Pedestrian planning in city centers: a study of Guimarães and Braga
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Resumo: | People are walking in cities for different reasons. Some walkers walk for going to work, some are walking for shopping and some are for leisure during day and night hours. Medium sized cities like Braga and Guimarães in Portugal are depending on car for even shorter trips up to 2 kilometers. However, the walkways are allowing people to walk in convenient and safe way including late night environment. The pedestrians feel troublesome to walk on the footpaths because of illegal parking and discontinuation of walkways. Municipality transport plans and master plans do not incorporate pedestrians as a major component. But this egress mode of transportation is very important in medium sized city centers like Guimarães and Braga for the people to enjoy city centers’ activities. |
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Pedestrian planning in city centers: a study of Guimarães and BragaGuimarãesBragaMobilityPedestriansPlanningCiências Naturais::Ciências da Terra e do AmbienteSocial SciencesPeople are walking in cities for different reasons. Some walkers walk for going to work, some are walking for shopping and some are for leisure during day and night hours. Medium sized cities like Braga and Guimarães in Portugal are depending on car for even shorter trips up to 2 kilometers. However, the walkways are allowing people to walk in convenient and safe way including late night environment. The pedestrians feel troublesome to walk on the footpaths because of illegal parking and discontinuation of walkways. Municipality transport plans and master plans do not incorporate pedestrians as a major component. But this egress mode of transportation is very important in medium sized city centers like Guimarães and Braga for the people to enjoy city centers’ activities.The authors would like to acknowledge the partial support given by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology in the scope of the research project PTDC/ GEO/64240/2006. This work was also partially supported by the FCT under grant no. SFRH/BPD/ 45762/ 2008. Authors are thankful to the MSc. students of Urban Engineering in the University of Minho for conducting field survey, Fátima Matos (4th yr Civil Engineering Student) for summarizing field data and undergraduate civil engineering 1st year students for observation survey in the field.Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II. Dipartimento di Pianificazione e Scienza del TerritorioUniversidade do MinhoRahaman, Khan R.Lourenço, Júlia M.2010-03-012010-03-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/63051eng1970-987010.6092/1970-9870/134http://www.tema.unina.itinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:28:11Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/63051Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:22:56.780151Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Pedestrian planning in city centers: a study of Guimarães and Braga |
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Pedestrian planning in city centers: a study of Guimarães and Braga |
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Pedestrian planning in city centers: a study of Guimarães and Braga Rahaman, Khan R. Guimarães Braga Mobility Pedestrians Planning Ciências Naturais::Ciências da Terra e do Ambiente Social Sciences |
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Pedestrian planning in city centers: a study of Guimarães and Braga |
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Pedestrian planning in city centers: a study of Guimarães and Braga |
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Pedestrian planning in city centers: a study of Guimarães and Braga |
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Pedestrian planning in city centers: a study of Guimarães and Braga |
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Pedestrian planning in city centers: a study of Guimarães and Braga |
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Rahaman, Khan R. |
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Rahaman, Khan R. Lourenço, Júlia M. |
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Lourenço, Júlia M. |
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Universidade do Minho |
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Rahaman, Khan R. Lourenço, Júlia M. |
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Guimarães Braga Mobility Pedestrians Planning Ciências Naturais::Ciências da Terra e do Ambiente Social Sciences |
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Guimarães Braga Mobility Pedestrians Planning Ciências Naturais::Ciências da Terra e do Ambiente Social Sciences |
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People are walking in cities for different reasons. Some walkers walk for going to work, some are walking for shopping and some are for leisure during day and night hours. Medium sized cities like Braga and Guimarães in Portugal are depending on car for even shorter trips up to 2 kilometers. However, the walkways are allowing people to walk in convenient and safe way including late night environment. The pedestrians feel troublesome to walk on the footpaths because of illegal parking and discontinuation of walkways. Municipality transport plans and master plans do not incorporate pedestrians as a major component. But this egress mode of transportation is very important in medium sized city centers like Guimarães and Braga for the people to enjoy city centers’ activities. |
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