[sustran] Re: car-free residential developments

[John Whitelegg]

Philine,


Good to hear from you.  Try a web site run by J H Crawford.  Its got carfree
(carfree.com) in the title and he has produced guidelines.  Also the work of
Gehl and Lars Gemzoe on urban spaces is relevant.

very best wishes

John Whitelegg


----- Original Message -----
From: Rye, Tom <T.Rye at napier.ac.uk>
To: <sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 1:12 PM
Subject: [sustran] Re: car-free residential developments


Hey-up Philine

Try getting in touch with Richard Finch at Camden Council in London.  He's
been on a few Euro projects so you should be able to get his email off the
web (if problems try Sarah Wixey wixeys at wmin.ac.uk she will definitely have
it).  I would not be surprised if they've come up with design guidelines.
Edinburgh I know has not.

How's the paper outline coming on?

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: Philine Gaffron [mailto:p.gaffron at tu-harburg.de]
Sent: 20 March 2003 11:37
To: sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org
Subject: [sustran] car-free residential developments


Dear colleagues

does anyone know of any guidelines for the planning of car-free housing
areas in terms of path, building and block layout, geometry, width,
length, quality of open spaces etc.?

There is a lot of material on footpaths and cycleways in combination
with motorised traffic, for pedestrian zones within city centres and for
home zones/Woonerf/Wohnstrassen but I have so far found nothing that
would help set parameters for the planning of larger car-free housing or
mixed use areas.

Any helpful hints gratefully received!

Philine Gaffron
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Philine Gaffron
Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg
European Centre for Transportation and Logistics
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D-21071 Hamburg
Germany

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