Making Liveable and Sustainable Major Urban Streets: The Case of Begin Road in Tel-Aviv – Jaffa

This paper discusses the struggle to create a new major urban street that will help liveability and sustainability in the city of Tel-Aviv. Begin Road used to be a major inter-urban road linking the center of Tel-Aviv with its eastern and northern suburbs. With the construction of the Ayalon Freeway, the new suburban rail system sharing the same corridor, and the planned light rail subway that will run underneath it, Begin Road is undergoing a process of change. It is being transformed into the future main street of the Tel-Aviv CBD. This paper discusses the functions of major urban streets, the detrimental effects of modern traffic engineering practices and the need to revive these streets. This theoretical background guided the design of alternatives for Begin Road. Each alternative has its merits and drawbacks with regard to creating complex major streets and a functioning pedestrian realm. The paper also discusses some of the problems of creating such streets in the current regulatory and professional context.

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• Authors:
  • Rofe, Y
  • Shliselberg, Rebecca
  • Szeinuk, M
  • Adiv, R
  • Ishaq, R
• Conference:
  • 4th International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability (The Sustainable City)
  • Location: Tallinn , Estonia
  • Date: 2006-7-17 to 2006-7-19
• Publication Date: 2006-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: pp 551-560
• Monograph Title: Sustainable City IV. Urban Regeneration and Sustainability

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; City planning; Highway design; Livability; Pedestrian movement; Public transit; Subways; Sustainable development; Transportation planning; Urban design; Urban development; Urban transportation
• Geographic Terms: Tel Aviv (Israel)
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Society; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01042641
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1845640403
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 1 2007 8:39AM