Mikael Colville-Andersen BICYCLE URBANISM BY DESIGN Design, Democracy & the Modern City
COPENHAGENIZE DESIGN CO. THE BICYCLE URBANISM PEOPLE OFFICES: COPENHAGEN / FRANCE / BARCELONA / MONTREAL PLANNING INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY MASTER CLASS THE COPENHAGENIZE INDEX
COPENHAGENIZE DESIGN CO. THE BICYCLE URBANISM PEOPLE OFFICES: COPENHAGEN / FRANCE / BARCELONA / MONTREAL PLANNING INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY MASTER CLASS THE COPENHAGENIZE INDEX PROJECTS: PARIS / STRASBOURG / DETROIT / LONG BEACH / AMSTERDAM
THE BASELINE.
CITIES ARE JUST CITIES. Home Work/ study Activities Urban space populated by homo sapiens who need to move around between places.
7000 YEARS THE STREETS THE MOST DEMOCRATIC SPACE IN THE HISTORY OF HOMO SAPIENS
THE ENGINEERING MATRIX ENGINEERS WERE ASKED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF TRAFFIC SAFETY. OUR PERCEPTION OF STREETS CHANGED OVERNIGHT.
BIG AUTO WAKES UP The greatest paradigm shift in the history of our cities. It took two decades. We re still paying the price. Marketing, spin and name-calling. Inventing jaywalking, crosswalks & playgrounds.
THE STREETS. THE SKELETAL STRUCTURE OF THE CITY ORGANISM
THE FACT IS THAT AUTOMOBILES NO LONGER HAVE A PLACE IN THE BIG CITIES OF OUR TIME.
THE FACT IS THAT AUTOMOBILES NO LONGER HAVE A PLACE IN THE BIG CITIES OF OUR TIME. Bertrand Delanoë - Mayor of Paris 2002-2014
MISCONCEPTIONS.
WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?» Cycling for transport for The 99%. Like every city for decades.» Not sport/recreation.» Not those who are cycling now, but the 20%+ who COULD be cycling.
BIKES ARE NOT CARS CYCLISTS ARE FAST MOVING PEDESTRIANS
THE PHILOSOPHIES.
7000 YEARS OF RATIONALITY A SHORT HISTORY OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
THE QUICKEST TRAFFIC PLANNING GUIDE YOU LL EVER SEE ALL THE CAMPAIGNS IN THE WORLD MEAN NOTHING IF YOU DON T DO THIS
A2Bism IT S ALL HOMO SAPIENS WANT WHY COPENHAGENERS RIDE:»56% - QUICKEST» 19% - GOOD EXCERISE» 6% - CHEAP MAKE THE BICYCLE COMPETITIVE» 1% - SAVE THE PLANET 75% CYCLE ALL WINTER
CHANGE THE QUESTION
CHANGE THE QUESTION
CHANGE THE QUESTION CYCLE LOGISTICS BARCELONA - MICRO DISTRIBUTION CENTRE FOR GOODS DELIVERY
On the world s busiest cycle track, a few WORLD S BUSIEST BICYCLE STREET 40,000+ BICYCLE USERS DAILY hundred citizens each day were cutting across a sidewalk in the cyclist rush hour. DESIGN & HUMAN OBSERVATION A FEW HUNDRED CYCLISTS CREATED A NEW MOBILITY PATTERN. WHY? Why? New mobility patterns had emerged with city development... Design & Human Observation
DESIRE LINES The Most Beautiful Expression in Urban Planning Democracy in movement. Citizens are communicating with us every moment of the day.
Modern cities watch, listen and then act upon the Desire Lines of their citizens. Use Desire Lines to adapt design for the 21st century Time changes, people change, time changes people.
DESIRE LINE ANALYSIS THE CHOREOGRAPHY OF AN URBAN INTERSECTION ANTHROPOLOGY, HUMAN OBSERVATION & NEW THINKING 100,000+ CYCLISTS IN COPENHAGEN, AMSTERDAM, PARIS, BARCELONA, MONTREAL
Momentumists 6% Recklists 1% Changing the conversation - even in Copenhagen & Amsterdam No computer program can match 250 hours of human observation. Conformists 93% BICYCLE ANTHROPOLOGY WHAT THEY DO IS ONE THING. HOW AND WHY THEY DO IT IS QUITE ANOTHER
Exploiting Winter to Design Cities Better. The sneckdown is a whistleblower Photos by Clarence Eckerson from Streetfilms
The Arrogance of Space - Paris Another whistleblower technique
The Arrogance of Space - Paris Another whistleblower technique
The Arrogance of Space - Paris Another whistleblower technique
The Arrogance of Space - Calgary The low-hanging fruit. Narrow your car lanes to a safer width
DESPITE 100 YRS OF BEST PRACTICE... THIS. Squeezing bicycles into The Matrix. No regard for the human experience, logic or safety. Ignoring space instead of creating it.
SERIOUSLY? Best Practice design is the result of generations of work. It is folly to ignore it.
WHY DESIGN?
WHAT IF WE USED BASIC DESIGN PRINCIPLES TO PLAN OUR CITIES INSTEAD OF ONLY RELYING ON ENGINEERING? DESIGNERS DESIGN FOR HUMANS. WHAT IF WE DESIGNED BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE WE DESIGN EVERYTHING ELSE? TOOTHBRUSHES, SMARTPHONES, TOASTERS? IMAGINE INFRA BASED ON 4 TYPES OF PLEASURE? PHYSIO, PSYCHO, SOCIO, IDEO?
