Christiaan Kwantes
mobility strategist
My focus: applying mobility interventions to make city districts, cities, and regions healthier, more sustainable, and more attractive. Good mobility and infrastructure solutions emerge in the long term; they require thinking ahead over sometimes decades. This is why I often describe my role within teams as a mobility strategist.
With over 20 years of experience, within Goudappel I have a wide range of responsibilities. I serve as a key expert in Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs), leading multiple SUMP-projects for 100,000 plus cities. As a trainer, I have experience throughout all corners of Europe in coaching mobility experts within the framework of the European Commission’s SUMP program.
In addition, I work closely with colleagues on concrete urban challenges, such as the transformation and densification of neighborhoods. Dutch examples include the Merwede Canal Area in Utrecht, Hamer Quarter in Amsterdam, and the Central Innovation District in The Hague.
My experience also extends to complex infrastructure projects. Together with my team, I provided the mobility analysis for an alternative to the national highway widening project A27 near Utrecht. This also included presentations, for example to the Dutch national parliament. In Amsterdam, I contributed as a member of the Advisory Committee for a new river crossing over the IJ. And in the dutch city of Groningen, we provided strategic guidance on a car-reduced future for the area of the main trainstation.
My role in teams can be summarized with terms as providing inspiration and finding direction, designing ambitious mobility interventions, communicating these clearly and convincingly to all types of stakeholders and decision-makers, and strong and simple visual and written communication.
