putting walking first
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Putting walking first
The mobility challenge for our cities and townsIrish Transport Research Network Conference, Galway 28th August 2015
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ITRN 2015Ciarán Cuffe
Dublin Institute of Technology
Putting walking first: the mobility challenge for our cities and towns
@ciarancuffe
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Putting walking first
• Setting the Scene• Impediments to Prioritising Walking• Opportunities to Improve Walking• Specific Measures to Favour Walking• The Challenge of Delivery• The Road Ahead
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The straight line ... economic growth, past and future, the curved line the rise and fall of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Christiana Figueras, UNFCCC
economic growth
time
emissions
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Putting walking first
• Setting the Scene• Impediments to Prioritising Walking• Opportunities to Improve Walking• Specific Measures to Favour Walking• The Challenge of Delivery• The Road Ahead
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Walkable Places• More walkable places perform better economically• Walkable places benefit from being near other walkable
places. • Residents of more walkable places have lower transportation
costs and higher transit access, but also higher housing costs.
• Residents of places with poor walkability are generally less affluent and have lower educational attainment than places with good walkability.
Brookings Institute, Leinberger & Alfonzo, 2012
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DTI Final Report 1994
1,650 pedestrian survey
• too much traffic• environmental pollution/fumes• insufficient pedestrian crossings• footpaths too crowded• traffic speeds too high for safe crossing• length of pedestrian crossing signal time too short• poor state of footpaths
DTI, p. 27
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Putting walking first
• Setting the Scene• Impediments to Prioritising Walking• Opportunities to Improve Walking• Specific Measures to Favour Walking• The Challenge of Delivery• The Road Ahead
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Putting walking first
• Setting the Scene• Impediments to Prioritising Walking• Opportunities to Improve Walking• Specific Measures to Favour Walking• The Challenge of Delivery• The Road Ahead
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Putting walking first
• Setting the Scene• Impediments to Prioritising Walking• Opportunities to Improve Walking• Specific Measures to Favour Walking• The Challenge of Delivery• The Road Ahead
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Dublin City NTA Funding, walking highlighted
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Dublin City NTA Funding for walking
€43,577,254.65 overall on capital projects
€1,706,868.15 on ‘pedestrian’ projects
Over five years
Just under 4%
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Putting walking first
• Setting the Scene• Impediments to Prioritising Walking• Opportunities to Improve Walking• Specific Measures to Favour Walking• The Challenge of Delivery• The Road Ahead
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