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YOUR HOMETOWN IS © Riikka Hurri Growing Helsinki aims to be the most functional city in the world, and to grow sustainably. On the following pages, you can find brief descriptions of the most significant planning, transportation and park projects that © Roni Rekomaa will be actively planned during the latter half of 2018. Take part and have your voice heard! Keep an eye on planning processes Try the map Say it on social media 1. 3. 5. At www.hel.fi/urbanenvironment you can obtain in- New projects may start during the year. The Helsin- You can comment on many projects in the Kerrokan- formation and subscribe to newsletters (mainly in ki Map Service (kartta.hel.fi) provides information tasi service (kerrokantasi.hel.fi). The Urban Environ- Finnish). You can also take a look at any material on about new planning projects, as well as smaller pro- ment Division is also available on Twitter, Facebook display at Laituri and also often at libraries located in jects and those in the finishing phase that are not and Instagram. You can find us athel.fi/some . the area. included in this publication. Visit Laituri Ask and discuss 2. 4. At information and exhibition space Laituri, you can ob- You can meet project planners, for example, during tain personal information about city planning. You can planning and resident events and by setting up a per- also host your own events there. Laituri will be open sonal appointment. The Urban Environment Division’s in Kamppi until the end of the year (address Narinkka customer service number is 09 310 22111. 2). After this, you can take part in the development of the city environment at Helsinki Central Library Oodi, where a whole new space for interaction will opened in December. Cinque Palazzi won the idea competition for Hakaniemenranta. Its best ideas Carbon- will be used in further planning processes. neutral © Harris–Kjisik Architects and VSU maisema-arkkitehdit Oy Helsinki The goal of Helsinki is to be car- bon neutral by 2035. This requires that greenhouse gas emissions de- crease significantly. A team of experts has proposed 143 actions that help to achieve this goal. These are related, for exam- ple, to energy-efficient construc- tion, a notable increase in the pro- duction of renewable energy, and the promotion of public transporta- tion, walking and bicycling. Helsinki can only become car- bon neutral with the help of people living in Helsinki. What environmen- tal action are you going to take? Share it and take part in the con- versation! #hiilineutraalihelsinki www.stadinilmasto.fi Growing beneath the surface A new underground master plan is being prepared for Helsinki. The aim is to prepare for future needs for underground construction and ensure that there is sufficient space for key societal projects. The first underground master plan of Helsinki entered into force in 2011. The new plan draft is ex- pected to be completed in 2019. Picking up In Helsinki, the pace traffic investments We are thinking big about an urban Helsinki. A new architectural pro- and land use always gramme will be prepared for Hel- sinki in 2018–2020. walk hand in hand. This year, we will be talking about Helsinki’s silhouette, tall buildings, city centre, streets and squares. Next year, we will focus on a good life, networked city, supple- Building new mentary construction, parks and boulevards. Helsinki in hubs In the future, Helsinki will be a more Administrative Court. However, plan- motorways turned into urban boule- densely built city with individual dis- ning processes based on the master vards. tricts, and it will also cherish its val- plan are making progress proactively. The idea is that, over the next uable nature. Guidelines on the direc- In Helsinki, traffic investments 15 years, the planning of large con- tion of growth have been defined in and land use always walk hand in struction areas and major traffic in- the Helsinki master plan. It is a long- hand. Supplementary construction vestments focuses on Malmi Airport, term plan that steers more detailed is increasing, particularly in hubs of Tuusulanväylä, Vihdintie, Jokeri Light land use planning. rail traffic. The Helsinki of the future Rail and Laajasalo areas. This has The master plan approved in 2016 will have several centres connected been proposed in the master plan im- is not yet legally valid, as appeals are by rail traffic. The expansion of the plementation programme which will still being processed at the Supreme city centre is also planned alongside be presented to the City Board. yleiskaava.fi • hel.fi > city strategy © Koponen + Hildén Oy VANTAA a n a a b a n n e a ä a M ne m n lm b Ka ä a o Kulosaaren