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PEDESTRIAN



A pedestrian is a person travelling on foot,
whether walking or running. In modern times,
the term mostly refers to someone walking on
a road or footpath, but this was not the case
historically.



PEDESTRIANISATION


Efforts are underway by pedestrian advocacy
groups to restore pedestrian access to new
developments, especially to counteract newer
developments where 20 to 30 percent do not
include sidewalks.

Some activists advocate large auto-free zones
where pedestrians only or pedestrians and some
non motorised vehicles are allowed.


Pedestrian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrian



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PEDESTRIAN
FRIENDLY



In urban design, walkability is the measure
of the overall walking conditions in an area.

Factors which are commonly part of walkability
indices include land use mix, street connectivity,
residential density (residential units per area of
residential use), orientation and placement of
homes and buildings to watch over the street,
plenty of places to go to near the majority of
homes, street designs that work for people, not
just cars and retail floor area ratio.

Other factors which
are also believed to affect
walkability include:

access to mass transit,
presence and quality sidewalks,
buffers to moving traffic
(planter strips,
on-street parking or bike lanes)
pedestrian crossings,
aesthetics,
nearby local destinations,
air quality,
street furniture,
traffic flow,
wind conditions.


Pedestrian-friendly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrian-friendly



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CAR-FREE
ZONES



Car-free zones (also known as auto-free
zones and pedestrianised zones) are areas
of a city or town in which any automobile
traffic is prohibited.

They are instituted by communities who feel
that it is desirable to have areas not
dominated by the automobile. Converting a
street or an area to car-free use is called
pedestrianization.


Car-free zone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car-free_zone



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CAR-FREE
ZONES
LINKS



Car Free Life.com
http://www.carfreelife.com/

Car free.com
http://www.carfree.com/

Carfree areas worldwide, Autofrei Wohnen
http://www.autofrei-wohnen.de/

Community Cycles
http://CommunityCycles.org/



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PEDESTRIAN
FRIENDLY
COMMUNITY
LINKS



America Walks
http://americawalks.org/

The Green Guide
http://www.thegreenguide.com/

Holigent.org
http://www.holigent.org/

IBIKE
http://www.ibike.org/

LIVING STREETS
http://www.livingstreets.org.uk/

New Zealand Pedestrian Advocacy Group
http://www.livingstreets.org.nz/

PLANNERS WEB
http://www.plannersweb.com/

Planning Livable Communities
http://www.pedestrianfriendly.com/



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PRESERVE NET
http://www.preservenet.com/

Smart Growth
http://www.smartgrowth.org/

Street Parties
http://www.streetparty.org.uk/

Sustainable Measures
http://www.sustainablemeasures.com/

Sunward Cohousing Community
http://www.sunward.org/

Transportation Alternatives
http://www.transalt.org/

US Pedestrian advocacy group
http://www.pedinroads.org/

Ultramarathons
http://www.ultramarathonworld.com/

Walkable Communities
http://www.walkable.org/

World Changing
http://www.worldchanging.com/



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