Increasing physical activity and active transportation in an arid city: Slow Streets and the COVID-19 pandemic

IF 1.4 Q3 URBAN STUDIES

Journal of Urban Design Pub Date : 2022-08-24 DOI:10.1080/13574809.2022.2112512

Monica Landgrave-Serrano, Philip Stoker

引用次数: 2

Abstract

ABSTRACT Slow Streets promote walkability and provide safe spaces for active travel and recreation by minimizing vehicle traffic on roads. Their effectiveness was tested when the City of Tucson implemented Slow Streets by temporarily closing certain neighbourhood streets to all but local traffic, giving people more space to safely walk, run, and bicycle. Using a quasi-experimental research design, it was possible to measure differences in walking and bicycling between Slow Streets and control streets. Results show Slow Streets are effective in increasing the number of people walking and bicycling on neighbourhood streets, especially while the temporary traffic barriers were in place.

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干旱城市增加体力活动和积极交通：慢街和新冠肺炎大流行

摘要慢街通过最大限度地减少道路上的车辆流量，提高了可步行性，并为积极出行和娱乐提供了安全空间。当图森市实施慢街时，他们的有效性受到了考验，该市暂时关闭了某些街区的街道，除当地交通外，其他街道一律禁止通行，给人们更多的安全步行、跑步和骑自行车的空间。通过准实验研究设计，可以测量慢街和对照街在步行和骑自行车方面的差异。结果显示，慢街可以有效地增加在附近街道上步行和骑自行车的人数，尤其是在临时交通屏障到位的情况下。

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Journal of Urban Design URBAN STUDIES-

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4.70

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4.80%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Urban Design is a scholarly international journal which advances theory, research and practice in urban design. There is a growing recognition of the need for urban design in shaping, managing and improving the quality of the urban environment. It is now considered one of the core knowledge components of planning and architectural education and practice. Thus, increasing numbers of architects, planners, surveyors, landscape architects and other professions concerned with the quality of urban development are specialising in urban design. The Journal of Urban Design provides a new forum to bring together those contributing to this re-emerging discipline and enables researchers, scholars, practitioners and students to explore its many dimensions. The Journal publishes original articles in specialised areas such as urban aesthetics and townscape; urban structure and form; sustainable development; urban history, preservation and conservation; urban regeneration; local and regional identity; design control and guidance; property development; practice and implementation.