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Publications Routes/Roads Urban Mobility

This page lists Routes/Roads articles of PIARC in the field of urban mobility. These publications are classified chronologically.

  • "Stadtmitte Am Fluss" Saarbruecken moves back to its river

    Planning paradigms like the "car-oriented city" have left their visible traces in European cities. Individual districts, as well as highly attractive spaces along rivers and streams, are often separated from the city center by large infrastructure like major streets or railway tracks. As it is very difficult or impossible to remove the infrastructure, so new strategies have to be developed to overcome these major urban barriers. They are barriers both to physical movement of pedestrians, cyclists [...]

  • A smarter way to carshare: the experience in Austin, Texas

    Austin, the capital city of Texas, is the 14 th largest city in the United States. It is a city that is known for its environmental and technological innovations and for its commitment to building a more sustainable city.

  • BeMobility: Integrated eCarsharing in Berlin

    The "urban millennium" has commenced. The worldwide population residing in urban areas has surpassed the number of people living in rural areas. With many cities confronting rapid urban growth, local transportation systems increasingly suffer from congestion, a lack of accessibility and questionable overall sustainability. New mobility products need to be developed urgently to ease the current situation and mitigate future problems. On the other hand, cities already beyond the rapid growth phase [...]

  • The Madrid HOV-BUS System in the A-6 corridor

    The HOV-BUS System in Madrid has already proven to be an original and rather efficient intervention to manage mobility in a metropolitan corridor with a relevant effect on the increase of bus users and with the increase of private vehicles occupation as well.

  • Promotion measures for use of public transport in Osaka City

    Osaka is the core city of the second largest Keihanshin metropolitan area following Tokyo metropolitan area, with approximately 220 km 2 in size and a population of 2.6 million at night and 3.6 million during the day. It is highly concentrated with urban functions in a small urban area compared to other large cities worldwide. Thus, the City has great responsibility, having diverse people, firms, technologies, and information. To support them, it is critical to establish a transport system for [...]