Micro-mobility as a source of new conflicts in public spaces in cities

Session

Architecture and Spatial Planning

Description

Public spaces are an important part of urban life. They create space for the daily movement of residents, form their habits, as well as create the impression that its visitors take away from the city. The urban structure of cities is relatively stable over time, and its transformation bears either large economic costs if we are trying to improve it, or social costs, in the event of bankruptcy. However, new, and often completely different requirements are imposed on public spaces over time, which can also change relatively quickly or even contradict each other. One of the current requirements is to adapt public spaces to pedestrians and increase their residential function mainly at the expense of car traffic; on the other hand, it is to support micro-mobility, not only pedestrians, but especially cyclists, scooter users, electric scooters, and other similar means of transport. Unfortunately, most cities are not ready for these new types of micro-mobility, that is, there is no comprehensive and sufficiently capacitive network of (cycling)paths for these new types of micro-mobility, so most micro-mobility is shifting to sidewalks and other pedestrian routes. This creates new conflicts and new dangers. The aim of the paper is to map new trends in micro-mobility and their conflicts with existing or newly supported use of public spaces and to show possible how to approach this issue in the future.

Keywords:

public spaces, micro-mobility, new trends in mobility, cities

Proceedings Editor

Edmond Hajrizi

ISBN

978-9951-550-50-5

Location

UBT Kampus, Lipjan

Start Date

29-10-2022 12:00 AM

End Date

30-10-2022 12:00 AM

DOI

10.33107/ubt-ic/2022.361

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Micro-mobility as a source of new conflicts in public spaces in cities

UBT Kampus, Lipjan

Public spaces are an important part of urban life. They create space for the daily movement of residents, form their habits, as well as create the impression that its visitors take away from the city. The urban structure of cities is relatively stable over time, and its transformation bears either large economic costs if we are trying to improve it, or social costs, in the event of bankruptcy. However, new, and often completely different requirements are imposed on public spaces over time, which can also change relatively quickly or even contradict each other. One of the current requirements is to adapt public spaces to pedestrians and increase their residential function mainly at the expense of car traffic; on the other hand, it is to support micro-mobility, not only pedestrians, but especially cyclists, scooter users, electric scooters, and other similar means of transport. Unfortunately, most cities are not ready for these new types of micro-mobility, that is, there is no comprehensive and sufficiently capacitive network of (cycling)paths for these new types of micro-mobility, so most micro-mobility is shifting to sidewalks and other pedestrian routes. This creates new conflicts and new dangers. The aim of the paper is to map new trends in micro-mobility and their conflicts with existing or newly supported use of public spaces and to show possible how to approach this issue in the future.