1. How to measure success or failure?!
! Presented at Transforming Transportation 2013!
! Henriette Vamberg!
! Director!
! GEHL Architects!
Transforming Transportation 2013!

2. How
to
measure
success
or
failure
?
Henrie2e
Vamberg,
Director

3. Gehl
Architects

5. Public life

6. Keeping
the
customers
happy
-­‐
also
future
genera5ons

9. Moscow

30. Melbourne, - 3 mio. Inh.

31. Places for People Melbourne
1994
Places for People Melbourne
2004

33. streets
=
80%

34. 1993 - 2004 From
1.000 to 10.000 residents in the city
centre

35. 67%

36. public
space
in
1983
accessible
all
hours

37. public
space
in
1993
accessible
all
hours

38. public
space
in
2004
accessible
all
hours
accessible
business
hours
pedestrian
zone
-­‐
lunch5mes

40. Extention and modernization of the Streetcar System

41. extent of bluestone
paving in 2004
A policy of wide sidewalks with Bluestone pavements

42. 1983
l =
5
dwellings

43. 1987
l =
5
dwellings

44. 1992
738
dwellings
l =
5
dwellings

45. 1997
3,763
dwellings
l =
5
dwellings
l convenience
store

46. 2000
7,399
dwellings
l =
5
dwellings
l convenience
store

47. 2002
9,895
dwellings
l =
5
dwellings
l convenience
store

48. street
trees
since
1993

49. 1992
2005
1992
1992

50. Outdoor
Cafes
• ! curbside cafes in 1983

51. Outdoor
Cafes
• ! curbside cafes in 1993

52. Outdoor
Cafes
• ! curbside cafes in 2004

55. •
3311
per
cent
increase
in
apartments
1982-­‐2002;
•
830
per
cent
more
residents
1992-­‐2002;
•
71
percent
more
public
space
1994-­‐2004;
•
62
per
cent
more
students
in
the
CDB
1993-­‐2004;
•
275
per
cent
more
cafes
and
restaurants
1993-­‐2004;
•
pedestrian
traffic
has
nearly
doubled
In
the
Bourke
Street
Mall
between
1993
and
2004
from
43,000
people
per
day
to
81,000;
•
Night
Vme
pedestrian
traffic
has
increased
98
per
cent
1993-­‐2004
reflecVng
the
growth
of
bars
and
café’s
and
a
safer,
more
welcoming
environment

56. Retail
ResidenVal
Office
Vacancies
Employment
Bars
and
Pubs

58. New
Road,
Brighton
_
before
CABE
Conference
-­‐
London
58
March
2008

59. New
Road
-­‐
Brighton,
England
Before
renovaVon
–
September
2005
Very
few
people
choose
to
spend
Vme
at
New
Road
despite
proximity
to
theatres,
parks,
and
cafe’s
CABE
Conference
-­‐
London
59
March
2008

60. New
Road
–
a
new
route
in
the
city
175 % more pedestrian traffic
CABE
Conference
-­‐
London
60
March
2008

65. New
Road
-­‐
Brighton,
England
A`er
the
renovaVon,
New
Road
became
one
of
the
most
popular
places
in
Brighton
to
spend
Vme
600 % more staying activity
4th most important destination in Brighton
65
CABE
Conference
-­‐
London
March
2008

66. New
Road
-­‐
Brighton,
England
• Cars
Before
1300
(7am-­‐7pm)
• Cars
APer
100
(7am-­‐7pm)
• Average
speed
12
mph
(fastest
13
mph
was
a
bicycle!)
• Cycling
up
22%
CABE
Conference
-­‐
London
66
March
2008

67. 1. What
makes
us
happy
?
2. How
can
we
unite
family
life,
with
our
job
and
our
leisure
5me
/how
to
avoid
the
segregated
model
of
life
in
the
suburbs
and
work
in
the
city
?
3. More
demands
on
the
city
to
offer
more
for
more
people
and
for
different
ages,
cultures,
genders
etc.
4. What
is
in
fact
”urban”,
diverse,
lively,
engaging,
reflec5ng
ourselves
and
our
culture,
uni5ng
us,
establishing
common
grounds

68. www.gehlarchitects.com

69. blog

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