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    Non-Motorized Mobility in Quito: by Diego Puente Corral

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    This document summarizes transportation issues facing Quito, Ecuador and efforts to promote non-motorized mobility such as biking. It notes that Quito faces air pollution, traffic accidents, and loss of public space due to over 300,000 cars in the city. It then outlines the history of the citizen-led biking movement in Quito, from early protests in the 1990s to the growth of regular biking events and infrastructure like bike lanes and parks. The document promotes biking as an ecological, healthy, and affordable transportation alternative for Quito's 2 million inhabitants.

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    This document summarizes transportation issues facing Quito, Ecuador and efforts to promote non-motorized mobility such as biking. It notes that Quito faces air pollution, traffic accidents, and loss of public space due to over 300,000 cars in the city. It then outlines the history of the citizen-led biking movement in Quito, from early protests in the 1990s to the growth of regular biking events and infrastructure like bike lanes and parks. The document promotes biking as an ecological, healthy, and affordable transportation alternative for Quito's 2 million inhabitants.

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    This document summarizes transportation issues facing Quito, Ecuador and efforts to promote non-motorized mobility such as biking. It notes that Quito faces air pollution, traffic accidents, and loss of public space due to over 300,000 cars in the city. It then outlines the history of the citizen-led biking movement in Quito, from early protests in the 1990s to the growth of regular biking events and infrastructure like bike lanes and parks. The document promotes biking as an ecological, healthy, and affordable transportation alternative for Quito's 2 million inhabitants.

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    Non-motorized

    mobility in Quito
    By Diego Puente Corral
    dpuente@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

    Canteras
    Erosin y resuspensin de vas no pavimentadas

    Sources

    Ladrilleras

    The Most Vulnerable:

    Consumo domstico comercial GLP


    Asaderos

    NOx

    Incendios forestales
    Trfico areo
    Elderly
    Rellenos sanitarios
    Sick
    Estaciones de servicios
    Children
    Disolventes mbito domstico comercial
    Pregnant women
    Industrias proceso
    Industrias combustin otras
    People that work in the
    Industrias combustin trmicas
    streets (Street sellers,
    Vegetacin
    policemen, pedestrians) Trfico vehicular vehculos a diesel

    COV
    CO
    SO2
    MP

    Trfico vehicular vehculos a gasolina


    0

    20

    40

    60

    kt a

    AIR QUALITY = LIFE QUALITY

    80
    -1

    100

    120

    140

    Altitude (2800 masl)


    Less efficient combustion

    Topography
    Less wind

    Equatorial
    High radiation levels

    Active volcanos
    High natural emissions (2
    in last 6 years)

    NATURAL SETTING

    # of active vehicles per year- (Total DMQ)


    and motor use ratio (# cars/1000inhab), 1982 - 2006

    Motor use ratio

    1996: Urban bikers take over the


    streets the last Friday of every month
    (Critical Mass)

    A CITIZEN
    PROPOSAL

    September, 2001:
    We take to the centro histrico
    on bike

    FIRST WAVE

    10 km. - 5 000 bikers

    27th of April, 2003

    FIRST CICLOPASEO

    ECOLOGICAL
    HUMANE
    HEALTHY
    ATHLETIC
    ECONOMICAL
    RECREATIONAL
    DEMOCRATIC
    INCLUSIVE
    SILENT
    ACCESIBLE
    LIBERATING

    BENEFITS OF THE BICYCLE

    The Bicycle Today (2007)

    Ecova

    CORREDOR CENTRAL NORTE


    CORREDOR SUR ORIENTAL
    AMPLIACIN TROLE SUR
    RAMAL CENTRAL NORTE
    RAMAL SUR ORIENTAL
    CORREDOR SUR OCCIDENTAL
    AMPLIACIN TROLE NORTE
    AMPLIACIN ECOVA
    AMPLIACIN CENTRAL NORTE

    Metropolitan Transport System

    SISTEMA METROBUS
    SISTEMA TROLEBUS
    SISTEMA ECOVA
    CICLOVA
    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

    CORTE TIPO

    Iaquito

    San Cristbal Isla Tortuga

    Isla Tortuga

    Cicloparqueaderos

    Cicloparqueaderos

    Integracin Modal

    Thanks
    Quito, september 2007

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