CSUDbuilding a transport policy for nairobi

E l l i o t t D . S c l a r

J u l i e T o u b e r

Volvo Summer Workshop - UC Berkeley - July 24, 2006

Center for Sustainable Urban DevelopmentThe Earth Institute at Columbia University

introduction 1

about half the world’s population is classified as urban

by 2020 the urban population will be the majority

the urban challenge: focus on Africa

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the urban challenge: the peri-urban question

defining Land use becomes key

urban sprawl relies on a transportation system

transitional zone between the

rural and the urban environment

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the urban challenge: rethinking policy and institutionsm

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metropolitan planning : two land dynamics

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larger buses

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service focus point

health monitoring point

BRT option

image change

socially and environmentally

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NairobiCBD

public transit system

matatus terminal

metropolitan planning - transport

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metropolitan planning : transport as a backbone

land use and transport : understanding an history

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land use and transport : understanding an history

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land use and transport : the green brown divide

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equity focus 3

transport : an equity policy tool

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every city is a solution to a transportation problem

how we lay out our cities determines who has worse access and who has better access

mobility is a means of providing access but it is not the same thing

transport : a public health hazard

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46% of the road users involved in fatal crashes are pedestrians (Global Road Safety Partnership, 2004)

air pollution 550% over the US 24hours standard for PM2.5

transport : more than a infrastructure, it’s social policy

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equality of access

access to work

access to service

mix social groups

reduce segregation

public transport for all

structure image of city

promote public space

Promote NMT and BRT

defining access

defining mobility

defining public space

shaping identity

redefining planning 4

LeCorbusier 1920

Frank Lloyd Wright Broadacre City

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rethinking planning: do we need planning?

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urban planning suffers from a negative image …

rethinking planning: do we need planning?

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policy vs planningurban management vs planning

role of

disaster management planning

economic development

social equity

rethinking planning: training and process

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1MOU signed between

CSUD at Columbia University and

DURP at University of Nairobi

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2letters of intent signed between

CSUD/DURP and Dpt of Planning at the Ministry of Lands

CSUD/DURP and Ruiru Municipal Council

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3s t u d i o s

Columbia Universityurban planning studio

with school of public healthInt’l development workshop

University of Nairobi UP undergraduate studio X2

UP graduate studio

rethinking planning: training and process

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4delivering in

roundtable

Sharing experience

opening on advocacy planning

rethinking planning: training and process

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Question of

information

lobbying

for public transit

Pressuring the

decision makers

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conclusion 5

what’s next?

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facilitate training

facilitate dialogue

access to technologies

global networks

extend the work in developing cities

short termdelivering findings

timing

continuity

research

long term