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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
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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