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are not paying attent ionto the opion of the citi z ien s . . .

even nowadays they are not paying attent ion

to the opion of the citi z ien s . . .

even nowadays they

...But at the end it’s just

the last one.

and the winner is...

Most important gre

en areas

5000m2- 2500m2 g

reen area

2500m2- 500m2 gr

een area

500m2- 50m2 gree

n area

35%of the green areas of Alicante

are in a roundabout.

since 50 years

since 30 years

since 15 years

12-10 accidents per

year

1-2 accidents per

year

9-6 accidents per

year

5-3 accidents per

year

green area in rounda

bouts

the green is not we

ll-distributed. The g

reat amount of roun

dabouts can be tak

en as an opportunit

y to “spread” the gree

n.

That’s

45000m2 out of 130000m2

evolution in time

the oldest

roundabaouts

are in the historic

part of Alicante,

but the new ones

have the greatest

amount of green a

rea.

accidents in roundabo

uts

More than 25000 v

ehicles

25000- 15000 veh

icles

15000- 5000 vehic

les

Less than 5000 veh

icles

the greatest amoun

t of accidents happ

en in ring roads of Alica

nte

accidents ocurred

last year (2012)

trips in car

density of vehicles

schools and other e

ducational facilities

health facilities

Moreover, som

e of them ar

e part of th

e historic heri

tage of Alican

te.

trips due to work i

ssues

That means that we can’t access to the 1/3 of the green.

roundabouts

hall of fame

popularity is not related

with the age of the roundabout

42%of the

trips in Alican

te are made

by car.

great amount of

vehicles related w

ith

great amount of

accidents

hospitals

health local center

more than

of the schools

have a round

about in a ra

dius of 500m (avera

ge)

60%

90%of the he

alth facilities have a

roundabout nearby

in certain roundabo

uts the traffic exce

ed the amount of

25000 vehicles per day

The roundabouts w

ith more traffic hav

e obviuosly

a greater amount

of accidents

a car (as an ave

rage) throws

200gr CO2 per k

ilometerecological issues

25000 cars th

row 5000 kg CO

2

and that’s only in a roundabout !!!

the huge amount

of traffic in Alicant

e comes from the

poor use of public

tranportation

Alicante, “the city

for cars”

42%11%

38%9%

we blink 25000 times in a daythat can be

absorbed by

the green in

roundabouts

from th

is analy

sis we

conclu

de...

of the trips in Alic

ante are made be

cause of work

60%

great part of worker

s

comes from other citie

s,

so the entrance of

the city(mostly reg

ulated

by a roundabout)

is so important

let’s summ

arize...

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we base

our choice

in these

urban

theories:

VISIBILITY

OF THE CIT

Y

getting a soc

ial sustanaibl

e space by c

oherence and

continuity of

the city.

ROUNDABOUT

S AS “POROSI

TY POINTS”

for the city.

A roundabout

is an “empty

” space that

can be used

as an attract

ion point

of the

differents act

ivities in Alica

nte. They ab

sorb the div

ersity of socia

l

experience

. So roundabo

uts are at t

he same time

porosity poin

ts

and a bounda

ry between

separated dis

tricts.

roundabouts

and their

connections

porosity

BUS OR OTHER

20%

CAR OR SIMILAR 75%

BIKES OR

MOTOS 5%

PEDESTRIAN

FROM OUR

HOUSES

more t

han fou

r metre

s

alwaysstatic

continuous

55”- 25”partially

vehicles

half quarter0.5”

no more

than t

wo met

res

20 ”around

vehicles

3”the siz

e of yo

ur bike

37”- stoparound

continuous

two me

tres

30”around

vehicles

two me

tres

25”

time that takes y ou to go around what you use to see if you find it

the objects that ca n block your visual contact

50º

9º

PER

SONCAR

BUS

BI KE

HOM

ECAR

BIKE

PERSON

B U S

BIKE CAR

BUS

H OME

PERSON

vehicles higher than c

ar like BUSES

PRIVILENDGE view f

rom above

and MODERATE speed

to see almost 360º

CARS are the most di

sadvantaged

limitated ANGLE and

ATTENTION on the

road

motorbikes or BIKES

RIGHT speed to perc

eive it

dangerous and RISK

from our HOUSES

static and complete v

iew

MONOTONY

innumerable PEDESTRI

ANS

PERFECT situation to

enjoy it

they PASS BY it neve

r stop

We asked several groups of people about roundabouts in alicante to try to get a

general idea about what people really think about and if they notice their

presence in the everyday life.

