Three categories of road width pedestrian width (<2 or 3 m) (a pavement in a “modern” city) intermediate width (2 to 5 m) passable width (>5 to 6 m)
Three categories of Medina access gateway pedestrian access narrow gateway (narrow vehicles) passable gateway (conventional vehicles)
public square
Medina walls
The geometric characteristics of the streets and access gateways of Medinas have a direct influence on the potential types of vehicle which can be used to serve or access the Medina.
“modern” city Figure 6: The importance of street widths in Medinas
The medina today: a “pedestrian zone” by default y no special traffic or parking measures have been implemented (the Medina is therefore not a pedestrian zone in the legal sense), y there are geometric constraints which “block” vehicles, y vehicles which are circulating, stopped or parked congest public spaces and cause "bottlenecks” at Medina access points, y suffocation of the Medina, y a situation which must be prevented! “randomly” parked vehicles
Figure 7: The Medina today: a “pedestrian zone” by default
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