Odense Case Gives Shanghai Inspiration &Nbsp; Urban Construction Is People-Oriented.

Reporters interviewed yesterday learned that this kind of mixed traffic scene has been in existence for many years, and the traffic police have been renovating every year, but the effect is very small. In this regard, the police, while persuading the citizens to abide by the law, made a fair statement: the construction of underground passageways for non motorized vehicles under the overpass is unreasonable, and the detour distance is too far, causing the public to violate the traffic laws and regulations and venture on the overpass.

No matter what reason, breaking the law is always wrong, but behind this seemingly small event, it reflects the conflict between the concept of "people-oriented" or "vehicle oriented" in urban construction.

Lack of humanization in the design of underground passages

According to the police, although the underground passageway was designed for non motor vehicles under the Shanghai Tai Lu interchange, the width limit was only 0.7 meters. The three wheel disabled vehicles and other large non motorized vehicles simply couldn't get through. Moreover, the downhill slope of the underground passage was more than 40 degrees. In addition, to enter the underground passage, it is necessary to detour more than 3 kilometers. The inconvenience caused many citizens to choose the law.

Reporters learned that from last year, government departments implemented comprehensive spanformation of Hu Tai Road and built a new "ecological landscape Avenue" along the line of Hu Tai Road. After the spanformation, the thoroughfare is more spacious and spacious, and the surroundings are more beautiful and tidy.

A paradox in the process of Urbanization

Shanghai is a city with tens of millions of bicycles. However, after entering the "automobile era", the space for pedestrians and non motorists in urban road construction is getting smaller and smaller, and the antagonism between pedestrians, cyclists and drivers is also increasing.

Motor vehicles do not want to slow down to avoid pedestrians at the intersection or even zebra crossing. When they turn right, they even argue with pedestrians. The wider the road, the wider the road, the problem of getting across the street immediately. Even though a flyover is designed, for some old and weak groups, the upper bridge itself is a great inconvenience. In addition, many signal lights are not designed for pedestrians, for a short time, pedestrians often have to break the law to pass.

All kinds of phenomena make urban construction a paradox - the more modern the construction, the more inconvenient the people live, and the people who leave the car seem to be unable to move on. But with the life of the car, there are also many inconveniences.

Inspiration from the best practice area of Expo cities

In World Expo, Shanghai, which is in full swing, the revival of bicycles in Odense, the best practice area of the city, has brought many inspirations to Shanghai.

Odense, the third largest city in Denmark, is home to Andersen, a master of fairy tales. In 70s of last century, he was also beset by traffic jams. From then on, from the government's policies to social services, and to the public's awareness, they began to tilt their bicycles. On the wall of the Odense case hall, a map of Odense is striking. Almost 80% of the roads are covered by red solid lines and dotted lines. The red solid line is the main bicycle lane in the city, and the dashed line refers to those bicycle paths with beautiful scenery on the roadside and especially suitable for recreational cycling.

In Odense, the length of all bicycle lanes is 500 kilometers, which is more than 100 kilometers longer than the total length of Shanghai Metro. Moreover, the scale of bicycle lanes in Odense is still expanding.

Let "people-oriented" surpass "car oriented"

Reporters learned that the government departments in Shanghai for bicycle green travel in fact also have plans. According to the study on the non motorized traffic planning of Shanghai central city, completed in 2006, by 2020, Shanghai will open up, widen and improve the 13 vertical and 12 horizontal bicycle corridors. In addition to the 110 km high speed road, as well as Yanan Road, Beijing Road, Nanjing road and other parts of the prohibition of non motor vehicles, accounting for 60% to 70% of the city's roads do not cancel bike lanes.

Nevertheless, we still see many "car oriented" realities: there are examples of Hu Tai Road. There are examples of the central link, and the use of bicycle lanes to keep cars safe.

All this shows that in specific planning and construction, it is still a long way to go to make "people-oriented" surpass "car oriented" in every detail.