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Portland Festival Streets (video)

Submitted by administrator on Mon, 19/11/2007 - 02:19
Portland Festival Streets (video) - Web page
Description of the Festival Street concept in Portland, Oregon and the design features which support it.
Author(s):
Unknown
Publisher(s):
The Open Planning Project
Country (exc. NZ): 
North America
Topics: 
Design and planning
Recreation
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street furniture
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--2.91 North America
-2 Design

Home zones go downtown

Submitted by administrator on Mon, 08/01/2007 - 02:25
The Evolution of Shared Spaces in Switzerland
Home zones go downtown - 1.5 Mb Document - Adobe PDF - Acrobat Reader
In Switzerland, so called zones of encounter (Begegnungszonen), represent the newest concept, where cars, bicycles and pedestrians share the same space, with pedestrians enjoying priority rights.
Country (exc. NZ): 
EU
Topics: 
Design and planning
Safety
Transport
Walkability
Free tags: 
street use
street furniture
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--2.95 Rest-of-world, UN, EU etc studies
-2 Design

Visualvoice wayfinding maps

Submitted by administrator on Mon, 11/09/2006 - 03:02
Visualvoice wayfinding maps - Document - Adobe PDF
Visualvoice (Bruce Herbes) has now produced a prototype map which captures all of the essential ingredients to enable people on foot to see how easy it is to get to their destinations. A complete "precinct" pedestrian map and a set of information panel maps for any area in which you wish to promote walking through high quality "wayfinding".
Topics: 
Design and planning
Maps & Guides
Free tags: 
wayfinding
street furniture
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-2 Design
--2.96 Commercial products

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