Urban mobility is one of the main challenges for cities. The urbanization process requires a sustainable urban planning to minimize the negative impacts of disorderly growth in large urban centers. A smart city seeks to solve the main urban infrastructure challenges by designing a planned urban environment capable of providing well-being and quality of life to people.
Smart cities are planned urban centers that think about urban mobility and design the urban space prioritizing people, concentrating in the same location varied options of services, commerce and leisure to facilitate routine and commuting.
Pedra Branca Creative City is an example of a planned and connected neighborhood where it is possible to live, work, study and have fun within walking distance. Get to know the practices adopted in the urban planning of the neighborhood-city designed 20 years ago with expert advice from the best architecture and urban planning offices in Brazil and the world, considered a reference in sustainable urban planning.
Good practices in planning urban mobility for smart cities
For a city to become smart, it is essential to adopt good practices in urban planning. Pedra Branca Creative City was designed integrating all the pillars of the new urbanism. The new urbanism consists of urban planning focused on people, through the creation of environments that prioritize human well-being and sustainable development.
Check out the best practices adopted in the urban mobility planning of Pedra Branca Creative City, a neighborhood-city that is reference in planning and sustainable development designed to put people first.
Prioritizing people
Smart cities offer a complete and accessible infrastructure that prioritizes people, facilitating mobility and commuting at comfortable distances to be walked on foot or through active modes such as bicycles, for example.
Mixed use of urban space
Mixed-use projects help to solve urban mobility problems. This is due to the fact that the compact infrastructure allows the concentration of homes, offices, stores, entertainment and leisure areas at the same address. The more varied and concentrated the diversity of uses and people is, the more alive and interesting the place becomes.
Attractive and safe public spaces;
In Pedra Branca Creative City is located the first shared street in the country, Passeio Pedra Branca. The place works like an open-air mall and the space was designed so that people have priority and can share the space with bicycles and cars harmoniously.
Balanced density
The location gathers the essential services in the same place from a new urban centrality that contributes to minimize commuting, as well as to encourage the use of alternative modes to get around the city.
Harmony with nature
Since its conception, Pedra Branca Creative City has been committed to minimizing the environmental impact of the project, based on the implementation of sustainable practices and innovative solutions that contribute to the well-being of people and the protection of the environment.
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