CSUD building a transport policy for nairobi E l l i o t t D. S c l a r J u l i e T o u b e r Volvo Summer Workshop - UC Berkeley - July 24, 2006 Center for Sustainable Urban Development The Earth Institute at Columbia University

introduction 1

about half the world’s population is classified as urban by 2020 the urban population will be the majority the urban challenge: focus on Africa introduction transport & land transport & equity redefining planning conclusion

the urban challenge: the peri-urban question defining Land use becomes key urban sprawl relies on a transportation system transitional zone between the rural and the urban environment

introduction transport & land transport & equity redefining planning conclusion the urban challenge: rethinking policy and institutions metropolitan planning institutions governance technologies networking local context int’l context Millennium Development Goals Democracy Reformed Government shaping new identity process timing

land and transport 2

metropolitan planning : two land dynamics introduction transport & land transport & equity redefining planning conclusion m e t r o p o l i t a n p l a n n i n g KIBERA satellite cities slums

metropolitan planning : two land dynamics introduction transport & land transport & equity redefining planning conclusion m e t r o p o l i t a n p l a n n i n g satellite cities slums

metropolitan planning : two land dynamics introduction transport & land transport & equity redefining planning conclusion m e t r o p o l i t a n p l a n n i n g satellite cities slums

keep private larger buses better safety time gained keep flexibility market place service focus point health monitoring point BRT option image change socially and environmentally sustainable introduction transport & land transport & equity redefining planning conclusion m e t r o p o l i t a n p l a n n i n g Nairobi CBD public transit system matatus terminal metropolitan planning - transport - park & ride - metropolitan planning : transport as a backbone

land use and transport : understanding an history introduction transport & land transport & equity redefining planning conclusion

land use and transport : understanding an history introduction transport & land transport & equity redefining planning conclusion

land use and transport : the green brown divide introduction transport & land transport & equity redefining planning conclusion

equity focus 3

transport : an equity policy tool introduction transport & land transport & equity redefining planning conclusion every city is a solution to a transportation problem how we lay out our cities determines who has worse access and who has better access mobility is a means of providing access but it is not the same thing

transport : a public health hazard introduction transport & land transport & equity redefining planning conclusion 46% of the road users involved in fatal crashes are pedestrians (Global Road Safety Partnership, 2004) air pollution 550% over the US 24hours standard for PM 2.5

transport : more than a infrastructure, it’s social policy introduction transport & land transport & equity redefining planning conclusion equality of access access to work access to service mix social groups reduce segregation public transport for all structure image of city promote public space Promote NMT and BRT defining access defining mobility defining public space shaping identity

redefining planning 4

LeCorbusier 1920 Frank Lloyd Wright Broadacre City rethinking planning: do we need planning? introduction transport & land transport & equity redefining planning conclusion urban planning suffers from a negative image …

rethinking planning: do we need planning? introduction transport & land transport & equity redefining planning conclusion policy vs planning urban management vs planning role of disaster management planning economic development social equity

rethinking planning: training and process introduction transport & land transport & equity redefining planning conclusion 1 MOU signed between CSUD at Columbia University and DURP at University of Nairobi

introduction transport & land transport & equity redefining planning conclusion 2 letters of intent signed between CSUD/DURP and Dpt of Planning at the Ministry of Lands CSUD/DURP and Ruiru Municipal Council rethinking planning: training and process

introduction transport & land transport & equity redefining planning conclusion 3 s t u d i o s Columbia University urban planning studio with school of public health Int’l development workshop University of Nairobi UP undergraduate studio X2 UP graduate studio rethinking planning: training and process

introduction transport & land transport & equity redefining planning conclusion 4 delivering in roundtable Sharing experience opening on advocacy planning rethinking planning: training and process

introduction transport & land transport & equity redefining planning conclusion Question of information lobbying for public transit Pressuring the decision makers rethinking planning: opening the process

conclusion 5

what’s next? introduction transport & land transport & equity redefining planning conclusion facilitate training facilitate dialogue access to technologies global networks extend the work in developing cities short term delivering findings timing continuity research long term