Problems Solutions Good Practices - UITP
Problems Solutions Good Practices - UITP
Problems Solutions Good Practices - UITP
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Car infrastructure uses urban space<br />
inefficiently<br />
Brasilia was built to accommodate cars, with a lot of space for roads and<br />
parking<br />
Each mode of transport uses space for moving and<br />
parking over a given period of time. However, a private<br />
car is the largest consumer of space as it spends 90% (or<br />
22 hours per day) of its life stationary (i.e. parked).<br />
Subsequently, enormous quantities of valuable urban<br />
space are used uneconomically only for parking at<br />
home, at the office, in commercial areas.<br />
In addition, road infrastructure needed to accommodate<br />
travel demands also consumes much space, sometimes<br />
disrupting communities and marginalising entire<br />
neighbourhoods.<br />
Economic value is lost and some living areas are<br />
marginalised by car-based infrastructure<br />
Problem 11<br />
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