The bicycle oriented development (BOD): a new tool in urban resilience

Title: The bicycle oriented development (BOD): a new tool in urban resilience
Creator: Fleming, Steven
Relation: 4th International Urban Design Conference. Resilience in Urban Design: Proceedings of the 4th International Urban Design Conference (Gold Coast, Qld 21-23 September, 2011) p. 80-87
Relation: http://www.urbandesignaustralia.com.au/flipbook11/index.html
Publisher: AST Management
Resource Type: conference paper
Date: 2011
Description: In the wake of the global financial crisis, the urban renewal of large brownfield tracts has been put on hold. Since many of these sites flank the same waterfronts and rail easements, that have given bicycle transit a foothold in car dominated cities, there is case for seeing them as bicycle oriented developments. Peak oil, congestion, awareness of preventative health, and emissions reductions goals are seeing cities set bike mode share targets as high as 50%. 8-House by BIG is the architectural offspring of planning focused mainly on cycling, permitting residents to ride home to 10 floor apartments, via a bike ramp. It provides us a glimpse of alternative urban solutions we might look forward to as cycling becomes a key mode of transport.
Subject: urban renewal; sustainable infrastructure and transport; ecocities; bicycle transit
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/929683
Identifier: uon:10655
Identifier: ISBN:9780980814736
Language: eng
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