PLANNING FOR PEDESTRIANS

ONE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF SEPARATING PEDESTRIANS FROM VEHICLES HAS BEEN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PEDESTRIAN 'CENTERS'; ANOTHER HAS BEEN AN ASSORTMENT OF DEVICES, DEPENDING ON POPULATION AND CIRCULATION DENSITY, IN URBAN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. MANY DESIGN PROPOSALS FOR LARGE-SCALE URBAN RENEWAL ARE BASED, HOWEVER, ON STATIC CONCEPTS OF THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG BUILDINGS, TRAFFIC, AND LINKS. AS A CONTRIBUTION TO STUDIES AIMED AT INCREASING ACCESSIBILITY, THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN EXISTING CENTRAL AREAS FROM THE STANDPOINTS OF PLANNING THE OVERALL FRAMEWORK, DESIGNING THE VARIOUS PARTS, AND OPERATING OR MANAGING THE WHOLE. THE SUBJECTS TREATED UNDER THE FIRST HEADING ARE MOVEMENT PATTERNS, DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF SUPERPOSING LAND VIABILITY OVER THE PATTERN OF BUSINESS ACTIVITY; UNDER THE SECOND, PEDESTRIAN PATHS AND NODES, PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES, MAPS AND ROUTE DIRECTIONS, AND MAINTENANCE AND PROGRAMMING; UNDER THE LAST, EMERGENCY ACCESS, SECURITY PROVISIONS, SERVICING FACILITIES, PUBLIC UTILITIES, LEGAL AND FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS, AND MERCHANTS' ATTITUDES.

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  • https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021808855?urlappend=%3Bseq=65
• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

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  Washington, DC  United States  20005
• Authors:
  • ANTONIOU, J
• Publication Date: 1971-1

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 55-71
• Serial:
  • Traffic Quarterly
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0041-0713

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Pedestrian malls; Pedestrian vehicle interface; Traffic conflicts; Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223452
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 25 2001 12:00AM