The ambition in European cities is to create an integrated, multimodal transportation system that fully exploits the potential of public transportation. The "compact city" and "multimodality" are fashionable new buzzwords. But many, especially smaller cities in Europe developed rapidly in the second half of the 20th century in the years of rapid motorization and decentralization of cities. These cities were designed for the private car and are dominated by individual mobility. The change from a city for a private car to multimodal public transport cities demands major urban transformation. In this article the public transportation systems are seen through a perspective of a morphological concept in urban planning and design established by Kevin Lynch. The public transportation infrastructures are combinations of paths and nodes that disperse distinctive attractiveness pattern of desirability cores that shape neighborhoods. Many examples of integration public transportation systems shaped the urban form. A "public transport city" is a section of a city that historically adapted to specific public transportation systems. There are four distinctive public transport cities that unfold consistent and unique urban form and mobility patterns. Each public transport city has different urban morphologies with weaknesses and strengths important for urban designers, planners, and developers, especially when there is a need to introduce new public transportation systems in urban areas dominated by private cars.


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    Title :

    Public Transportation Systems for Urban Planners and Designers: The Urban Morphology of Public Transportation Systems


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Third International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems ; 2013 ; Paris, France



    Publication date :

    2013-10-09




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English







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