- "Pedestrian zones are areas of a city or town reserved for pedestrian-only use and in which most or all automobile traffic is prohibited."
Designing and improving footpaths, sidewalks, cycle tracks and other infrastructure to accommodate pedestrians and cyclists safely and efficiently.
Urban planning and design: This topic covers the foundational principles of urban planning and design, which are crucial to creating safe and functional pedestrian and bicycle facilities.
Traffic engineering: Understanding the concepts of traffic engineering, such as traffic flow, capacity, and safety, is important for designing and implementing effective pedestrian and bicycle facilities.
Active transportation planning: Active transportation refers to any mode of transportation that involves physical activity, such as walking, cycling, or using a wheelchair. This topic focuses on how to plan and design facilities that encourage and support active transportation.
Complete streets: Complete streets is a design approach that aims to create streets that are safe and accessible for all users, including pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists. This topic covers the principles and practices of complete streets design.
Multi-modal transportation: Multi-modal transportation refers to the use of multiple modes of transport, such as walking, cycling, public transit, and driving, to get from one place to another. This topic covers the design and implementation of facilities that accommodate multiple modes of transportation.
Accessibility and universal design: Accessibility and universal design ensure that pedestrian and bicycle facilities are physically accessible to all users, including people with disabilities, seniors, and children. This topic covers the principles and practices of accessible and universal design.
Bicycle and pedestrian safety: Safety is a key concern when designing pedestrian and bicycle facilities. This topic covers the best practices for creating safe facilities, such as separated bike lanes, crosswalks, and traffic calming measures.
Traffic calming: Traffic calming measures are designed to reduce the speed of traffic and improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists. This topic covers the different types of traffic calming measures, such as speed humps, roundabouts, and chicanes.
Signalization and signage: Signalization and signage are important components of pedestrian and bicycle facilities. This topic covers the different types of traffic signals and signs that are used to enhance safety and improve traffic flow.
Bike share programs: Bike share programs are becoming increasingly popular in urban areas. This topic covers the planning, design, and implementation of bike share programs, as well as their benefits and challenges.
Crosswalks: Marked areas on the road that indicate where pedestrians should cross.
Sidewalks: Paved walkways for pedestrians adjacent to roads.
Pedestrian Bridges: Overpasses specifically designed for pedestrians to cross over obstacles such as busy roads or rivers.
Pedestrian Tunnels: Underground walkways for pedestrians to cross under obstacles such as busy roads or railways.
Curb Ramps: Sloping sections of sidewalk to make it easier for people using wheelchairs, strollers, or walking aids to cross at intersections.
Pedestrian Signals: Traffic signals that indicate when it is safe to cross the street for pedestrians.
Pedestrian Refuges: Raised islands in the middle of the road that give pedestrians a place to wait before crossing.
Bike Lanes: Narrow lanes on the road designated for bicycles.
Protected Bike Lanes: Separated bike lanes with physical barriers, such as a row of parked cars or flexible bollards, to protect cyclists from vehicle traffic.
Bicycle Boulevards: Streets with low traffic volumes and speeds designated for cyclists.
Multi-Use Trails: Paved or unpaved paths that are shared by pedestrians and cyclists.
Sharrows: Shared lane markings that indicate where cyclists should ride on the road.
Bicycle Signals: Traffic signals that indicate when it is safe for cyclists to proceed through an intersection.
Bicycle Parking: Designated areas for parking bicycles, such as bicycle racks or secure bike lockers.
- "Converting a street or an area to pedestrian-only use is called pedestrianisation."
- "Pedestrianisation usually aims to provide better accessibility and mobility for pedestrians." - "Pedestrianisation aims to enhance the amount of shopping and other business activities in the area." - "Pedestrianisation aims to improve the attractiveness of the local environment in terms of aesthetics, air pollution, noise, and crashes involving motor vehicles with pedestrians."
- "In some cases, traffic in surrounding areas may increase, due to displacement, rather than substitution of car traffic."
- "Pedestrianisation schemes are often associated with significant falls in local air and noise pollution and in accidents."
- "Pedestrianisation schemes are frequently associated with increased retail turnover and increased property values locally."
- "A car-free development generally implies a large-scale pedestrianised area that relies on modes of transport other than the car, while pedestrian zones may vary in size from a single square to entire districts."
- "Pedestrian zones have a great variety of approaches to human-powered vehicles such as bicycles, inline skates, skateboards, and kick scooters."
- "Some pedestrian zones have a total ban on anything with wheels, others ban certain categories, others segregate the human-powered wheels from foot traffic, and others still have no rules at all."
- "Many Middle Eastern kasbahs have no motorized traffic, but use donkey-driven or hand-driven carts for freight transport."