Non-motorized mobility in Quito

By Diego Puente Corraldpuente@vidaparaquito.com

• 2.800 m.a.s.l.• More than 300

thousand cars• 2 million

inhabitants• Contamination

issues

QUITO

• Air Pollution: generates a loss of $34 million yearly (Jurado y Southgate, 1999)

• Accidents: 7,464 fatalities in last six years

• $180 million in material losses per year. (El Comercio 04 marzo 2006)

• Less public space• Noise• Aggression towards bikers,

handicapped and pedestrians• Traffic Jams

Impacts

The Most Vulnerable:

ElderlySick ChildrenPregnant womenPeople that work in the streets (Street sellers, policemen, pedestrians)

AIR QUALITY = LIFE QUALITY

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Tráfico vehicular vehículos a gasolina

Tráfico vehicular vehículos a diesel

Vegetación

Industrias combustión térmicas

Industrias combustión otras

Industrias proceso

Disolventes ámbito doméstico comercial

Estaciones de servicios

Rellenos sanitarios

Tráfico aéreo

Incendios forestales

Asaderos

Consumo doméstico comercial GLP

Ladrilleras

Erosión y resuspensión de vías no pavimentadas

Canteras

kt a-1

NOx

COV

CO

SO2

MP

Sources

NATURAL SETTING

• Altitude (2800 masl) Less efficient

combustion

• Topography Less wind

• Equatorial High radiation levels

• Active volcanos High natural emissions (2

in last 6 years)

Motor use ratio

# of active vehicles per year- (Total DMQ) and motor use ratio (# cars/1000inhab), 1982 - 2006

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#vehic/1000hbt

1996: Urban bikers take over the streets the last Friday of every month

(Critical Mass)

A CITIZEN PROPOSAL

FIRST WAVE

September, 2001: We take to the centro histórico

on bike

10 km. - 5 000 bikers

FIRST CICLOPASEO

27th of April, 2003

BENEFITS OF THE BICYCLE

• ECOLOGICAL• HUMANE• HEALTHY• ATHLETIC• ECONOMICAL• RECREATIONAL• DEMOCRATIC• INCLUSIVE• SILENT• ACCESIBLE• LIBERATING

The Bicycle Today (2007)

CORREDOR SUR OCCIDENTALRAMAL SUR ORIENTAL

AMPLIACIÓN TROLE SUR

AMPLIACIÓN ECOVÍA

CORREDOR CENTRAL NORTE

CORREDOR SUR ORIENTAL

RAMAL CENTRAL NORTE

AMPLIACIÓN TROLE NORTE

AMPLIACIÓN CENTRAL NORTE

Ecovía

Metropolitan Transport System

SISTEMA METROBUS

SISTEMA TROLEBUS

SISTEMA ECOVÍA

CICLOVÍA

CICLOPASEO

Alternative Transportation in Quito

Northern route

Parque Alameda

El Congreso

Park El Ejido

Avenue Amazonas

Avenue Amazonas

Military high school

Ministerio de Agricultura

Parque La Carolina

Puente ciclopeatonal NNUU

Iñaquito

CORTE TIPO

San Cristóbal – Isla Tortuga

Isla Tortuga

Cicloparqueaderos

Cicloparqueaderos

Integración Modal

Thanks

Quito, september 2007