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Vienna's first pedestrian zone on the Graben (2018) Pedestrian mall in Lima, Peru. Pedestrian zones (also known as auto-free zones and car-free zones, as pedestrian precincts in British English, [1] and as pedestrian malls in the United States and Australia) are areas of a city or town restricted to use by people on foot or human-powered transport such as bicycles, with non-emergency motor ...
Venice has a pedestrian zone covering c. 726.8 ha out of c. 798 ha (c. 91%) of its historic city centre. [1] [2] [3]This is a list of pedestrian zones: urban streets where vehicle traffic has been restricted or eliminated for pedestrian use only. [4]
Pedestrian malls are streets that have limited or prohibited motor vehicle access, with the intent to create a walking zone. This may be done to create a safer environment in areas that have high pedestrian traffic, to reduce the noise and pollution levels, or to increase exercise levels by encouraging walking. [12]
Pedestrian zone – Urban car-free area reserved for pedestrian use; Permeability (spatial and transport planning) – Freedom of movement of traffic; Smart city – City using integrated information and communication technology; Sustainable transport – Transport with sustainable social and environmental impacts; Transit mall – Urban street ...
Automotive city – Urban planning prioritising automobiles; Bicycle-friendly – Urban planning prioritising cycling; Carfree city – Urban area absent of motor vehicles; List of car-free places; Pedestrian zone – Urban car-free area reserved for pedestrian use; Pedestrian village – Urban planning for mixed-use areas prioritising pedestrians
The Standard for urban residential area planning and design (GB 50180–2018), a national standard that came into effect in 2018, stipulates four levels of residential areas: 15-min pedestrian-scale neighborhood, 10-min pedestrian-scale neighborhood, 5-min pedestrian-scale neighborhood, and a neighborhood block.
Oct. 4—Citing "staggering statistics" when it comes to pedestrian fatalities in Bakersfield, the local Blue Zones Project is joining an ongoing effort to make Bakersfield a safer place for ...
Esplanade – Long, open, level area near a river or larger water body; Pedestrian zone – Urban car-free area reserved for pedestrian use; Transit-oriented development – Urban planning prioritising transit; Transit village – Urban planning prioritising transit and pedestrians