the citizen is supposed to be the origen of all the development

lol n1_brit a revolving circular platform provided with wooden animals, seats, etc, on which people ride for amusement; merry-go-round2_a road junction in which traffic streams circulate around a central islandUS and Canadian name: traffic circleadjindirect or circuitous; deviousadv , prep round abouton all sides:

The operating and entry characteristics of old historical circles differs considerably from modern roundabouts. The first British circular junction was built in Letchworth Garden City in 1909. Contrary to modern roundabouts, its centre originally was intended partly as a traffic island for pedestrians.

of roundabouts Phase IIMªAng

eles Reina

res, Alba R

omero, Ire

ne Roca

19.07.13CAÑADAOPENINGThis roundabout has been choosen to represent the history of shoes of Villena.There will built a sculpture which repre-sent that by a famous artist of the area.36.000 €

01.03.13TORREVIEJASOCIAL OPORTUNITYIn a roundabout of 500 m2, it has been placed a minikart race to get money (2€ per round) for the society close to it.36.000 €

19.03.13BENIDORMOPENINGThe city wants to dedicate a roundabout to Raphael, because of his participation in the Song Festival. The design is already done but the is not agreement to definitly spend the money on that.

30.08.13 ALICANTEDEMOLITIONAfter 7 years the company “Jost” should demolish the roundabout in Av.Cortes Valencianas, because the urban councillor has considered ilegal.The company can’t afford the cost for that so now the goverment should take part of it.41000 euros

18.09.13 ELDA AND MONOVARREPARATIONThe municipal workers fix the damages of the roundabout, the reason was the wild vegetation which growed there.With this action they would “clean the face” of the town.

01.09.13 ALMORADISOCIAL CONFLICTS There is a passive action of the admis-nistration about integration programs for prostitutes in the society.For that reason, they are invading some public areas in the twon like rounda-bouts, which is annoying the neighbou-rhood.

01.09.13 ALICANTEOPENINGAfter eighteen months under construction because of the new AVE infraestructure, the roundabout in the Capitán General Gutiérrez Mellado is finished.This street will be an impor-tant axis in the famous alicant railway project.

SOCIAL

ECOLOGY

CULTURE

01.06.13 ORIHUELATRAFFIC CONFLITS One new roundabout is built in Orihuela toimprove the traffic in the street named Calle del Sol , but they were not doing this is a proper way because there are many protest about the difficulty of drive there, due to the small size of this.

10.06.13 ElCHE OPENINGThe roundabout named Jose Esquino has been dedi-cated to the Elche football club so if you go there you could see a monolish with their named. The club is very proud of this award, because ever-yone who get to the town would be able to see it.

02.06.13ALICANTESOCIAL PROTESTThe citiziens of La Aparecida are really disapointed with the constructionsof the new roundabout in the road N-340. It’s now forteen years since they started to build it.300.000 €

06.06.13ALICANTENEIGHBOURHOOD REQUESTThe citiziens are agains the new native flowers in the roundabout,c ause of the smell that it produces.This roundabout is in Av.Juan XXIII

19.07.13ALICANTEOPENINGFor years the neighbourhood of San Gabriel was

asking for a roundabout to improve the road

safety due to the high speed of the cars in

their streets.The roundabout is temporary, in case it work,

more money will be invested on that.

15.06.13 BENIDORMREPARATION The town has spent a huge amount of

money fixing one of the fonts most impor-

tant. It is placed in one of the entrance

of the touristic city, so it have to be

always ready for the visitors.

