THE CONTROVERSIAL QUESTION OF THE PEDESTRIANIZATION OF CITY CENTRES

LA CONTROVERSA QUESTIONE DELLA PEDONALIZZAZIONE DEI CENTRI STORICI

IN DISCUSSING THE PEDESTRIANIZATION OF CITY CENTRES TO RELIEVE TRAFFIC CONGESTION, THIS ARTICLE IDENTIFIES TWO BASIC TYPES OF CITY CENTRE: MEDIAEVAL CENTRES WHICH WERE NOT DESIGNED FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AND WHERE PEDESTRIANIZATION IS NOT ONLY POSSIBLE, BUT ALSO DESIRABLE AND IN SOME CASES COMPULSORY, AND MODERN OR MODERNIZED CENTRES WHERE PEDESTRIANIZATION HAS TO BE CONSIDERED AS AN ADDITION TO THEIR LOGICAL STRUCTURE. THE PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT OF THE PIAZZA DEL DUOMO, MILAN, ITALY, IS BRIEFLY DESCRIBED, AS BEING AN EXAMPLE WHICH MIGHT INFLUENCE THE PEDESTRIANIZATION PLANS FOR OTHER CITY CENTRES.

• Corporate Authors:

  Automobile Club d'Italia

  Via Marsala 8
  00185 Rome,   Italy 

  Communications Society

  345 East 47th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017
• Authors:
  • Galante, P
• Publication Date: 1974-1-2

Language

• Undetermined

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 20-35
• Serial:
  • Automobilismo e Automobilismo Industriale
  • Issue Number: 1-2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Central business districts; City planning; Pedestrian areas; Pedestrian malls; Traffic congestion
• Geographic Terms: Italy
• ITRD Terms: 8051: Italy; 341: Pedestrian precinct; 311: Town centre; 354: Town planning
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00083138
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 1 1975 12:00AM