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19/04/2012
aldayjover wins the International Award for the Best Urban Integration Project of the International Association for Public Transportation for the 1st phase of the Urban Integration of Zaragoza Tramway

The urban integration of the Line 1 of Zaragoza Tramway, whose author is aldayjover architecture and landscape, has won the International Award for the Best Urban Integration, given by the International Association for Public Transportation (UITP). The award outstands the new culture of mobility of the tramway along with the renovation of the public spaces of Zaragoza. The renovation links the rest of public transportation networks, the implementation of the bicycle as a full performance mobility system, the intermodal nodes with buses, trains and car parking areas. The award will be delivered in a public ceremony in Warsaw (Poland) in May 9th.

 

The International Association for Public Transportation (UITP) is a world-wide organization aimed to cooperate in the development of public transportation, creation of partnerships and exchange of knowledge with 3,400 members of 92 countries.

 

The office aldayjover architecture and landscape is also author of the 2nd phase, nowadays under construction, to be finished in April 2013. The Phase 2 crosses the historic city center, solving the current conflicts between pedestrians, public and private transportation. Some of the most outstanding spaces of the city (Coso, Central Market, roman walls) are not holding vehicular traffic anymore. Pedestrians, bicycles and tramway as high efficiency, silent and clean public transportation will share the historic public spaces of Zaragoza.