Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
with Transit
Robert Cervero
Panel on
Planning the Future of
Cities & Urban Mobility
Induced Demand
Avoid
Shift
Improve
Urban Vision/
Land Use
Transport
Infrastructure
Ballerup
Omstad
The Micro-Scale
Copenhagen
The Bicycle City
Rail Station
1953
1974
1978
2010
Impacts
Density
Less VKT/capita
Diversity
Design
Civic
Neighborhood
Residential
Commercial
Before
After
Before
After
Before
After
From mall parking lot to MXD of condos, senior housing, and daylit
creek park
Thornton Place, Northgate Mall, North Seattle, WA: LEED-ND pilot
program
DESIGN
Place making/Public
realm
Softening perceptions of
densities
Enhancing walking
environments
Phot:DOT/NYC
1.739.500
1.600.000
1.400.000
1.200.000
1.000.000
800.000
600.000
352.800
400.000
157.200
200.000
Source: World Bank, Urban
Transport for Development, 2008
New York
London
Beijing
Calthorpes
Model
Site Design
1912
Industrial
Zone
Green
Area
Vllingby
Multi-family
Housing
Retail
Core
SingleFamily
Housing
SingleFamily
Housing
Hammarby
Sjstad
Congestion Pricing
Tramway Spine
Skinny Streets/
Traffic Calming
Community
Gardens
Green TOD
A Marriage of TOD & Green Urbanism
TOD
Green Urbanism
Mobile Sources
Stationary Sources
Design
Energy self-sufficient
World-class transit
(trunk & distribution)
Station as hub)
Non-motorized access
(bikepaths, ped-ways)
Bikesharing/
Carsharing
Minimal Parking
(reduced land
consumption, building
massing &
impervious surfaces)
(renewably powered
solar, wind turbines)
Zero-waste (recycle;
re-use; methane
digesters; rainwater
collection for irrigation
& gray-water use)
Community gardens
(compost, canopies,
food security)
Materials
(reycled; low impact)
R. Cervero
and K.Carbon
Sullivan, 2011,
Green TODs: Marrying Transit-Oriented
Overall
Reduction/Energy
Savings:
Development and Green Urbanism. International Journal of Sustainable
33%
below
conventional
development
Development
& World
Ecology,
Vol. 18, No. 3, 2011,
pp. 210-218;.
Dominant Function:
Node (access/logistics) vs.
Place-Making (destination)
Node
Logistical Points Interchange for Parking, Bus,
Paratransit, Kiss-&-Ride, Taxi, Bikes, Scooters,
Pedestrians, Delivery Trucks
Conflict Points - Safety
Design Perspective Engineering
Hierarchy of
Transit-Oriented
Centers: compact,
Stations
with highest
TOD Potential
High-capacity, high-quality
services that mimic urban
rail at a much lower cost
Adelaide TGB/
O-Bahn
Brisbane
Busway
Distribution
Source: BRTData.org
Tools:
Transit-Oriented Zoning Envelopes: mixed-use bonuses; TDR
SURFACE METRO
Compact, Mixed-Use,
Ped-Friendly Corridors
allow efficient 2-way travel flows
Mile
Curitiba Brasli
Transit trips/
capita/year*
334
95
VKT/capita/
year**
7,900
16,700
Brasli
Curitiba
So Paulo
Belo Horizonte
Quito
Volvo
Bogot
Ciudad de Mxico
Len
Bogots Metrovivienda:
Affordable Housing & Mobility
Metrovivienda
Bundling low-cost
Housing & Transport
Free feeder
buses
TransMilenio
BRT
Before
After
N = 27
Being Savvy
Land Value Benefits of TOD
Percent Increase
in Land Value
35
30
25
20
Station
Mile
Mile
Mile
1 Mile
Before (2004)
After: 2005
U.S. BRT Systems & Urban Regeneration: (2 U.S. cities with biggest
population losses)
Removed 1 lane;
Funneled to parallel roads
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Sustainable cities will never appear if the
Transport System is not sustainable
UN Habitat, Global Report, 2013.
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