Wide arterial roads are often a “no-man’s zone”
for pedestrians. Providing an adequate buffer strip
and sidewalks can help turn this around, as seen
here along Highway 97 in Kelowna, B.C.
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commercial uses that serve pedestrians at
major intersections; and changing land uses
between intersections to reduce auto activity.”
From: “Taming the Automobile,” by Richard Untermann,
in PCJ #1 (November/December 1991).
For additional information on designing streets that
work for cars and pedestrians, see Donald Appleyard’s
Livable Streets (Univ. of California Press,
1981), and Richard Untermann’s “Sidewalk Essentials”
in PCJ #27 (Summer 1997; available to download
on plannersweb.com).