Oslo. Rethinking City Fringe Highways Hovinbyen and Østre Aker Vei Projects
OSLO. RETHINKING CITY FRINGE HIGHWAYS HOVINBYEN AND ØSTRE AKER VEI PROJECTS DECEMBER 2020 6.20.03 978 2 7371 2227 9 institutparisregion.fr OSLO RETHINKING CITY FRINGE HIGHWAYS HOVINBYEN & ØTRE AKER VEI PROJECTS Case Study Report for the METREX From Roads to Streets Expert Group December 2020 L’INSTITUT PARIS REGION 15, rue Falguière 75740 Paris cedex 15 Tél. : + 33 (1) 77 49 77 49 - Fax : + 33 (1) 77 49 76 02 www.en.institutparisregion.fr Chief Executive Officer: Fouad Awada Head of Urban Planning, Development and Territories Department: Cécile Diguet Research by Paul Lecroart, Senior Urbanist (Project Leader) and Tanya Sam Ming, Architect-Urbanist Mapping by Théo Bendahan and Tanya Sam Ming Research reference: 6.20.003 Front Page Image: © Institut Paris Region. When quoting from the document, please mention the source: Paul Lecroart and Tanya Sam Ming / Oslo. Rebuilding the Highway-City. Hovinbyen & Øtre Aker Vei Projects / L'Institut Paris Region, December 2020. Acknowledgments Special thanks for their contribution to this report to: Pernille Grimeland Røsvik, Project and Quality Coordinator, Agency for Planning & Building, City of Oslo Jørn Roar Moe, Urban Planner, Head of Urban Planning, Agency for Planning & Building, City of Oslo Elin Hoff Johansen, Project Leader Hovinbyen, Agency for Planning & Building, City of Oslo Eli Nakken Lundquist, Senior Advisor, Urban planning, Viken County Council Contents FOREWORD CONVERTING HIGHWAYS, RETHINKING CITIES ……………………3 OSLO. REDESIGNING FRINGE HIGHWAYS HOVINBYEN & ØTRE AKER VEI PROJECTS ......................................................... 9 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 11 1. Background: a fast-growing city-region ......................................................... 12 1.1 Oslo’s highway network: 1925 - 2015................................................................ 12 1.2 Impact of growth on mobility ............................................................................
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