Answer: BY FOLLOWING THE BELOW GIVEN IDEAS WE CAN IMPROVE OUR CITY STREETS.
Step-by-step explanation:
IDENTIFYING THE ISSUES
The quality of life in many European cities is affected by the
negative impacts of increasing traffic
levels. This chapter looks at ways in
which a dominance of car traffic
affects our lives in urban areas, and
suggests that there is a growing
consensus, from the global to the
local level, that the situation is
unsustainable.
PROVIDING GUIDELINES
Redistributing road space in favour of non-car modes can represent a
technically challenging and politically
sensitive planning option in urban
areas where road congestion is
already a problem.This chapter
brings together best practice from a
wide range of expertise and
experience in dealing with these
issues, in particular that drawn from
the schemes described in this
document. The objective is to assist
politicians and planners working to
develop more sustainable transport
strategies for Europe’s towns and
cities.
FINDING SOLUTIONS
The traditional response to the problem of traffic congestion has
been to increase the road space available for cars. In this chapter, the
theory of ‘traffic evaporation’ is
explored as a concept which
challenges the logic of this approach.
This theory supports the proposition
that reducing road capacity for cars
in congested city centres can
represent a sustainable, efficient
planning solution. In addition, once
freed from domination by car traffic,
reclaimed urban spaces can become
accessible, vibrant ‘living’ places.
PRESENTING THE CASE STUDIES
• Kajaani, Finland
• Wolverhampton, England
• Vauxhall Cross, London, England,
• Nuremberg, Germany
• Strasbourg, France
• Gent, Belgium
• Cambridge, England
• Oxford, England
This chapter presents the experiences of a small selection of
European cities where urban
planners, with the political support of
local leaders, have had the vision and
the courage (often in the face of
considerable opposition) to take
away congested road space from
private cars. In each case study, after
an initial settling-in period, the
predicted traffic chaos did not
materialise and some of the traffic
‘evaporated’.