silta y enbaan nbaa - i n y Malm a k r a a m J ä m a en e n s a b a a a a b o s n t i a o n j Baana gets h e o L P you there a Vi n Metsälänbaana ikinb a Pi a a a An extensive network of Baana bi- tä n ana b jä a t ä Haaganbaana nm a I cycle corridors and a bicycle net- ä b en n work in the city centre are being b a a i a b built in Helsinki. These corridors n a a r K also offer straight, fast and even- A e s paced routes for long distances. k u ila nbaana Vuosaarenbaana The street planning of Itäbaana and s as - P the preliminary general planning of Va M p l u l Länsibaana will start in 2018. u P i n i l a a o Laajasalonbaana k s n n t b a In addition to the Baana corri- k h aa b a i o na ä a n j t n b I o a dors, the bicycle network will be im- ie a i a m s b a proved particularly in the city cen- b Kuusisaaren- e n a n a i s t o tre. For example, one-way bicycle baana a b r n a a a lanes will be planned for the Laut- a S a n tasaari bridge, and they will be built a during the bridge modernisation. aana nsib More than half of people living in ESPOO Lä Helsinki Helsinki use a bicycle at least once a week outside the snow season. already has 150 Roughly ten per cent of all travel 0 1 2 km is covered using a bicycle, and the city bike stations. goal is to increase this figure to 15 per cent by 2020. Helsinki already has 150 city bike stations, and new stations will be Fast trams are planned particularly in eastern and News for northern Helsinki. Residents of Hel- sinki will be able to express their Helsinkiin rakennetaan pyörä- leveillä baanoilla ohittaminen on helppoa. on their way motorists opinions on the locations of these liikenteenFast trams have runkoväylien higher speeds than – baanojen ga. The general– planTavoite for railon, lines että inbaanoilla Currently, on pyöräilylle the city decides tilaa in detailed new stations by responding to a verkkoa.regular trams Kun that usuallybaanaverkko operate on on westernvalmis, Helsinki neljäalso includes metriä. a new planning how many parking spaces map questionnaire. City bikes in need to be built at minimum. This the Helsinki and Espoo regions are Helsingissäa separate lane. Currently,on 160 threekilometriä light citypika tram- line from EiraBaanat to Munkkinie ovat lähtökohtaisesti- kaksi- rail projects are being planned acti- mi via Kamppi and Töölö. year, it will be investigated how Hel- available through a bicycle-sharing pyöräväyliä,vely: Jokeri Light jotkaRail, Crown yhdistävät Bridges suurim- suuntaisia pyöräteitä,sinki jotka could on eroteltutake a step sel towards- a re- system. The right of use can be ac- matand Vihdintie asuin- light ja rail.työpaikka-alueet.Faster city tramskeästi muusta ajoneuvoliikenteestä.gional market-based Baana parking system, quired for one day, one week or the Jokeri Light Rail will be the first The network of regular city trams will without making compromises over entire bicycle season. voi kulkea lyhyen matkaa myös rauhallisella light rail line in Helsinki. Its construc- also grow. In 2018, a decision is expe- competitiveness and availability. Baanattion will tarjoavatstart in 2019. suoria, The line nopeita will be ja tasacted- to be made kadulla,to build a pyöräkaistalla tram line taiThe yksisuuntaisella expansion of the network of vauhtisiabuilt between reittejä, Itäkeskus ja ne and tekevät Keilanie pyöräilystä- from Kalasatama pyörätiellä. to Pasila via Jalankulku Valli- public erotellaan charging baanoilla stations for electric mi, and it will replace bus line 550. The lanlaakso. The new line would operate cars is also being planned. The city entistäplan is tohoukuttelevamman convert bus line 560 vaihtoehdon later in 2024. myös aina pyöräliikenteestä.is planning a competition for next pidemmilläinto Jokeri Light matkoilla. Rail 2 from Pyöräily Myyrmäki baanalla onThe goal of the tramBaanat development kulkevat sekäautumn kaupunkimai to enable -the construction to Vuosaari via Malmi. of charging stations in more than 20 miellyttävää myös hitaammille polkijoille,programme sillä is to sessaimprove ympäristössä the speed, että viheralueilla. Crown Bridges will connect Laa- functionality and reliability of trams. new locations. jasalo to Kalasatama and the city This goal will be reached by reducing 18centre via rail lines and bridges.Helsingin Its kaupunkidelays caused by traffic lights, by imp- construction is expected to start in roving separation from other forms 2020. of traffic and, in certain situations, by The first light rail lines in accor- extending distances between stops. dance with the new master plan will These new principles will apply, for be built on urban boulevards on Vih- example, to the Mäkelänkatu moder- dintie and Tuusulanväylä.