Download or read book Pedestrian Areas written by Klaus Rolf Uhlig and published by Taylor Trade Publishing. This book was released on 1979 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thorough examination of the planning and implementation of pedestrian areas that follows the process from idea through execution. In a comprehensive, theoretical section all the questions concerned with the establishing of pedestrian zones and with the pedestrian-oriented remodelling of the town are discussed. Examples with both the original plans and documentation of the realisation, from 22 cities around the world, provide evidence of the success of this new movement away from vehicular supremacy in urban areas.