An urban strategy in time of crisis: Mobility management and low-cost public space design
2015
This research underlines the importance of mobility management tools and
small-scale targeted interventions of public space upgrades in order to
encourage conscious sustainable mobility behaviour. The paper reviews tools
and tactics of soft transport policy measures, as well as of small-scale and
low-cost public space design approaches and strategies in the USA and Europe
to assess their characteristics and results. It will then focus on
Thessaloniki (Greece) presenting 1) the main findings of a trip survey
concerning the impact of the economic crisis on mobility behaviour and 2) the
shift to low-cost street scale urban design projects which have emerged
during the crisis. The paper states that quality public space and urban
transport constitute conditions necessary to attain long-term change in
mobility behaviour. While the importance of hard transport policy measures
should not be underestimated, the strategy for achieving sustainable urban
mobility and public space design adapted to the economic crisis-specific
conditions is discussed.
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