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CASE TVERSKAYA
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According to the tourist pamphlets, Tverskaya is Moscow´s most prestigious street, Tverskaya today has become overrun with traffic and parked cars. At many points, a full 91% of the streetscape is dedicated to automobiles, leaving little space for the people of Moscow to stroll along their proudest street.
Broadway is the north-south street that dissects New York’s grid. Prior to its redesign, it suffered from congested traffic and overcrowded sidewalks. The city made a pilot project of space re-distribution and traffic rationalization. The result was 80% less jaywalking. Injuries to motorists and pedestrians alike decreased by 63%.
Perhaps the world´s most iconic boulevard, there was a time when Champs Elysee was effectively a highway. By removing parking lanes, doubling the width of the granite sidewalks, and planting double rows of trees, Paris restored the street to its rightful status as a proud boulevard. The on-street parking has since been replaced by underground parking for 850 cars. The two sidewalks have a combined area of 47,300 m2.
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10 20
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2m 5%
Meters
1:4,000
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1:10,000
1,5m 1:15,000 7m
33,5 m 91%
1:3,000 20 40 0 80 5 10 1:1,000 Meters Meters
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1:20000
1:20000
CHAMPS ELYSÉE, PARIS
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50 100 Meters
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75 150 12 m 40% Meters
4% 23%
15 30
200
300 3 m7,5 m1 m 10%18.5%4%
7m 7m 23% 23%
25 m 63%
12 m 40%
3 m 7,5 1 mm 6 m7 m 10% 18.5% 4% 29% 23%
7m 33%
8m 38%
6m 29%
Meters 20
1:20,000
0 100 200 0 40050 100 1:10,000 Meters Meters
1.8 TIMES
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Meters
10 20 100 Meters
40 1:30,000 1:3,000
1:6,000
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30 m
38%60 30 1:4,000
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Meters
1:5,000 58
0
20 40 120 Meters
25 50
80
30 m 38%
24 m 31%
2430mm 31% 38%
62%OF STREET SPACE
ALLOCATED FOR PEOPLE
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15 30
0 150 1:15,000 300 60
Meters
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75 150 600 Meters
7m COMPARED TO TVERSKAYA 300 23%
2m 5%
1:40,000
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Meters Gehl Architects · Urban Quality Consultants
0 200 1:20,000 400 Meters
1:30,000
m 0 33,591%100 200 800 Meters
0 150 300
3m 10%
1m 4%
7m 23%
6m
400
1,5m 4%
7m
24 m 31%
8m
29% 33% 38% (AT TVERSKAYA 9% IS
BASED ON 2007 COUNTS & 5% INCREASE AFTER PILOT*
Meters
24 m 31%
12 m 40%
1:1000
1:5,000
25 1:2,000 50
13 m 40%
200
MORE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC
0
7 m 13 m24 m 8 m 7 m 33% 40%31% 38% 20%
60
1:1000
1:2,000
0
BROADWAY, NEW YORK
1:1000
1:1,000
TVERSKAYA, MOSCOW
1:1000
ANALYSIS
COMPARISONS
30 m 38%
ALLOCATED FOR PEOPLE)
7,5 m 18.5%
25 m 63% 7m 23%
13 m 40%
7,5 m 18.5% 12 m 40%
3m 10%
1m 4%
7m 23%
600
Meters *Green Light for Midtown Evaluation Report, Jan uary 2010
6m 29%
7m 33%
7m 20%
8m 38%
13 m 40%
24 m 31%
30 m 38%