Feasibility of Converting a Commercial Street to Pedestrian-Street in Small Cities, Case Study: Imam Street in Golpayegan

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محمدرضا حقی ¹ ( دانشجوی دکترا شهرسازی دانشگاه بوعلی سینا )
mohammadrezahamid reza haghimostafai ² ( MS. C. Student of Civil engineering, transportation and traffic planning, Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran )
hamid reza tavasoli ³ ( MS. C. of Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran )
ali reza akhtari ⁴ ( M. C. of Executive Management, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran )

Received: 2015-09-11 Accepted : 2015-12-17 Published : 2016-01-21

Keywords: walkability, Commercial Street, Pedestrian-Street, Central Fabric of City, Imam Khomeini St. in Golpayegan,

Abstract :

Todays, a significant part of everyday life is spent in areas outside the central city street texture due to the connection between the user types, the presence of different classes of people. Therefore, the present study was to become the Imam Street in downtown Golpayegan of the Pedestrian-Street is based on an integrated analysis is studied. This is due to the particular situation in the city streets and commercial applications and services around their daily considerable amount of compression can be mounted and dismounted welcome, good capacity to become the Pedestrian-Street. To perform an integrated analysis of the factors influencing the street into the Pedestrian-Street interior and exterior have been extracted from authentic texts. Then the Imam in "physical-functional", "Transport and Traffic", "economy", "social", "ecological" and "management" is evaluated and the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and future threats identified. Then, using a matrix of internal and external factors, the quantitative assessment of the situation of street is discussed. Finally, charting prioritize strategies, it was found that the conversion of Imam Street to Pedestrian-Street is located in an offensive position. This represents relative strengths and weaknesses and the opportunities and threats for conditions to become Imam Street to the Pedestrian-Street. Nevertheless, it is recommended to achieve maximum success of the plan is to adopt appropriate solutions to the weaknesses and threats. Implementation of the multi-stage plan, organize the sidewalks of downtown, remove incompatible applications from the Pedestrian-Street and strengthening of the public transport system, including the initial proposals for the Pedestrian-Street.

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