ALBACETE / TRANSPORTATION LAND USE

national rail

local national rail

S-bahn

U-bahn

streetcar

http://www.ctchouston.org/blogs/christof/2007/05/12/networks-hubs-and-tickets-transit-for-a-multi-centered-city/

frankfurt stuttgart

madrid albacete area

new york philly baltimore

greater toronto

“Greater Golden Horsehoe” Toronto Regional Plan

Coordinated by the provincial government

Establishment of greenbelt, with some designated greenfield area growth

At least 40% of growth should occur on existing development by 2015

Density targets for people and jobs

legislation that municipalities will be required to adopt (with flexibility)

targets based on where higher-order transit is in place or planned

http://www.pir.gov.on.ca/English/growth/index.html

Boston Job Sprawl

http://www.mi.vt.edu/uploads/Edgeless%20Cities.pdf

curitiba and sao paolo

Architecture of Transportation and Urban Form - Curitiba

BRT and busways

stations, exclusive lanes and feeder system, metropolitan coverage

Trinary road system

center street with bus lane and service lanes

parallel streets for express buses

Linear development policies

densities diminishing 2 blocks off axis/spine

Albacete Context

Albacete Context

Opportunities

Incredibly compact, walkable core that is the cultural, historic, and commercial heart of the city/region.

What is the economic heart of the Albacete?

Iberian town planning traditions – plazas, compact housing, outdoor commerce, mixed use

A set of satellite towns/suburbs

Are they linked culturally, historically, economically?

Growth in new global industries – IT, aerospace, education, tourism, finance, creative arts

Experiential proof that they rely on agglomeration, vibrant urban areas, and culture

Possible Barriers

Cars = progress (but owning cars doesn’t fundamentally prevent transit use and density)

Space = happiness (but there can be low-density residential neighborhoods that work with transit)

Growth in transport-heavy industries – logistics, retail, manufacturing, energy – need for highways

Authority – regional planning is non existent

Data

Transport-related

autonroads.shp, roads.shp – CLM roads and avgspeed.shp for national roads

do we have a point file for where on/off points are?

totalnetwork.shp – understand most “valuable” lands for economic development using accessibility as a proxy

Urban-related

lic.shp and zepas.shp – development won’t happen here

pgou.shp – “polygon shapefile that describes newly urbanizable land in Albacete”

what is this based on?

could this be a proxy for a BAU “painting” of the region?

abas.shp – use this as an input into a development-friendly index

propuestaspgo.shp – proposed extensions of Albacete water supply system

could this be used as proxy for BAU “painting”