[NYTr] Havana's Urban Manifesto Presented at International Convention
 
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 04:22:40 -0500 (CDT)

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Havana's Urban Manifesto Presented at International Convention

Havana, Nov 1 (acn) The Havana 2007 Urban Manifesto will be presented 
on Thursday at the 2nd International Convention on Territorial 
Distribution and Urbanization underway in this capital since Tuesday.

The document aims to set an alternative program of sustainable urban 
development which includes improvements for pedestrians, cyclists and 
the public transportation network.

It also takes in measures against the negative effects of dense traffic 
areas in the cities through the reduction of main streets and the use 
of beltways instead of traffic lights.

Specialist at the International Seminar on Havana's Urban Development

(SeDUT) Cuban-Swiss project, Rene Lechleiter, noted that the Cuban 
capital privileges social collective institutions and manages to 
establish the equilibrium between downtown and periphery.

The SeDUT project is part of the United Nation's North-South 
cooperation program, specially referred to the Habitat International 
Coalition agency, which has been studying Havana's mobility and its 
transportation network since 2004.
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