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Walkability in Amsterdam
More space for the mother of all modes of transport
Eric de Kievit | Senior Advisor Transport & Traffic Research | Mobility & Public Space
Johan Olsthoorn | Researcher | Mobility & Public Space
Manchester, Thursday November 22th, 2018
Residents find there is too little space forpedestrians in city centre
Survey on pedestrians and public space, 2016
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A rapidly changing city
Forecast population
Forecast jobs
Development and forecast population and employment, Amsterdam 2016 (source: OIS, PBL/CBS)
Population
Amsterdam’s population increasingtowards 1 million inhabitants in 2030
Tourism: The number of hotel stayscontinues to increase
Number of tourists per 1000 inhabitants
2015
8.3
10
8.5
61
9.7
48
9.7
25
10
.56
4
11
.26
2
12
.53
8
12
.89
8
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Number of hotel overnights (x1.000), 2008-2015
Above this growth in hotel bookings also736.000 Airbnb-overnights (2015) Source ATB (left) and EuroStat (right)
Crowds, narrow sidewalks and obstaclesresult in poor walkability
Pedestrians forced to dodge obstacles or to walk on road
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Pedestrian policy started off withdefining a main pedestrian network
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Little known about state and use of main pedestrian network
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How can we analyse and map out thestate and use of the main pedestriannetwork, using existing data?
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Effective walking space Pedestrian demand
Walkability scores
wide
narrow
Walkability:Effective walking space and Pedestrian demand
high
low
high
low
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Effective walking space:Sidewalk width, obstacles and bicycle parking
pressure
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Pedestrian space in national registry forlarge scale topography
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Pedestrian space(obstacles at Café Winkel)
Obstacles included
◼ Bicycle racks◼ Street furniture◼ Greenery◼ Shop displays◼ Terraces
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Residual sidewalk width
Bicycle parking pressure of bikes parkedon sidewalk outside of racks
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Effective walking space
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Pedestrian demand:Datasets reflecting presence of pedestrians in
public space
◼ Residents◼ Jobs◼ Functions (schools, shops, business)◼ Students◼ Visitors to cultural institutions◼ Boarding and alighting passengers
at public transport stops
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Pedestrian demand
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Loopruime
Walkability:Effective walking space and Pedestrian demand
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CeintuurbaanEffective walking space= widePedestrian demand = very highWalkability = moderate
UtrechtsestraatEffective walking space= very narrowPedestrian demand = very highWalkability = poor
RoetersstraatEffective walking space = widePedestrian demand = highWalkability = moderate
WibautstraatEffective walking space = very widePedestrian demand = very highWalkability = good
Clear visual of Walkability
Results applied to give more public spaceto pedestrians
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Round-Up Walkability analysis
◼ Accurate:– supply and demand of effective walking space– Combining many detailed datasets
◼ Clear visualisation:– summary of results per sidewalk
◼ Useful:– Results applied to policy making to give more public space to the
mother of all nodes: walking!!
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