The city of Santiago is on its way to be the first Dominican city to have a mobility plan, as a first step for the implementation of the Comprehensive Plan for Sustainable Urban Mobility, (PIMUS), under the city government of Mayor Abel Martínez.
Alberto Marín, senior urban mobility planner at the international consulting firm Idom, explained the main points of the Santiago city renewal project at a meeting at the Edificio Empresarial in Santo Domingo with municipal authorities, officers of the National Transit and Ground Transport Institute (Intrant), city councilors, business and public in general on Friday, 13 April 2018.
He said the PIMUS is a series of actions to rebalance the city’s transportation network to give all users the opportunity to navigate the city safely and efficiently. The plan calls for the creation of a network of streets that gives people the option to walk, bike, take transit or enjoy public spaces in an orderly manner.
Also participating in the meeting for the city of Santiago were José Manuel Villalona Sosa, director of Transit and Municipal Transport who highlighted the importance of the advances achieved in mobility so far and Juan Carlos Ortiz Abreu, president of the Council for Strategic Development of Santiago (CDES) who said the advances are timely for Santiago.
Reynaldo Peguero, director of the Council for the Strategic Development of Santiago (CDES), said the plan gives priority to pedestrians and people with limited mobility, urban cyclists and users of public transport as well as private vehicles. He said the plan is to serve as a model for a more humane city with more spaces for walking and enjoying the city. He highlighted the hundreds of public art in the city, the reduction by half of the outside advertising that obstructs the view, and the massive rescuing of public spaces in primary roads of the city, in addition to better signage of the main roads and avenues.
Participating in the plan are the developers of the Land Use Plan (POT), the Council for Strategic Development of Santiago (CDES), the Inter American Development Bank, the Idom consulting firm and the City Government of Santiago.
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Santiago City Government
Idom
17 April 2018
