Street reclamation

Street reclaiming is the process of converting, or otherwise returning streets to a stronger focus on non-car use — such as walking, cycling and active street life. It is advocated by many urban planners and urban economists, of widely varying political points of view. Its primary benefits are thought to be:

A comparison of road corridor capacity and street infrastructure costs

Reclaim the Streets

An early example of street reclamation was the Stockholm carfree day in 1969.[1]

Some consider the best advantages to be gained by redesigning streets, for example as shared space, while others, such as campaigns like "Reclaim the Streets", a widespread "dis-organization", run a variety of events to physically reclaim the streets for political and artistic actions, often called street parties. David Engwicht is also a strong proponent of the concept that street life, rather than physical redesign, is the primary tool of street reclamation.

See also
  • Bicycle-friendly – Urban planning prioritising cycling
  • Carfree day – Day promoting car-free travel
  • Cyclability – Degree of the ease of cycling
  • Cycling advocacy – Activities promoting cycling
  • Living street – Traffic calming in spaces shared between road users
  • Living Streets (UK) – UK charity for everyday walking
  • Pedestrian zone – Urban car-free area reserved for pedestrian use
  • Reclaim the Streets – Advocacy group for community ownership of public spaces
  • Road diet – Transportation planning technique
  • Road expansion – Increasing rate at which roads are being constructed worldwide
  • Tactical urbanism – a low-cost, temporary approach in changing the built environment, usually in cities, in order to improve local neighbourhoods and city gathering places
  • Transport geography – branch of geography studying movement of people, goods and information
  • Urban vitality – Use intensity of a city space
  • Walkability – How accessible a space is to walking

References
  1. "Bilfria dan".
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