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  1. MOVE Mobility welcomes a high-level delegation from KCCA

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    MOVE Mobility is partner of DASUDA. DASUDA supports Kampala Capital City Authority with the feasibility studies and an implementation plan to redevelop the current congested transport hub for minivans (Old Taxi Park) into a new sustainable transport terminal. The ultimate objective is to provide efficient transport solutions, improve the urban quality, and create new economic opportunities for thousands of commuters and entrepreneurs in downtown Kampala. We are currently finalizing the studies and a market sounding for implementation is ongoing.

    The study tour began with transportation from Schiphol Airport to Zandvoort by using the “Zuidtangent” (Dutch for “south tangent”). Zuidtangent is the former name of the Bus Rapid Transit service between Haarlem, Hoofddorp, and Amsterdam in The Netherlands. Later that day the participants enjoyed “Amsterdam beach”.

    The following day we visited Amsterdam Central Station, a major international railway hub, used by 192,000 passengers a day, making it the second busiest railway station after Utrecht Centraal. Experts from DASUDA and Witteveen+Bos explained about the redevelopment of the central station with the bus terminal at the waterfront and the new metro line. We used the ferry, another mode, to cross the Y to Amsterdam North.

    Next on the list was Utrecht Centraal and its surrounding urban development. Utrecht Centraal can be seen as a multi modal hub where 285,000 people transit through the station. Both the railway station and the bus station are the largest and busiest in the Netherlands. The bicycle parking station   on the east side is the largest in the world. The group was welcomed by the Alderman Mrs. Van Hooijdonk and staff members of the Municipality of Utrecht. After presentations about the mobility task for the municipality and mobility around the station area we were taken on a tour around the area.

    The third day of the study tour focussed on Rotterdam. We visited Blaak station, which used to be an overhead railway line and has now been transformed into an underground tunnel and station with a huge public square in its place. High density development emerged here and functions like the library and market hall boosted the city’s quality.

    After a lunch and presentation at the office of Rebel Group, the study tour continued at Rotterdam Zuidplein hub and so called ‘Hart van Zuid’ (Heart of South). Hart van Zuid is a large scale area development, TOD based and with a central public transport hub for bus and metro in a public private partnership construction. The renewed ‘Gooilandsingel’ is redesigned as an NMT zone.

    Our last visit was at the City Townhall with Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb to exchange knowledge and insights of Rotterdam and Kampala and to get to know each other. At the end of the afternoon we used one of the most ionic modes in Rotterdam, the Watertaxi, to see the Old Harbour and enjoy dinner at Hotel New York.

    It was a great pleasure to show the delegation from KCCA around Dutch multi-modal hubs with focus on bus terminals. We hope these few days has inspired everybody how the OTP Omutima Terminal could function as a modern and most effective terminal.

  2. Tonny Bosch shares Dutch knowledge in EU Mobility Week in Tbilisi

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    Tbilisi has ambitious plans to improve urban mobility. We are proud to have been able to inspire the City of Tbilisi and students of the International Summer School.

    At the invitation of the Dutch Embassy in Tbilisi, Tonny Bosch shared knowledge about the Dutch approach to better urban mobility and cycling, as part of the EU Mobility Week 2023 in Tbilisi. Several disciplines from the municipality of Tbilisi were represented, as well as the University of Kassel and the city of Leipzig. MOVE Mobility was welcomed by the mayor of the city of Tbilisi and the Dutch Ambassador for Georgia, Mrs Meline Arakelian.

    Together we can make Tbilisi a smart moving sustainable city!

  3. We are working on a smart moving Green City Kigali

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    We have been hired as mobility experts and are engaged in validating the results of the Master Plan, and providing detailed designs for the pilot phase. Our purpose is to enable the sustainable expansion of urban Kigali; Smart Moving Kigali so to say.

    The goal of the project is to create a model community in Kigali that demonstrates and establishes a new national and regional standard for sustainable urban development by promoting urban resilience and affordable housing. Building green is “a necessity, not a luxury” and it will feature a range of initiatives, including the use renewable energy, rainwater harvesting, wastewater management, recycling and reuse of water and sustainable transport solutions. The development will provide much-needed quality housing for low- to moderate-income people.

    The project site is located on Kinyinya Hill in the northeastern part of Kigali’s central business district and covers an area of about 600 hectares. The pilot phase of the project is 16 hectares.

