Crating a Bicycle-friendly Eco-city:

A Planning Practice in Caofeidian in China

Yuanxin Sun Ruishan Zheng

Yang Liu Yuanling Zhang

Structure

• Background • Planning Goals • Major Challenges • Strategies

Regional Context

Beijing

Tianjing

Tangshan

Eco-City

Industrial Area

Master Plan

• 2010-2015， 32 sq. km，300,000 population

• 2015-2020，74.3 sq. km，800,000 population

Phase I Phase II

Current Land Use Plan

• Business and commercial in the south;

• Residential in the middle, • Educational in the north. • Linear green space integrated

with streams

Residential

Commercial

Educational

Mixed-use

Mixed-use

Green Space

Current Transportation System Plan

• Express roads surrounding the area divert much of the through traffic and create good environment for walking and cycling.

• Dense road network consisted of more local roads thus creating more opportunities for people-friendly streets.

Express Road Arterial Collector Local roads

Planning Goals

50.00% 35.00%

15.00%

Transportation Mode Share by 2020

Transit

Walking and Cycling

Other modes

Comprehensive Indicator System 141 Indicators

From Goals to Reality

Comprehensive Indicator System 141 Indicators Planning & Design High Quality Cycling System

Major Challenges

Challenge 1: As an eco-city, it still follows some of the car-oriented planning practice

Strategy 1: Establish the five principles for people-oriented planning

Challenge 2: Current practice in lack of detailed design

Strategy 2: Provide design guideline, and illustrative design at key nodes

Challenge 3: The current planning system mainly focuses on the physical aspect (the hard measures)

Strategy 3: Provide recommendations on soft measures, such as incentives, education, and making driving less attractive

Major Challenges

Challenge 1: As an eco-city, it still follows some of the car-oriented planning practice

Strategy 1: Establish the five principles for people-oriented planning

Challenge 2: Current practice in lack of detailed design

Strategy 2: Provide design guideline, and illustrative design at key nodes

Challenge 3: The current planning system mainly focuses on the physical aspect (the hard measures)

Strategy 3: Provide recommendations on soft measures, such as incentives, education, and making driving less attractive

Strategy 1. Five Design Principles

People-scale block size

Active Street Frontage

A well-connected NMT Network

Transit Oriented Development

Mixed Land Use

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1). A Well Connected NMT Network

• Create a dense and integrated network

Dedicated NMT paths Pedestrian paths Bike network that goes along the streets

1). A Well Connected NMT Network

• Dedicated NMT network and sightseeing route

1). A Well Connected NMT Network

• Optimize Road Section Design

2). Transit Oriented Development

Provide bicycle parking at key transit nodes to encourage transfer

3). Mixed Land Use

• 50 meters+ Streets: major barriers for pedestrian and cyclists

• Subdivided the area into multiple NMT zones

3). Mixed Land Use

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3). Mixed Land Use

• Design Priorities for Each Type of Zones Zonal Types Design Priorities

Residential

-Important origin and destination for walking and cycling trips. Secure bike parking facilities. -Traffic calming should be considered.

Commercial -High quality cycling facilities; -Continuous waterfront for walking and cycling

Educational -Design for large amount of bicycle flow.

Beijing 500m

Shanghai 300m

4). People-scale block size

Caofeidian 220m

NYC 70m

Barcelona 114m

• Smaller block size allows for better accessibility, and helps to create people-scale streets

5). Active Street Frontage

5). Active Street Frontage

• Cycling is a great way to experience the city, and this experience can be designed

Major Challenges

Challenge 1: As an eco-city, it still follows some of the car-oriented planning practice

Strategy 1: Establish the five principles for people-oriented planning

Challenge 2: Current practice in lack of detailed design

Strategy 2: Provide design guideline, and illustrative design at key nodes

Challenge 3: The current planning system mainly focuses on the physical aspect (the hard measures)

Strategy 3: Provide recommendations on soft measures, such as incentives, education, and making driving less attractive

Major Challenges

Challenge 1: As an eco-city, it still follows some of the car-oriented planning practice

Strategy 1: Establish the five principles for people-oriented planning

Challenge 2: Current practice in lack of detailed design

Strategy 2: Provide design guideline, and illustrative design at key nodes

Challenge 3: The current planning system mainly focuses on the physical aspect (the hard measures)

Strategy 3: Provide recommendations on soft measures, such as incentives, education, and making driving less attractive

Strategy 2. Design guideline, and illustrative design at key nodes

Strategy 2. Design guideline, and illustrative design at key nodes

Major Challenges

Challenge 1: As an eco-city, it still follows some of the car-oriented planning practice

Strategy 1: Establish the five principles for people-oriented planning

Challenge 2: Current practice in lack of detailed design

Strategy 2: Provide design guideline, and illustrative design at key nodes

Challenge 3: The current planning system mainly focuses on the physical aspect (the hard measures)

Strategy 3: Provide recommendations on soft measures, such as incentives, education, and making driving less attractive

Major Challenges

Challenge 1: As an eco-city, it still follows some of the car-oriented planning practice

Strategy 1: Establish the five principles for people-oriented planning

Challenge 2: Current practice in lack of detailed design

Strategy 2: Provide design guideline, and illustrative design at key nodes

Challenge 3: The current planning system mainly focuses on the physical aspect (the hard measures)

Strategy 3: Provide recommendations on soft measures, such as incentives, education, and making driving less attractive

Strategy 3. Recommendations on soft measures

Promotion and Education

Green Transportation Culture

Incentive Mechanism

Safety Education

Strategy 3. Recommendations on soft measures

• You need both “carrot” and “stick”