WHAT IF WE DESIGNED BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE WE DESIGN CHAIRS? THE MOST ICONIC DESIGN OBJECT IN HISTORY.
CYCLING MAP OF YOUR CITY?
What did you do when you came into this room? Imagine if cycling in a city - or walking in a city - was as easy and intutive as sitting down in a chair. It is possible. It exists. ALL PEOPLE WANT IS A CHAIR.
Design is powerful. The seductive power of objects can transcend other important issues like price or performance
THE SEDUCTIVE POWER OF OBJECTS CAN TRANSCEND OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES LIKE --- THE WEATHER. EVEN WHEN IT S NOT THE BEST DAY TO BE CYCLING
WHEN YOU DESIGN A BEAUTIFUL THING, YOU TAKE CARE OF IT. AND YOU ELIMINATE WINTER. CYCLING SHOULD BE LIKE A TRAIN TIMETABLE.
GOOD DESIGN IMPROVES HUMAN BEHAVIOUR. CITIZENS REACT TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE (OR LACK OF IT) WITH THEIR BEHAVIOUR. LISTEN TO THEM. DON T SCOLD THEM.
DO THE MATH.
KNOWLEDGE, DATA, EXPERIENCE WE KNOW STUFF.
THE GREATEST THING IS...
IT S ALL BEEN INVENTED. IT S ALL READY TO USE. TODAY.
EVERYTHING. EVERY TECHNICAL DETAIL. INFRASTRUCTURE, (WIDTH, GRADE, CAPACITY, ETC) LOGISTICS, INTERMODALITY, MAINTENANCE, BEST PRACTICE - AND SO ON... 1915
1300 PER HOUR MODERNISE. 5900 PEOPLE PER HOUR
HOW CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF COPENHAGEN TRAVEL TO WORK OR EDUCATION EACH DAY: WHAT DOES IT TAKE?
1 KM OF CYCLE TRACK IS PAID OFF IN ONLY 5 YEARS $0.24 -$0.91
COPENHAGENERS CONTRIBUTE $233 MILLION / YEAR BY CYCLING THE CITY HAS INVESTED $268 MILLION BETWEEN 2006-2016 NO POLITICAL OPPOSITION. DATA IS KING.
HEALTH BENEFITS 20 TIMES GREATER THAN ANY RISK
THERE ARE ONLY 4 TYPES OF BICYCLE INFRA IN DENMARK. USE ESTABLISHED BEST PRACTICE. IT S OPEN SOURCE. IT WILL SAVE MONEY AND GIVE INSTANT RESULTS. IT WILL SAVE LIVES.
ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING WE NEED FOR DESIGNING FOR BICYCLES - AND ALL ASPECTS OF LIVEABLE CITIES - WAS INVENTED AT LEAST 100 YEARS AGO.
THE INSPIRATION. The Greatest Minds
LULU-SOPHIA AGED 9 #THE_LULU THE WORLD S YOUNGEST URBANIST
LULU-SOPHIA AGED 9 #THE_LULU THE WORLD S YOUNGEST URBANIST
WHEN WILL MY CITY FIT ME, DADDY? When will my city fit me, Daddy?
WHAT CAN CHILDREN TEACH ME? LIKE FELIX FIRST GRADE CLASS?
LOGICAL CONCLUSIONS:»» Just make cars uglier so nobody wants to buy them or drive them.»» Maximum 15 km/h»» Fence to separate cycle track from roadway»» Light signals»» One-way streets for cars»» Speed bumps»» Glass roofs to cover all the cycle tracks - and sidewalks and roads - in the entire city
WE CAN FREE OUR MINDS WITH LOGIC AND RATIONALITY. Glass roofs already exist... Green wave, sensors on stop lights, solar-powered cycle tracks...
WILLIAM OF OCKHAM (1287-1347) THE OCCAM S ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL, THE SIMPLEST SOLUTION TENDS TO BE THE BEST ONE RAZOR PRINCIPLE CHOOSE THE SIMPLEST, MOST RATIONAL SOLUTION AND YOU PROBABLY WILL CHOOSE THE BEST SOLUTION.
WHAT WOULD OUR STREETS LOOK LIKE IF OUR MAIN CONSULTANTS WERE FIVE YEAR-OLDS, 3RD GRADERS, TEAMS OF YOUNG DESIGN STUDENTS AND A 13TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS DUDE?
THEY WOULD BE BEAUTIFUL. THEY WOULD WORK. THEY WOULD BE SAFER THAN AT ANY POINT IN THE LAST CENTURY. A GOOD ROAD IS ONE WHERE NOBODY DIES AND WHERE PEOPLE GET HEALTHY USING IT.
THE ZEITGEIST The Copenhagenize Index It s not about Copenhagen & Amsterdam anymore. Get in the game. Zeros to heroes: Buenos Aires, Budapest, Barcelona, Paris. Seville, Dublin. Minneapolis. Oslo.
THE FIRST 50 KM ALMETYEVSK, Gafiatullina Aminova Stroiteley Lenina Rizy Fakhretdina Gertsena RUSSIA Shevchenko Schools 200m Buffer Road Network Bicycle Network 0km 1 2
Cities are erected on spiritual columns. Like giant mirrors, they reflect the hearts of their residents. If those hearts darken and lose faith, cities will lose their glamour Shams-i-Tabrizi - (1185-1248) WE ARE BUILDING MONUMENTS.
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