2.5c Prevent cut through traffic through downtown (Den Haag) [Sammy]
- Introduction
- Functional harmony
- Bicycles introduced to pedestrian environments
- Prevent through traffic from traveling through downtown
- Background
- History of The Hague Center
- Find a picture of a before and after?
- History of The Hague Center
- Photo of Gronigen
- Closed center to cut-through, no vehicle traffic
- First city to implement a design that cut through traffic
- Photo of The Hague Center
- Raised Bollards prevents vehicles going in the center as well as provide accessibility for pedestrians and cyclists
- Photo of Grote Markt Station
- Discuss accessibility of bicycles
- No cars
- Tram lines underneath the center, not above
- Video
- View of the Hague Center with cyclists going through it
- Show how bollards form as a permeable barrier for cyclists and pedestrians to pass by, but not vehicles
- Provide clips of cyclists and pedestrians getting to their shopping destinations easily and safely without cars and trams in the way
- Improved urban development
- Provide clips of how vehicles travel around the center, along the ring road
- Provide proof of no cars/outdoor tram in Grote Markt
- Discuss how this design improves safety of pedestrians and cyclists
- Conclusion