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Guía de diseño de calles e intersecciones para Buenos Aires

Desde que el automóvil hizo su aparición hace unos 100 años, y su posterior masificación en las ciudades latinoamericanas en los últimos 50 años, el diseño de nuestras ciudades y calles ha sido adaptado de forma incremental para favorecer el acceso y movilidad de los vehículos motorizados, especialmente el automóvil particular.

Por ello estamos presenciando actualmente el desarrollo de un nuevo paradigma de movilidad, en el que el combate a la congestión vehicular se realiza a través del fomento a la movilidad de las personas y no exclusivamente la movilidad de los vehículos. Es decir, podemos reducir la congestión vehicular si es que aumentamos la movilidad de las personas en otros medios de transporte, principalmente el transporte no motorizado, el transporte público, y el auto compartido.

La Guía de diseño de calles e intersecciones para Buenos Aires, tiene como objetivo introducir y promover el concepto de calles sustentables, y busca constituirse en un documento de referencia para el diseño y restructuración de las calles con el objeto de
servir a todos los usuarios y medios de transporte.

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A Global High Shift Cycling Scenario

The Potential for Dramatically Increasing Bicycle and E-bike Use in Cities Around the World, with Estimated Energy, CO2, and Cost Impacts

Cycling plays a major role in personal mobility around the world, but it could play a much bigger role. Given the convenience, health benefits, and affordability of bicycles, they could provide a far greater proportion of urban passenger transportation, helping reduce energy use and CO2 emissions worldwide.

This report presents a new look at the future of cycling for urban transportation (rather than recreation), and the potential contribution it could make to mobility as well as sustainability. The results show that a world with a dramatic increase in cycling could save society US$24 trillion cumulatively between 2015 and 2050, and cut CO2 emissions from urban passenger transport by nearly 11 percent in 2050 compared to a High Shift scenario without a strong cycling emphasis.

The report builds on the 2014 study A Global High Shift Scenario: Impacts and Potential for More Public Transport, Walking, and Cycling with Lower Car Use. That report provided a global assessment of the potential for increasing travel on sustainable, efficient modes while concurrently developing cities that are far less car-dependent. However, the role of cycling in the previous study could be considered relatively minor, with the global average urban mode share increasing by three percentage points in 2030 (from 3 to 6 percent of total travel). This report explores just how much is possible if we study cycling in more detail using the same approach. The result is the most comprehensive picture ever of global urban cycling activity.

The Benefits of Shifting to Cycling

Cycling plays a major role in personal mobility around the world, but it could play a much bigger role. A report, A Global High Shift Cycling Scenario, presents the potential for dramatically increasing bicycle and e-bike use in cities around the world. Read the report for detailed exploration of the CO2 and cost benefits of a shift toward cycling.

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The Potential for More Trips By Bicycle:

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High Shift Cycling Scenario Impacts:

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Six Ways to Make the Change:

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Sustainable Transport Award 2015 Winners Video

The Sustainable Transport Award Committee gave its tenth annual award to Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo, the first ever award to result in a three-way tie, giving credit to the scale and substance of Brazil’s achievements in increasing mobility and enhancing quality of life in its major cities.

In 2014, Belo Horizonte implemented the first projects of their comprehensive Mobility Plan: a new, gold-standard bus rapid transit system, MOVE BRT, began operation on two corridors covering 23 km. The city also revitalized its downtown, creating pedestrian-only streets, and implementing 27 km of their planned bikeway network.

Rio de Janeiro has massively invested in public transportation over the past few years. In 2014, the city opened the second of four BRT systems planned ahead of the 2016 Olympics, Transcarioca. The 39 km corridor draws 270,000 daily users, keeping the city on track to achieve the goals of its mobility plan by 2016.

São Paulo expanded its cycling network and implemented 320 km of exclusive bus lanes, increasing average bus speeds by 21 percent. The city is on track to have 400 km of cycle lanes implemented in 2015, part of an overall 500 km network. These are just the first steps in an ambitious master plan, which has made São Paulo the first megacity to eliminate parking minimums and replace them with parking maximums citywide.

Política Cicloviária do Rio: como queremos avançar?