    Together with the local team of FBW we began the project with communication sessions on “Mobility”. Topics covered included public transport (BRT), walking and cycling, and the expected growth of the private car. What are the ideas of the community about connecting neighborhoods with different modes of transportation and with what kind of roads? What does the community view as their priority and how should the interventions be phased?

  4. View Pioneer, our partner in Iraq, visited The Netherlands

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    The strategic and structural plan for the city of Kalar in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq was one of the reasons for this visit. Our cooperation as a structural planning consortium was reconfirmed.

    Last year, we started the negotiations with a workshop in Kalar. More than 20 stakeholders participated. All agreed on how to develop, finance and implement this plan. During the meeting at VER’s office, we also shared new ideas for the next steps in View Pioneer’s market.

     

  5. Old Taxi Park in Kampala reopened

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    The park was refurbished and thanks to traffic management and markings, a “full is full” strategy was designed and implemented by KCCA.

    This was preceded by extensive stakeholder engagement led by DASUDA and MOVE Mobility. During a number of sessions with all involved stakeholders, the key priorities that emerged from the analysis of the area were discussed and the most needed functions and programmatic additions were investigated.

    Reopening the Old Taxi Park is another step forward in the transition of the OTP towards becoming a multi-modal hub.

     

     

  6. The Urban Area of Ramallah-AlBireh is well on its way to making mobility sustainable

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    To realize a complete SUMP status, four topics need further attention: 1) Detailed parking and pedestrian study; 2) Detailed design of the Master Plan outcome (corridors, terminals, bus stops, bus lines, etc.; 3) Car circulation study; 4) Detailed feasibility study (financial/ social/environmental).

    Together with our partners, we will soon meet ministers and mayors involved, and various potential funders to discuss finalization of the plan process. The area suffers from high traffic congestion, existing roadway network in a highly built environment, no room for expansion, increasing auto ownership, increasing commercial activities, limited parking space and not enough space for pedestrians, small capacity public transportation vehicles, poor public transport management, etc.

    Multi-modal Hub

    Quality of Urban Space

    Integration between corridor line & other internal lines

    The area is well on the way to improving this situation, also thanks to Dutch planning expertise.

  7. Final stage of development of Public Transportation Master Plan for Ramallah-AlBireh Urban area

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    The project intends to respond to the needs of growing population and private sector for more sustainably and efficiently planned urban spaces and infrastructure. The proposed Master Plan will cover the urban area of Ramallah, AlBireh, Betunia, and Surda Abu-Qush. This area constitutes the major urban center of Ramallah-AlBireh Governorate and is located at the heart of the West Bank. Ramallah and AlBireh cities host most of the headquarters of the ministries and other national institutions and the offices of international agencies working in Palestine.

    The area witnessed considerable socio-economic and urban growth during the period following the establishment of the Palestinian National Authority in 1994, where thousands of Palestinians moved to the area.. The rapid increase in population, as well as in vehicle ownership, and economic activities in the area have considerably increased vehicular traffic and as a result the area has high congestion. Traffic conditions have worsened despite the fact that the municipalities have implemented several road rehabilitation projects and traffic improvements in the last few year.

    Together with our consortium partners Community Development Group (CDG) and National Center for Sustainable Development (NCD) we have successfully finalized the Inception phase, Data Collection, Analysis and Modeling phase. We now focus on the final stage: The Master Plan. Within a few weeks the final Comprehensive Master Plan will be finished and the proposed measures will be ready for Implementation.

    The project is funded by Municipal Development & Lending Fund (MDLF) and is part of the Integrated Cities and Urban Development Project (ICUD).

  8. Restructuring of the Old Taxi Park in Kampala gets going!

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    The High Level Committee kick-off meeting on 11th February about the feasibility study of the Redevelopment of OTP was followed by a Stakeholders platform meeting on 10th and 11th of March. Present were the Executive Director of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and directors of different KCCA departments like Physical  Planning), representatives of different Ministries, Real Estate, Union of drivers, Market sellers, et cetera as well as the Dutch consultants including MOVE Mobility. During this meeting the preliminary findings on history,  spatial structure and qualities were presented. In separate SWOT analysis work sessions the participants focused on six themes.

    To be continued, one year to go!

