plazas or pedestrian malls). A pedestrian street is car-free, serves as a
meeting place (both spontaneous and planned), and provides space for commerce, music, art, and other community activities. These places are essential for livability.
Pedestrian plazas help create a 'sense
of place' in a community
Another example of a pedestrian street,
this one in Zakopane,
Poland- on a quiet Sunday morning.
In this picture the plaza serves as a flea
market and gathering space on a weekend morning. Many cities have plazas that serve the function of a farmers
market- sometimes every morning of the week.
The pedestrian mall
in Burlington,
Vermont
A very skinny pedestrian
street in
Ketchikan, Alaska (Creek Street)
..Pedestrian
streets in St.Petersburg..Car-Free
Planning
..Pedestrian
Cities..Public
Streets and Pedestrian Connections Information provided by:
http://www.strans.org/plaza.html