My presentation at the Designing Cities conference in Austin 2015 by NACTO.

1. DESIGNING IN THE WALKABLE CITY
Alexander Ståhle
PHD & CEO
Stockholm, Sweden

2. Stockholm – A Walk City Story
Gamla stan 1200 Vällingby 1950 Hammarby sjöstad 1990

3. Stureplan – Our Time Square in 1990
Central street junction
transformed to a plaza
Now: Financial hub
Now: Night club hub

4. Housing value is 90% walkability
Close to city centre
Street connectivity
Walk to park
Courtyard
Walk to transit
Walk to service
Walk to waterfront

5. Public transport
Shops & Restaurants
Office clustering
Building modernity
= 90% office value
Office value is 70% public transport accessibility

6. The Walkable City – Stockholm City Plan

7. Density Park Street
Existing
Plan
+250% +150% + 60%
Testing walkability in new plans
Service access Park access Street connectivity

8. Slussen today built 1935
70% car space
Pedestrians in tunnels
Celebrated by Le Corbusier

9. New Slussen
50% less car space
30% more open space
2X pedestrians 2030

10. Oslo wants to be a bike city
19 of 20 wants better bike city
8%Bike mode share

11. Oslo Bicycle Network Analysis
45% low bikability score50% low traffic safety

12. Oslo Bicycle Strategy
3X bike network
8% > 16% bike modeshare
530 million USD

13. Citymoves 2015
Curating the Future

14. STRONG ENERGY /
ECONOMY
WEAK ENERGY /
ECONOMY
HIGH
SOCIAL
CONTROL
LOW
SOCIAL
CONTROL
FREE CITY TECHNO CITY
ECO CITY
Scenarios for
Future Stockholm

15. Eco City 2050
Low growth planned
Suburban declline
Bike and Transit

16. Techno City 2050
High growth social control
Polycentric suburbs
Shared mobilities

17. Free City 2050
High unequal growth
Suburban sprawl
Private car oriented

18. Free City Techno City Eco City
Vote!

19. Votes from 4850 people
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
1
2
3
4
5
TECHNO CITY ECO CITY FREE CITY
0 100%
400 Swedish planners
550 Norwegian architects
300 Finnish planners
255 Radio listeners
3345 Newspaper readers
44%
31%
60%
40%
60%

20. www.spacescape.se / alexander.stahle@spacescape.se
Worldbank, UN Habitat, WHO, Greenpeace, UN IPCC,
Vatican, World Resources Institute, ITDP, Embarq, WWF,
American Farmland Trust, American Planning Association,
Community Rights Council, ChangeLab Solutions, The
American Public Health Association, The American Society
of Landscape Architects, The Association of Metropolitan
Planning Organizations, The Conservation Fund, Congress
of New Urbanism, National Neighborhood Coalition, The
Partnership for Sustainable Communities, The Institute of
Transportation Engineers, National Trust for Historic
Preservation, National Center for Biking & Walking,
National Association of Transportation Officials (NACTO),
The National Multi-Housing Council, The National
Association of Realtors, The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, The Surface Transportation
Policy Project, The Center for Immigration Study, The
National Trust for Historic Preservation, The National
Association of Development Organizations, Community
Research Connections, The U.S. Forest Service, National
Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council,
The Northeast-Midwest Institute, Project for Public
Spaces, Smart Growth America, Urban Land Institute,
Sierra Club, Smart Growth Network, Walkable and Livable
Communities Institute, US Environmental Protection
Agency, Trust for Public Land
CLOSER TOGETHER
This is the future of cities