Cochrane Transportation Management Masterplan

• Location: Town of Cochrane - Chile
• Client: Chilean Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications - CGM Engineers Ltd
• Total Area: 0,70 hectares / 1,73 acres
• Design: 2021-2024
• Service: Urban analysis, urban masterplanning, and urban/landscape design
• Key Designers: Juan Patricio Cáceres

Transportation management masterplans (TMM or PMGT) are tactical planning tools intended to promote the use of non-motorized means of transportation. In the process, TMM’s gather and distill large amounts of information regarding the territory and the transportation intended to be elaborated in subsequent phases -e.gr. the development of strategic transportation plans and/or the study of city ordinances. Cochrane TMM suggested several initiatives intended to solve some environmental issues raised by local communities -e.gr. the consolidation of the riverfronts of Tamango Creek and Cochrane River; the integration to the urban tissue of an existing network of public trails connecting the town with a national park nearby, among others. Of them, three were developed further within the scope of this project: (1) The design of a rational network of bike trails; (2) The restoration of the sidewalks surrounding the newly built hospital; and (3) The redesign of the streets connecting downtown with the new social housing developments located in the hills north of the city, incorporating a new design standard according to the severe winter conditions.