O encontro Política Cicloviária do Rio: como queremos avançar? foi realizado pelo ITDP Brasil, Studio-X Rio e Transporte Ativo, e contou com a presença de 33 pessoas de diversas regiões da cidade, interessados na mobilidade por bicicleta, tais como ciclistas, cicloativistas, urbanistas, gestores públicos e integrantes de associações locais de moradores.

Seu objetivo foi construir de forma colaborativa, com a sociedade civil carioca, uma visão compartilhada para a promoção do uso da bicicleta no Rio de Janeiro em um horizonte de 10 anos (visão para 2025), com sugestões de diretrizes norteadoras e ações detalhadas que possam integrar a política cicloviária da cidade. Todo o conteúdo gerado foi compilado e sistematizado neste relatório, que  será entregue à Prefeitura e ao consórcio responsável pela elaboração do Plano de Mobilidade Urbana Sustentável do Rio de Janeiro, o PMUS.

As diretrizes e ações propostas neste relatório são um esforço inicial de reflexão sobre a política cicloviária a ser definida no escopo do PMUS, e não esgotam a necessidade de discussões mais aprofundadas com a sociedade civil. Este encontro foi mais uma iniciativa que faz parte de um amplo contexto de colaboração no desenvolvimento do PMUS, buscando ouvir e entender as demandas da sociedade civil, documentá-las e apresentá-las ao poder público e ao consórcio responsável pela elaboração do plano. Conheça todas as ações realizadas pelo ITDP Brasil, em parceria com a Transporte Ativo e o Studio-X Rio, para contribuir nesse processo.

Ruas completas ao longo do Transcarioca

Em agosto de 2014, aconteceu a oficina “Ruas completas ao longo do Transcarioca”, uma iniciativa do ITDP Brasil em parceria com a Secretaria de Conservação da Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro (SECONSERVA). A oficina teve como objetivo analisar o entorno de duas estações do BRT Transcarioca, Cardoso de Moraes/Viúva Garcia e Mercadão, de acordo com os princípios do Desenvolvimento Orientado ao Transporte (TOD, da sigla em inglês para Transit Oriented Development) e de desenho viário propostos pela NACTO (Nacional Association of City Transportation Officials) no Guia de Desenho de Rua Urbano (Urban Street Design Guide).

Por meio de apresentações, discussões, visitas de campo, análise e proposta conceitual, os participantes elaboraram de forma colaborativa um estudo preliminar para o redesenho do entorno das duas estações, de forma a incorporar os princípios do Desenvolvimento Orientado ao Transporte e do desenho Ruas Completas. A oficina teve participação de direfentes representantes de secretarias e órgãos municipais, que tem alguma ação sobre o desenho e pensamento urbano da cidade. Confira o relatório completo com os resultados e propostas elaboradas pelos participantes durante o workshop.

Footpath Design: A guide to creating footpaths

Walking is fundamental to urban life. It is a healthy and pollution-free form of mobility and recreation. Pedestrian trips account for a quarter to a third of all trips in many Indian cities. However, the poor quality of pedestrian infrastructure sends a message that pedestrians are not welcome in the urban environment.

Fortunately, street design practice in India is beginning to recognise the integral role of walking in any sustainable transport system. Increasingly, engineers and planners are emphasising the need to design “complete streets” that make walking safe, comfortable, and convenient. Reflecting this changing outlook, the Indian Road Congress’ (IRC) First Revision of the Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities represents a significant departure from traditional traffic engineering practice, which focused on maximising personal motor vehicle speeds at the expense of other street users. The Guidelines emphasise the need to design streets for all users and activities, including the social and economic activities that make Indian streets so vibrant.

This quick reference guide highlights key concepts from the IRC Guidelines, including footpath design standards. The guide also draws from local and international best practice for some themes not covered in the IRC publication.

Practitioners looking for more a more comprehensive resource on street design should refer to ITDP’s Better Streets, Better Cities.

In addition, interested parties can reference ITDP’s Footpath Basics infographic to see the key aspects of high quality footpaths.

Riding the Bike-Share Boom: The Top Five Components of a Successful System

The Bike-Share Planning Guide establishes many important metrics and principles for evaluating bike-share systems around the world. Although each city makes bike-share its own, adapting it to the local context, many of the most successful systems share certain common features. The Guide provides important standards and insights into best practices for building bike-shares, and this infographic highlights five of the most important metrics and performance indicators for achieving a successful system.