This Delegation will focus on the following:
Improved Mobility
Site visits and meetings will include the following:
-Creating a bicycle culture
-Multi-modal transit planning
-Bicycle infrastructure
-Conversion of above-ground parking lots into public spaces and pedestrianizing downtowns
-Public/private partnerships for funding mass transit
-Bike tour throughout the city, including suburban to urban commuting (Green Ways)
-Integrating typically non-biking community into bicycling through education
Economic Growth and Competitiveness
Site visits and meetings will include the following:
– Creating a regional identity
– The policies for creating the Oresund Region
– The economic development experience in the Oresund Region
– Land use developments as a result of the Oresund Region
– Public/private partnerships for funding mass transit
Healthy and Sustainable Environments
Site visits and meetings will include the following:
– Smart grids
– Locally produced power
– Natural stormwater management
– Street design with energy efficient in-ground trash and recycling pipes
– Combined heat and power; district heating and cooling
Quality Neighborhoods
Site visits and meetings will include the following:
– Morning presentation by Gehl Architects on Gehl’s theories of people-centered neighborhoods
– Tour of neighborhoods by Gehl Architects including low income and affordable housing
– Development of new, energy efficient neighborhoods
– Redevelopment of Augustenborg, a low income community, to increase the quality of life for people and be more environmentally sustainable
– Combining industrial and recreational uses
– Zero energy housing development