摘要
This article focuses on how urban street design will need to respond to changes in mobility, new types of vehicles using the roads, and currently unmet functional needs. Infrastructure typically lasts a generation, so it must be built anticipating future needs. However, despite widespread agreement that the types of vehicles using roadways and patterns of usage are likely to change, design standards rooted in the past continue to guide the process of creating streets in China. The article begins with an understanding of current deficiencies of streets, and a prognosis of how the mobility system is likely to evolve. Based on this, it suggests new patterns for streets of the future.
This article focuses on how urban street design will need to respond to changes in mobility, new types of vehicles using the roads, and currently unmet functional needs. Infrastructure typically lasts a generation, so it must be built anticipating future needs. However, despite widespread agreement that the types of vehicles using roadways and patterns of usage are likely to change, design standards rooted in the past continue to guide the process of creating streets in China. The article begins with an understanding of current deficiencies of streets, and a prognosis of how the mobility system is likely to evolve. Based on this, it suggests new patterns for streets of the future.
