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03 CITY PLANNER CHALLENGES
AND EXPECTATIONS
CURRENT PRIORITY: TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
At present, city planners are arguably firefighting when it comes
to solving the urban mobility puzzle: they must balance different
modes of transport to optimize traffic flow and reduce
environmental pollution simultaneously. Moreover, solutions
should be able to deal with historically grown infrastructure. As
59% of interviewed city planners say, their cities are designed
to serve traditional mobility demands with a strong focus on
motorized individual traffic, rather than being designed to also
enable fulfilment of future requirements.
IS MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE IN YOUR CITY
DESIGNED TO SERVE TRADITIONAL DEMAND OR
TO TACKLE FUTURE CHALLENGES?
18%
Not specified
23%
Future
challenges
MOBILITY
INFRASTRUCTURE
59%
Traditional
demand
«
CITY EXPERT VOICE
Around two-thirds of
German cities already
have a long-term mobility
development plan. Strategic
implementation is failing in
a number of cases due to a
lack of funding or priority
being given to solving acute
problems with
«
short-term
solutions.
DR.-ING. WULF-HOLGER ARNDT
Head of research unit "Mobility and Space" at
Technical University of Berlin