AREP SNCF Group Transports & the City

AREP Group
16, Avenue dIvry - 75647 Paris cedex 13 France

AREP
Design company for architecture & urban planning 100% subsidiary of SNCF 50 M turnover 300 projects 400 architects, urban planners & engineers 12 nationalities Paris, Beijing & H Ni

Overcoming the gap in infrastructure provision to make cities competitive

Of cities & cars Greater Paris call for ideas Back to Asia and Fast growing cities

Our starting point

What makes cities valuable, what makes them rich is the number of meetings they make possible

Increasing speed, cars have made urban growth possible. But

URBAN SPRAWL

CONGESTION

CITIES INTO PIECES

SEGREGATION & FUNCTIONALISM

In the background of climate change, for megacities, the unlimited development of private cars is not sustainable, whatever the point of view: economical, social or environmental.

Overcoming the gap in infrastructure provision to make cities competitive

Of cities, cars and trains Greater Paris call for ideas Back to Asia and Fast growing cities

CENTRAL PARIS
2 M. inh. - 100 km - 20 000 inh./km Mixed use, efficient, attractive, livable Metro: dense, efficient, underground 42% households own a car 85% CBD employees use public transport

GREATER PARIS
8-12 million inhabitants Low efficient public transport - car oriented Few places of metropolitan importance Infrastructures cut the city into pieces Low mixed use and social diversity

CALL FOR IDEAS

Improve international image New economic attractiveness Sustainability

1900s Paris dense Metro

Carte : AREP 2009

60s commuter network

Carte : AREP 2009

AREPs fast metropolitan network

Carte : AREP 2009

Connected to high-speed train & airports

Hierarchy of speeds
Pedestrian : 6 km/h Bike, bus : 12 km/h Metro, Tram, BRT : 25 km/h Commuter : 50 km/h Fast Metropolitan Network : 100 km/h
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ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

Industry & Logistics

INDUSTRIES,

Business Districts

Clusters

Retail

Mixed use

CONNECTING TRANSPORTS & THE CITY

Overcoming the gap in infrastructure provision to make cities competitive

Of cities, cars and trains Greater Paris call for ideas Back to Asia and fast growing cities

A PLACE FOR CARS

Alternative solutions Taxis Rich people Intercity connections

Transition

SKIP THE CARS ERA?