of Infrastructure and Transport (DoT) 2012, Draft report on walking, riding and access to public transport, website at http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/infrastructure/mcu/urbanpolicy/files/ACTIVE_TRAVEL_DISCUSSION_Exec_Summary.pdf • Giles-Corti B, Ryan K & Foster S 2012, Increasing density in Australia: maximising the health benefits and minimising harm, National Heart Foundation of Australia, Canberra. • Creating Places for People: an urban design protocol for Australian cities www.urbandesign.gov.au