  9. Cycling Master Plan for Smart Moving Mumbai!

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    Recently our Indian partner Smart Commute Foundation had a brief opportunity to meet Supriya Sule, Member of Parliament and Municipal Commissioner,  MCGM Iqbal Singh Chahal, and they discussed our intention and wishes with the Mayor of Mumbai. We emphasized the need to create & implement a Master Plan for cycling. An effective master plan takes into account all modes of transport, needs of all sections of society and various other factors in order to come up with an integrated infrastructure network for the city. To achieve this we need the support of support of local residents, officials & politicians.

     

  10. Mobility study – Transport and Mobility Strategy for the conurbation of Bethlehem

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    The different aspects of Bethlehem conurbation’s transport planning were analysed in an interdisciplinary manner, and current and future trends were studied related to road networks, car use, parking, public transport, non-motorised transport, city logistics and tourism. This resulted is a shortlist of 39 projects to be implemented during the timeline of the project, between 2020 and 2030.

    The 39 projects were discussed with stakeholders during several sessions with the client representative from Bethlehem Municipality and several important actors from Bethlehem, Beit Sahour, Beit Jala, Al Doha and Al Khader municipalities, MoLG and Traffic Police.

    Co-creation, participation and an interactive dialogue between all stakeholders have guided the whole planning process, therefore the public acceptance and legitimacy of this plan were ensured. There was also a project steering committee that included representatives of the administration at different levels (national, regional and local) and decision makers, which was consulted on an ongoing basis. This cooperation contributed significantly to the high quality of the study.

    This final report does not conclude the work that needs to be done, in fact it represents the first step of a long and exciting process in which Bethlehem conurbation has embarked. Mobility planning in Bethlehem conurbation is and will be a work in progress and a dynamic process. The measures must be concretised and verified. In this way, the plan and the projects will be continually updated so as to be able to react to future developments.

    Watch the movie:

    https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=267844058319848

  11. “Schalkwijk verbindt!”

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    In “Schalkwijk verbindt!” we show how to steer a positive shift from ‘coming and going to and from the neighbourhood’, with the emphasis on the car, to ‘moving within the neighbourhood’, with the emphasis on cycling, quality of public space and public transport.

    The proposal was part of the three finalists for the Panorama Lokaal for this location organized by the Governmental Advisors of Spatial Quality of the Netherlands together with the Municipality of Haarlem and Pré Wonen housing corporation. The aim of the competition was to propose innovative as well as feasible ways of enhancing the urban qualities of this city edge.
    In “Schalkwijk verbindt!” we proposed a positive shift from large-scale infrastructure to an inclusive place for all and by all residents of the neighborhood; a space for people.

    Our project “Schalkwijk verbindt!” was on display in the exhibition of ABC Architectuurcentrum Haarlem for the ‘Waddenbuurt’ in Schalkwijk, Haarlem.

     

  12. Amanda Ngabirano Chair of the National Physical Planning Board of Uganda

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    The Acting Chief Justice Alphonse Owiny-Dollo has recently sworn in the new National Physical Planning Board (NPPB). The event was held at the High Court premises in Kampala. The 10-member Board is led by Amanda who was handed the instruments of power by the outgoing Chairperson.

  14. Rethink city planning and mobility in Africa

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    Car-centric African cities challenged by the effects of rapid urbanization are facing daily traffic congestion, air pollution and transportation challenges and Amanda, bicycling enthusiast, urban planner, and lecturer at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda is passionate about the solutions that lie in alternative modes of transport.

    While Africa is still a green continent, Amanda believes that by design we are at a risk of losing the green and that it’s time for tough decisions to be made regarding the mobility issues affecting everyone in cities.

     

  15. Stadtquartier Am alten Güterbahnhof in Duisburg

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    Together with our partners MLAplus, LOLA, Bureau Stadsnatuur and FABRICations we have started this interesting project by exploring the area which is sandwiched between rail and motorway, right next to the Central Station.

  16. City of Düsseldorf – Active Mobility for the Mobilitätsplan 2030

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    The City of Düsseldorf, capital of North Rhine-Westphalia has already achieved a great deal in terms of road space as well as bicycle and foot traffic. However, the infrastructure needs to be further developed in order to cope with the increasing commuter flows into the city with sustainable mobility. The city now wants to focus on international expertise to achieve ambitious goals in terms of growth, quality of life and accessibility.

