How can we spur and incentivize the shift from private cars to public transportation?
“The city of tomorrow must be a calmer, more peaceful city. And to achieve that, we need to share public space more effectively. Today, private cars dominate overwhelmingly and take up an enormous amount of space. The challenge for 2050 is to give space back to citizens, to bring nature back into the city, and to make mobility smooth and almost invisible. Urban furniture has the ability to blend into the landscape while providing services without adding clutter. By rethinking the balance between infrastructure, shared modes of transport, and living spaces, we can offer city dwellers a higher quality of life while meeting decarbonisation goals.”
David Miet, co-founder and director of Villes Vivantes, reveals the keys to a successful transition from car to public transport.
Public transport runs from the center of conurbations to the inner suburbs. These are areas with great potential for densification and for attracting new residents.
Today, we have some difficulty in producing new housing in these areas, because social acceptability is not obvious. But if we improve on the form, welcoming new inhabitants in places that are already served will mean unnecessary journeys that will be avoided. It’s also by increasing the population in these inner suburbs that the quality and level of public transport service will improve.
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