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Paris, 14th February 2012

© Paulo dos Santos

How can Accessibility become the Mainstream of Urban Planning

Content • Cologne in Numbers • Responsibility of the municipality • Disability politics / inclusion = cross-sectional task • Action plan on Colognes disability policy • Sensitization and professional competence • Participation • Accessibility planning as a process • Design handbook city centre

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Cologne in Numbers 1,019,300 inhabitants 93,026 of Cologne inhabitants have a severely handicapped pass 23% of Cologne citizens are older than 60 years. Nearly 30 % of them have a severely handicapped pass 7,000,000 tourists per year

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Responsibility of the municipality The long way of Cologne 2004

Founding of participation board „Committee disability policy“ Administration working group „Disability policy“ was founded

2007

Disability officer gets installed The Committee Disability policy has the right to send expert citizens into the various committees of the council Council signed the declaration „Die Stadt und die behinderten Menschen“, so called „Declaration of Barcelona“. The disability officer shall be responsible for drawing up an action plan for Colognes disability policy.

2009

Adoption of the action plan for Colognes disability policy „Köln überwindet Barrieren – Eine Stadt für alle“

2011/ 2012

1. Report on implementation is developed and presented to the policy

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Disability policy / Inclusion = cross-sectional task Measures of Cologne Î Administration working group „Disability policy“

ƒ The departments of the municipality will delegate employees into the working group ƒ Meetings at different locations: Getting to know the implementation of accessibility and participation in the different working areas

Disability policy / inclusion must be apprehanded by all administration departments and in all political areas.

ƒ At least 4 meetings per year of the working group Strengthening the responsibility of the offices and employees

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Special competition „Accessibility“ within the scope of the „corporate suggestion system“

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Topic related cooperations and working groups inside of the administration

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Demographic change

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Plan of inclusion for cologne schools

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Accessibility of the cultural facilities

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Regular notification of the political committees

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Action plan on Colognes disability policy Decided by the council in 9/2009 Developed with the administration departments and organizations of the urban society ƒ Aims and measures ƒ Verifiability and transparency ƒ Schedule and responsibilities ƒ Obligation to submit a report

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Sensitization and professional competence Within the municipality: Î

Skill enhancement • • • • •

Plain language Barrier-free correspondence Barrier-free planning and construction Organization of barrier-free events …

Comprehensive understanding of accessibility !

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Representatives of disability organizations and associations as „Experts on its own behalf “

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Checklists and automatic sequences

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Topic oriented symposiums for employees

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Administration working group on disability policy (see above)

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In the urban society: Î

Initiate and strengthen networks

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Encourage projects ƒ Innovation Award of disability policy by the City of Cologne Awards ceremony by the Lord Mayor in the city hall

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Public events related to main topics

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Cooperations with adult education center and other organizations

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E-Mail newsletter

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Information brochures and internet

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Participation Committee Disability policy Entitled to vote

Disability organizations and selfhelp groups (7)

Organizations of welfare associations (e.g. Caritas) (6)

No voting rights

Fractions of the city council

Departments of the municipality

ƒ Counselling in all important topics ƒ Inquiries, requests and recommendations to politics and administration ƒ Expert citizens in the committees of the city council Disability Officer, Reinecke

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Assistance to disability organizations by a municipal employee

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Hearings by the board of works and traffic, presentations of planning and measures

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On-site meetings

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Development of and agreement to standards between disability organizations and agencies of the municipality

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Securing assistance / barrier-free meetings and templates (e.g. tactile prepared plans)

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Supporting the working group of the disability organizations „Barrierefreies Köln“ by attendance and cooperation at eye level

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Accessibility planning as a process

Planning engineers of the building authorities or engineering consultants

Adjustment

Update of existing standards /

Definition of additional standards

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Planning engineer accessibility (at the road and traffic engeneering department)

Presentation

Consent or Improvement

Hearing according to BGG (equality law for disabled people)

4 times / year

Participation of disability organizations / Disability officer

Presentation in working group „Barrierefreies Köln“

On-site meeting

Example: Using of floor indicators ƒ Riffled tiles (direction field) ƒ Nopped tiles (attention field) often criticized => search for a better nopped form

Gives notice about secured road crossings

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Learning process in context of scale => Optimizing the standard

Example: Optimizing of the nopped tiles

Different samples of nopped tiles on the building yard On-site meeting with members of the working group „Barrierefreies Köln“

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Design handbook city centre DIFFERENT ROOM TYPES IN THE CITY CENTRE (INNENSTADT)

DOWN TOWN - GENERAL PART DOWNTOWN – HISTORICAL CENTRE DOWNTOWN - CORE AREA DOWNTOWN - EXPANDED TOWN THE DOWNTOWN RING BANKS OF THE RHINE

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DOWNTOWN - GENERAL PART

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Corners: Plattenbelag Betonstein 30/30, grau, in Reihen versetzt, quer zur Laufrichtung, der Belag, welcher sich in Hauptlaufrichtung befindet, wird bis zur Ecke geführt (übergeordnete Straße)

Tactile elements: Nopped tiles Beton 30/30, white Ripped tiles Beton 30/30, white

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Preferred option

Cycle lane: White protection strip on the road

Alternative 1

Cycle lane: Plattenbelag Betonstein, 30/30, dunkelgrau, in Reihen versetzt, quer zur Fahrtrichtung With high contrast separation strip in mosaic form 10/10 (single row) und Sicherheitsstreifen Betonstein 30/30, grau

Alternative 2

Cycle lane: Plattenbelag Betonstein 30/30, dunkelgrau, in Reihen versetzt, quer zur Fahrtrichtung With high contrast separation strip in mosaic form 10/10 (double row) und Sicherheitsstreifen Betonstein 30/30, grau Disability Officer, Reinecke

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Bollards, anthracite-coloured

Bollards, anthracite-coloured with contrast stripes

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BENCHES, METAL VARIANTS

A H K N R U

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Bollards

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Wastebasket

Pole

Bicycle stand

PROTOTYPE AREA ON KURT-HACKENBERG-PLATZ

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