1.200.000 €

15.10.13 ALICANTENEW PROJECT The Milenio Roundabout with the Lastres’

sculpture, is one of the landmarks in the

city. The government proposes to create a public

square with benches and bicycle path.

120.000 euros

16.10.13 ALICANTEPROTEST The Compromis’ secretary demands the

cancellation of the new project about Mile-

nio roundabout.Such a big amount of money should be

invested in improving another urban pro-

blems like the traffic lights in Pedro Duque.

120.000 euros

“ This is the most boring

place i have never seen... ”

“ What the fuck is that shit

in front of my house ! “

“ It’s sooo... pretty, I want to die ! ”

PEOPLE PER ROUNDABOUT

23000 people

29000 people

18000 people

20000 people

17500 people

22000 people

2704 roundabouts6,2 mill. inhabitants





856 roundabouts1,8 roundabouts

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Alicante is the fourth province with the higher number of roundabouts (920), 46 only in Alicante.

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Do you think there is a better solution for the traffic

problem?

Trade and repair of vehiclesConstructionIndustryScientistHealthTransportAdministrationHotel industry

55,2 Industrial zone

% Distrito centroBarrio

Ensanche

Mercado San Blas

Ciudad de AsisBenalua- La Florida

San Gabriel

Los Angeles

Carolinas

11 %

12 %

6,3 %

4,4 %4,4 %

14 %

11,3 %

6,9 %

3,7 %

1,2 %

% ov

er the to

tal rev

enue

Average over the sector revenue

€

More tha

n 50% of the economy is based on ...

Lets go o

n in deep...

THE 80% OF THE CITIZENS HAVE REALLY PRESENTS THE ROUNDABOUTS IN THEIR DIARY LIFE

Citizens

Citizens

Council

Roundabouts

Artist

City

Traffic

Maintenance

To be c

ontinu

ed..

.

hospit

al - potenc

ial 1

local health center - potencial 3

local health center - potencial 3

schools - potencial 1



green area Via parque - potencial 3parque Lo Morant - potential 1

dangerous road - potencial 2

dangero

us road

- potencial 2 The

chosen rou

ndabout is

the junc

tion with

the stree

ts “Avenid

a Periodist

a

Rodolfo Sa

lazar” and

“Alonso C

ano”

it’s a bou

ndary bet

ween diffe

rent areas

Garbinet

Carolinas

We value the attractions in our area with a scale from (1 more attraction, 4 less attraction)

comercial area - potencial 1

justication of the choice

site plan

G A R B I N E T

C A R O L I N A S

A LT O Z A N OL O S Á N G E L E S

L O M O R A N T

N O U A L A C A N T

Avenida Periodista Rodolfo Salazar

Calle Alonso Cano

V I S T A H E R M O S A

MATERIAL1.348 €

VEGETATION55.564 €

VEHICLES144.441 €

EQUIPMENT9.953 €

GENERAL COST

WORKERS642.039 €

GRAPHIC OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS

ROUNDABOUT

POOR ROUNDABOUT

GRASS TREES

MONUMENTS

GRASS

3 €/h

FOUNTAIN: RECLYCED FROM EDAR

IRRIGATION: 825,00 €

GARDENER

COUNCILOR4.700 €/month

75 €/m2

7 €/m2

15 €/m2

SIGNALS 10.845,98 €

GENERAL CONSTRUCTIONS 8.793,60 €

LABOUR4 €/h

GRASS

CONCRETE

GRAVEL

2.569,00 €

BASIC PUBLIC LIGHTING

VEGETATION10.807 €

FOUNTAIN285.000 €

MONUMENTS: 57.954 €

2.300.000 €

* Approximated budget from: Catral roundabout, BOE 314,Informacion Newspaper.

REPARATION: 1.200.000 €

the roundabout has all the EXPENSIVE ELEMENTS that we can find:

+ + +the roundabout has the BASIC stuffs that TRAFFIC needs:

+

+

IS IT NECESSARY

CITIZIENS

TRAFFIC

YES

YES

NO

NOmake themtransitable!

use the moneyfor something else

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