Transitioning urban arterial roads to activity corridors

A new planning concept, the activity corridor, proposes changes to the management of Greater Perth?sexisting arterial road network. This raises the challenge of how to transition from arterial roads conceivedaround a vehicular traffic function to activity corridors conceived around the principles of...

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Main Authors: Curtis, Carey, Tiwari, Reena
Format: Journal Article
Published: Palgrave Macmillan 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38753
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description A new planning concept, the activity corridor, proposes changes to the management of Greater Perth?sexisting arterial road network. This raises the challenge of how to transition from arterial roads conceivedaround a vehicular traffic function to activity corridors conceived around the principles of place-making andaccessibility by all modes. We examine the drivers for current and past design practice for arterial roads incities of the developed world. Using a Perth case study, our research evaluates existing arterial roads lookingat their physical, functional and social dimensions. Using this knowledge, we develop a management tooldesigned to guide the transition of appropriate urban arterials to activity corridors across the city region.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-387532017-09-13T16:00:27Z Transitioning urban arterial roads to activity corridors Curtis, Carey Tiwari, Reena sustainable transport place-making liveable streets A new planning concept, the activity corridor, proposes changes to the management of Greater Perth?sexisting arterial road network. This raises the challenge of how to transition from arterial roads conceivedaround a vehicular traffic function to activity corridors conceived around the principles of place-making andaccessibility by all modes. We examine the drivers for current and past design practice for arterial roads incities of the developed world. Using a Perth case study, our research evaluates existing arterial roads lookingat their physical, functional and social dimensions. Using this knowledge, we develop a management tooldesigned to guide the transition of appropriate urban arterials to activity corridors across the city region. 2008 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38753 10.1057/udi.2008.10 Palgrave Macmillan restricted
spellingShingle sustainable transport
place-making
liveable streets
Curtis, Carey
Tiwari, Reena
Transitioning urban arterial roads to activity corridors
title Transitioning urban arterial roads to activity corridors
title_full Transitioning urban arterial roads to activity corridors
title_fullStr Transitioning urban arterial roads to activity corridors
title_full_unstemmed Transitioning urban arterial roads to activity corridors
title_short Transitioning urban arterial roads to activity corridors
title_sort transitioning urban arterial roads to activity corridors
topic sustainable transport
place-making
liveable streets
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38753