Abstract

EMPORARY STREET TRANSFORMATION AS AN INTERVENTION FOR MORE PEOPLE FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENTS IN CITIES. A CONTRIBUTION WITHIN THE FRAME OF TACTICAL URBANISM

Highlights

  • In urban areas - influenced not least by population growth and urbanization processes - various challenges are becoming increasingly apparent

  • The cargo bikebased tool tested in the Pop-up Piazza project is suitable for transforming a car parking lot and transforming the space so that it can be used by more people

  • The StreetFormator tends to be in the background when used in a closed street but can complement it well when it “brings” useful add-ons

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Summary

INTRODUCTION

In urban areas - influenced not least by population growth and urbanization processes - various challenges are becoming increasingly apparent. Urban planners and developers are faced with problems such as degradation of air quality, noise pollution, rising temperatures and much more. Solutions to these must ensure that the current development results in well-functioning environmentally friendly and sustainable cities. There are attempts to transform the streets in urban areas away from the use by motorized individual traffic towards active mobility and public spaces. The vision behind this is to create “streets for people” to use as recreational spaces, for playing and as places for social interaction [2] [3] [4]. A look at the spatial distribution of stationary traffic in Graz makes this more than clear:

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Participation principle
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