Assessment of Bicycle Use as a New Practical Strategyto Achieve Sustainable Development(Case study:Bahonar Street, Tehran,Iran)
Subject Areas : Urban Design
Hossein
Zabihi
1
(Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Architecture, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)
Mohammad Reza
Daroudi,
2
(Ph.D Candidate, Department of Art and Architecture, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)
Nastaran
Peimani
3
(Master of Urban Design, Department of Art and Architecture, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)
Keywords: Sustainable development, Bicycle, Traffic, Niavaran district,
Abstract :
In recent decades, urban planning has tended to humanist urbanism. In this regard foot travels and bicycle useare the two strategies that urban planners and transportation engineers are using them as adequate alternatives for making citiesmore people friendly. Using bicycle is known as a strategy that has a great role in decreasing traffic among developing countriesin recent decades. These countries have taken great steps by reducing traffic congestion and environmental pollutions to reachthe sustainable development using comprehensive legislations in this context. This paper aims to assess and analyse the successfulcountries’ experiences specifically Holland and Denmark as countries that have eliminated extensive amount of traffic difficultiesby using bicycle transportation system. Also, investigating this form of transportation regarding the improvement of bicycle useculture in the case study of Niavaran district will be conducted. This article has been implemented in the basis of librarybasedphase of the research, case study method and observation for its field study phase. Tosum up, the findings of this study comprisethe feasibility of bicycle use in the mentioned case study; in which despite of district¢s high slope, efficient proposals have beenused to achieve sustainable development.