Case Study- Freiburg, Germany
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- Created on: 14-04-18 14:08
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- Case Study- Freiburg, Germany
- It has a population of 200,000.
- Traffic Calming
- City centre- pedestrainised in 1973.
- Roads covered in stone surfaces
- 1990- speed limit reduced to 30km/hr
- Evaluation- good. 1976 & 1992 car use fell from 60% to 46%. in 20 years 4000 fewer cars using city centre each day
- Upgrading of Public Transport
- Improved tram system- 1969
- Trams take half the time compared to cars.
- Low fares £22- encourages monthy use
- Carry almost 70% of all public transports users.
- Evaluation- Successful. Be 2005, 3000km of public transport lines in Freiburg
- Improved roads
- Tried to concentrate traffic to certain roads.
- Bikes often have right of way at junctions
- Evaluation- Not good. Encourages more cars.
- Parking
- No free parking- encourage park and ride.
- Evaluation- success- 4000 cars less entering the city than in 1970
- No free parking- encourage park and ride.
- Bicycle use
- Cycle lane network extended by 29km in 1970 to 500km today
- 5000 bike parking spaces in the city centre.
- Evaluation- many cyclists get priority at junctions
- Compact settlement structure
- Building density is high even in suburbs.
- 70% of pop. live within 500m of a tram stop
- Evaluation
- Possible to make real progress in helping the environment through changing public transport
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