In this paper, the deputy mayor of the city of Seville on mobility, setting out the results of the revolutionary transformation process in the city since 2000. A severe change process to improve mobility, livability, weather conditions, and ultimately, the quality of life of the city, which has implied a severe, almost aggressive (one stronger than the transformation suffered by reason of the Universal Exhibition of 1992) of the organization of traffic in the city of Seville.
Seville, a city of 702,000 inhabitants (a million and a half years in the metropolitan area), political and economic capital of Andalusia, and yet "limited" by an urban fabric inherited from the original Arabic of the city required a radical plan to amend the mobility correcting the current situation.
Thus, thanks to measures taken, it has gone from a level of intolerable noise and air pollution, affecting not only the health of individuals but also to the historical, at much lower levels, which are a clear sign of improvement of environmental conditions in the city. These same measures have resulted in the recovery of degraded urban spaces and / or abandoned, as the iconic Alameda de Hercules.
The main objective of these actions was, as noted by the slogan proposed by the City, that Seville was the "city of the people."
With these claims, and considering that daily enter Sevilla Car thousand miles without a single move or private vehicle interior, there were 5 major actions:
Action 1 : Protect the heritage of the city and its neighborhoods. Need
raising awareness of environmental policies, recovery of space "to enjoy, the citizens."
Action 2: Protection of the heritage of the city from mobility management, regulating access to the historic old city.
are issued daily 20 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere in the historic center. Have so far been reduced by 20% of vehicles entering the center, and 36% was reached, as the appropriate measures such as payment of fee to park in the center of the city not being a resident. In short 2630 tonnes of CO2 per year were avoided.
Action 3: Improving mobility through improving roads, building platforms for other types of transport.
- Subway Line 1: 20,000,000 passengers in year and livelihood.
- Since 2007 start the trolley is in the 2 nd road more use of the city.
- Sebici (public bicycle), 250 stations, 2500 Public bike at the moment have stopped licensing. 6000 Bicycle parking private. The bike is equipped for disabled guests.
- 120 km of bike lanes.
- bus lanes with cameras to make it efficient.
- special system that prioritizes traffic lights and extends the green cycle for the bus in front of private vehicles.
Improvement mobility through sustainability.
Action 4: To improve road safety.
- more visible traffic lights (all light bulbs replaced with LEDs, cleaner).
- countdown indicators.
- Review pedestrian times (2 seconds per meter per meter on the second estimated "safe".
- road management changes.
Action 5: Citizen Participation.
Knowing habits in each area, campaign in your city mobility ye your neighborhood. " It held 52 meetings with different groups in all districts to draft proposals, and an analysis of mobility. There were more than 700 initiatives and 105 were accepted and are being implemented. The campaign lasted 7 months.
This plan has helped to reduce private traffic by 13%. Highlighting the largest urban garden of solar panels that would prevent the emission of so many tons of CO2 into the atmosphere by replacing the power source, providing shade and also for the bus stop (just this saves 60,000 liters of diesel per year, as the buses do not turn the motor to start the air to cool the vehicle prior occupation by users.)
Francisco Blacksmith.
Ollé Raquel Martin.
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