This guide to good practice underground space presents a selection of the showcases identified in the course of many meetings, discussions, workshops and conferences held between July 2005 and December 2007. The selection focuses on how a strategic use of underground space can facilitate sustainable modes of transportation and mobility in urban and rural areas.
Over time, we became aware of five reoccurring aspects. Is there a specific 'motive' that characterises the specific showcase? Is the kind of 'mobility' a project facilitates innovative or not? Is the decision-making 'process' exemplary? Did the 'realisation' of the project develop a special construction or design? And finally: Is the 'result' genuinely extraordinary? We assess which of the projects stands out in terms of motive, mobility, process, realisation or and result.
The guide presents various project like:
Many of these projects are still under development. For this reason, the guide describes value and meaning in a general sense. Specific or detailed information tends to be a rapidly ageing snapshot anyway. Instead, the guide is intended to provide directions on what aspects and projects to pay attention to in the next couple of years. They may very well represent the shape of things to come.
