Utrecht Attractive and Accessible

A new approach for sustainable urban mobility in Utrecht

Paul Kouijzer, Manager Environment and Mobility

8-5-2006 1
Utrecht counts:
316.277 citizens
168 nationalities
228.359 jobs
135.617 homes
149.410 trees
321 restaurants
• Randstad’: densely populated economic
centre, with 7 million residents
• 4 main cities
•Utrecht on 2 axes
Challenges: Absorption capacity reached
• The demand for mobility might be unlimited, the space is not.
• Air quality limits reached on many spots and also noise is a problem.
• Moving traffic from one spot to another = moving problems PLUS extra emission on
a city level, meaning more CO2
Integrated approach on sustainable mobility

• Policy document Utrecht Attractive and

Accessible 2030

• Action plans for bicycles, public transport,

bike and car parking,
cleaner transport, cleaner freight
transport, Air Quality improvement

• The Participation Standard,

www.participedia.nl
 Participation and joint responsibility

Businesses
• Agreements with the top ten biggest companies to work
on mobility management
Citizens
• Raising awareness of the sense of urgency, and get
people involved (participation)
Seven Main Choices
Main choices:
I. Behaviour leading in Mobility Policy

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II. Focus on Quality of Urban Spaces
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III. Lively transport nodes
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IV. The place decides the mobility choice

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Main choices:
V. (Regional) Tram as basis for the PT system

Regionaal (H)OV Stedelijk (H)OV

Snelheid: 30 a 35 km/h Snelheid: 20 a 25 km/h

Halteafstand: circa 1.000m Halteafstand: circa 600m (verbonden aan plekken)
Baan: zelfstandig, niet geintegreerd met ruimte Baan: geintegreerd in stedelijk weefsel
Haltes: kleine ‘stations’; integratie met omgeving Haltes: vormgegeven als haltes

Integratie Regiotram met ruimte alleen rond halten Integratie Regiotram niet alleen rond halten maar baan is
geintegreerd in stedelijk weefsel
Main choices:
VI. Bicycle as primary transport mode in town

Snelfietsroutes Kwaliteitsnetwerk fiets

Snelheid: 20-25 km/h Snelheid: 15-20 km/h

Ontwerp: Comfortabel (glad en rood asfalt), Ontwerp: zelfstandig
zelfstandig, tweezijdig Kruisingen: Gelijkvloers
Kruisingen: Ongelijkvloers of voorrangsintstelling bij
verkeerslichten
Main choices:
VII. Inner Urban ring road transformed into urban boulevard
Invest in relations between people,
they make it work!

Make it personal Experiment and learn

Use the knowledge Share successes

Of the target groups