With its hills-heavy density, near-90-degree-dropping streets and alleys and awe-inspiring views, San Francisco is a pedestrian-friendly city (the iconic streetcars can be admired from the sidewalk).
Persuading more drivers to leave their car behind will require a shrewd mix of carrot and stick, such as high parking fees, free out-of-town parking and inner-city pedestrian areas.
Kantrowitz suggests taking a pedestrian route through the city.
For Transportation Alternatives, which lobbies for bike- and pedestrian-friendly policies in the city, running a bike valet is only partly about revenue.
The Emanuel administration took this step after its own study found that pedestrian fatalities were disproportionately high in the city, 68% greater than New York.
It may be that Atlanta has already sprawled so far that it can never become a compact, pedestrian-friendly, quasi-European city of the sort American developers increasingly seem to yearn for.
The station would be joined to the existing city centre railway station via a pedestrian link, possibly with moving walkways to make the transfer quicker.
Start off on Khreschatyk Street, the city's main artery, where pedestrian traffic replaces cars for the weekend.
City-funded urban development projects are installing a pedestrian-friendly infrastructure, and a real estate boom is enabling a young, creative class of artists and entrepreneurs to open hip boutiques and restaurants.
Despite the name, it is actually a 2km pedestrian and bike path, developed to provide easy access from the city centre and Tallinn Passenger Port (Vanasadam) to the cultural sites of Kalamaja.
The New York City Parks Department has plans to use that park as a pedestrian walkway and told the judges to park their vehicles elsewhere.
Today, it remains a city both in name and in feel, with a vibrant, pedestrian-friendly downtown lined with independent stores, ethnic restaurants and coffee shops, as well as the Bergen Performing Arts Center, a theater, gallery and concert venue.
Thanks to the growing number of productions shot around the city, demand for thespians who can fill demanding roles such as "pedestrian" or "man in suit" is on the rise.
In this case, the assumption that greater safety is achieved by separation of vehicle and pedestrian is being challenged, and may turn out not to hold up at all for specific city areas.
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