    The assignment includes planning for cycling, walking, traffic safety and street design. Over the past 50 years Goudappel and MOVE Mobility have developed an integral approach to plan for mobility which will be applied in this assignment. The inherent connection between traffic safety, good cycling and walking infrastructure, and integrated street design will be the basis to work out a plan for Active Mobility that makes the City more liveable, accessible and safe for all its citizens and visitors alike.

  17. 1st prize for “Cycologic”: a film about changing the world one bicycle at a time

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    The film makers: “As part of our studies, we went to Uganda for two months to make our final film project. We were certain that we wanted to do an inspiring and hopeful film showing a modern Uganda rather than highlighting the negative aspects that so often takes too much space in every media platform.”

    The film is about Amanda Ngabirano’s tireless journey to make Uganda more bicycle-friendly. All film entries were judged by a panel of esteemed urbanists, architects and filmmakers.

    Amanda Ngabirano, director MOVE Mobility Africa, is an active member of the World Cycling Alliance Steering Board, an urban planner, a lecturer and a passionate cycling advocate. Her work has been featured in leading Ugandan media outlets. To view the trailer please click on the link.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70rt0YKDaDI

    After a thorough preparation period the first pilot cycling route in Kampala has now been realized!

  18. Restructuring Old Taxi Park in Kampala

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    Representatives of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and the top of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), as well as the Dutch consultants including MOVE Mobility, were present.

    The Old Taxi Park is situated in the same zone as the NMT pilot project. Because of the location of both projects, they will be part of one Master Plan. The total project duration is 18 months.

  19. MOVE Mobility continues to exchange knowledge with Al Najaf

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    A few months ago a high-level delegation from Al-Najaf al-Ashraf Governorate visited The Netherlands. They were informed about city master planning specifically for authorities and decision makers in the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Public Municipalities/Iraq and Al-Najaf al-Ashraf Governorate.

    A delegation from the Urban Development department Al Najaf city wanted to learn as much as possible about the practical part of city master planning. We showed them around in Rotterdam and The Hague.

    During an ideas workshop our partner Nahuel Beccan Davila talked about the challenges and strengths of the city, especially the possible urban development along Lake Najaf, the improvement of Al Iskan Avenua, 60 meters wide, and the mobility system. They further discussed about water management and the regeneration of the informal settlements.

    The participants returned to their country Iraq with new ideas how to develop a resilient and comfortable city for residents and visitors.

  20. Public Transportation Master Plan for the Urban Center of Ramallah and Al Bireh

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    Last week we signed the contract for a Comprehensive Public Transportation Master Plan for the Urban Center of Ramallah and Al Bireh. We have started working on the Inception report together with our consortium partners Community Development Group (CDG) and National Center for Sustainable Development (NCD). The project is funded by Municipal Development & Lending Fund (MDLF) and is part of the Integrated Cities and Urban Development Project (ICUD).

  21. Turkey intends to reach a cycling inclusive society

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    On August 27, at the office of DCE, we presented our experience in mobility/cycling planning for a delegation from the Turkish Ministry of Environment & Urbanization. We shared tour knowledge and experiences in promoting and increasing cycling in cities around the world.

    We look forward to contributing to making Turkey a cycling country!

  22. Citylab housing conference in Sulaimani

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    The conference was about city centres and more specifically the preservation of the old (historical) houses/buildings. The Sulaimani case study was done by volunteers. View Pioneer presented a Masterplan including Urban and Mobility Planning. More than 300 persons attended the conference. Among them civil servants from seven municipalities and regional as well as national level.

    Tonny Bosch was interviewed by Kurdistan television. He spoke about the similarity between Dutch cities in the 1960s and Kurdish cities in the 1990s, and mentioned his hometown Deventer as an example.

  23. Park+Bike in Province of Noord-Holland

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    The Province of Noord-Holland has created a document describing the future of the bicycle in Noord-Holland Province. Strengthening chain movements, utilizing the opportunities of bike sharing, and Smart Mobility are important topics. Ultimately, a product must be created that makes it attractive for a large group of bikers to park at a distance.

    MOVE Mobility has been commissioned to implement the P+Bike concept and to test it at the European Road Cycling Championships. If this concept will prove to be successful the province of Noord-Holland and the city of Alkmaar will want to use this concept at many more temporary events. In particular, the P+Bike concept could be one of the sustainable accessibility solutions around the Grand Prix Formula I, which will be held in May 2020. In addition, MOVE Mobility will show to what extent P+Bike could work to capture traffic on the outskirts of the city that will have to continue by bike, such as commuters and shoppers.

