SUNRISE cities start to co-implement mobility solutions in the neighbourhoods
With support from the partners Mobilissimus, Urbanista, TU Vienna and Rupprecht Consult, SUNRISE cities have finalised the SWOT analysis for their neighbourhoods as well as their neighbourhood mobility dossiers. The process has helped them to find the first options for actions in their neighbourhoods and check the conditions for their implementation.
Based on the key findings of the SWOT analysis and the status quo description, the possible options for action emerged. These possible measures are traffic calming measures on residential streets, solutions for over demand in parking, measures to improve school mobility, solutions for improving safety of pedestrian crossings, improving accessibility by blind/visually impaired, low-scale measures supporting cycling and shared mobility solutions. As such the SUNRISE cities are moving now in the process of co-implementation.
Bremen will look into the results of a study they commissioned for examining parking in the city. Based on this, they will analyse options to reduce illegal parking, replace parking areas with shared car stations and increase the space reserved to residential parking in the Huslberg neighbourhood. The work is based on the real resident’s needs to have access to the sidewalk space, avoid traffic being blocked by parked cars that can often prohibit passage of utilities vehicles such as fire trucks or ambulances.
Budapest will work on improving infrastructure. As road infrastructure is not adapted to the needs of vulnerable road users and groups in the neighbourhood, the city will proceed to adapt roads through signage, crosswalks and design with the aim of increasing safety for pedestrian, cyclists and the elderly. In Törökőr neighbourhood one of the main challenges is to find the best and most suitable way to develop pedestrian-friendly public spaces with the help of the re-division of roads and traffic calming measures giving special attention to the area of schools, kindergartens daily-nurseries and at the same time taking into account the real needs of motorised transport. Another challenge was to identify the real needs of locals concerning the public transport network of the area and then address them with the change of routes, establishment of new routes or new stops. During the project, an important objective and challenge at the same time is to change the attitude and mind-set of people concerning mobility-consciousness.
Jerusalem will improve the walkability of the neighbourhood for children to walk safely to school and are working closely with other local authorities such as the local police to ensure that parents, children and teachers alike are aware of safety rules. The discussions with the core group of neighbourhood residents revealed issues related to the quality of infrastructure walkability and accessibility of pavements. Congestion is an overachieving problem in the area, stemming from the drop off and pick-up of children from school.
Malmo’s co-creation process in the neighbourhood Lindängen builds on openness and understanding of direct and indirect connections between mobility and sense of insecurity. In a first stage the city will organise events aimed at improving the use and feeling of safety in the park and surrounding areas. Based on discussions and observations of the neighbourhood, the city will spur more activity in the park through targeted events aimed at reaching the groups most likely to avoid the park due to a feeling of unsafety.
Southend on Sea has developed a survey to assess the modal split in the central area of the city where measures will be implemented. Despite the high car use in the neighbourhood, the survey suggested that the main mode of transport used to get to the City Centre is walking. The public space at Victoria Circus, has high levels of pedestrian flows, approximately 3,000 people per hour on the weekday and 4,000 at the weekend. Focusing on London Road, traffic surveys show that there are almost twice as many pedestrians along this section of London Road compared to vehicles. The aim of the measures therefore will not only be aimed at revitalising the urban design and central spaces in the commercial street but also to green the area, add more street furniture, change layout and reallocate road space, better signage from and to the train station as well as provide facilities for cycling.