Ring Utrecht
Research project on how to improve traffic congestion without damaging the historic structures along the New Dutch Waterline, a military defensework built around 1880. An in-depth traffic study revealed that instead of building a new freeway, adding underpasses to the existing roadways improved traffic congestion without any significant impact on the existing environment.
Location
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Client
Year
Type
Utrecht, Netherlands
Must | www.must.nl
Projectbureau Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie
2009-2010
Research, Transportation and Transit Oriented Design, Historic Landscape
Research & vision
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Slower speed limits improve traffic flow and intersections need much
less space, which means more space for nature, cycling, water connections and saving historic structures.
Reconnection
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A park on top of the freeway improves the relationship between Utrecht East and the nearby landscape