  24. Get Turkey Cycling

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    Policy makers from three Turkish municipalities participated in the Field Study Program. Reyhan spoke about the relation between culture and cycling in Turkey. EU-funded the hashtag#GetTurkeyCycling project.

    The participants are currently working on a detailed field study and gap analysis report.

  25. MOVE Mobility advised Al-Najaf al-Ashraf Governorate on city master planning

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    A high-level delegation from Al-Najaf al-Ashraf Governorate visited The Netherlands recently. They were informed about city master planning specifically for authorities and decision makers in the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Public Municipalities/Iraq and Al-Najaf al-Ashraf Governorate.

    They visited the City Hall of Deventer and were welcomed by Mayor Mr. Ron Konig. The participants learned about the political system and the position of the mayor, the municipality and the municipal council, as well as the relation between local, provincial and national government.

    At the Province Overijssel the participants were welcomed by the “Commissaris van de Koning”, Mr. Andries Heidema. An interesting program was offered to them:

    • Explanation of provincial structure in the Netherlands (in relation to Iraq)
    • The Integrated Environmental Vision of the Province Overijssel
    • The Province as road manager; maintenance and replacement of infrastructure
    • Mobility and regional cooperation

  26. MOVE Mobility in Santiago de Chile

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    Carolina Ramos and Marcel van Lieshout were in Las Condes municipality, in Santiago de Chile to review the “Plan Holanda, Vías Naranjas” pilot and to advise the municipality team in the way forward on bicycle infrastructure in the city.

    The “Plan Holanda” aims to improve the cycle conditions on the roads in the main business and commercial part of Las Condes. By bringing the speed down on some of the lanes (30) and adding separate lanes for bicycles and scooters, the municipality expected to increase safety on the street for all non-motorized transport.

    We presented the draft findings to Mayor Joaquin Lavin and to the municipalities of Lo Barnechea y Vitacura. We also had the opportunity to meet Paola Tapio and Andrés Gomez-Lobo, former Transport Ministers of Chile to discuss possible collaboration for future projects in Latin America.

    We hope to go back to Santiago soon to see their steps forward towards a Smart Moving City!

  27. WeMakeTheCity festival

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    She talked about our international efforts in making cities more liveable and accessible for everyone.

    During the same event, the launching of The Carfree Cities Alliance took place. We are looking forward to being part of this amazing initiative!

     

     

  28. Blueprint for urban transformation: Learning from the Dutch experience

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    Students of CEPT University (India) were visiting the Netherlands for summer school “Blueprint for urban transformation: Learning from the Dutch experience”.

    Our colleague Shravan Shah was one of the organizers.

    Marcel van Lieshout spoke to the students and shared his expertise on mobility planning and the next generation software for urban planning, the MOVE Meter. The students got the opportunity to get hands-on with the MOVE Meter software and learned how it can help to visualize data and make important decisions in mobility planning.

     

    MOVE Mobility is looking forward to collaborating with CEPT University soon.

  29. MOVE Mobility presents for a high-level delegation from Peru

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    Last week, at the office of the Dutch Cycling Embassy in Delft, Ruxandra gave a presentation and discussed with a high-level delegation from Peru. The delegation consisted of representatives – mayors and civil servants involved in urban planning and development – of several municipalities in the northern part of Lima Province: Santa Rosa, Comas, Ancón and Puente Piedra.

    The topics discussed were related to integrated transport and mobility planning in general and the promotion of cycling, in particular. Further, the challenges that these municipalities are facing in terms of congestion, pollution and health have been analysed.

    Ruxandra presented and discussed the importance of combining good infrastructure with efficient governance and a strong education programme in order to ensure the development of a sustainable, reliable and people-centred transport system. The analysis of the traffic in Bogotá performed with our MOVE Meter tool was shown as a good practice for cycling and transport planning.

  30. View Pioneer now officially distributor of the MOVE Meter

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    At the end of April Tonny Bosch and Imran Hasan Ahmed visited Kurdistan Region in Iraq. During this visit, an agreement has been signed with our established partner in the region, View Pioneer. They will be the distributors of our MOVE Meter tool in the Middle East area.

    We are very proud that the MOVE Meter will also be used by Sulaimani Polytechnic University for training future urban and transport planners.