One of the main streets of the city of Beirut
FC-01x Future Cities (1st Run) - Exercise 1 : "Making the Invisible - Visible"
Uploaded on 2015-04-17 by MaherIbrahim
[1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/1429187089919895.jpg 1. Massive ‘generated traffic’ is enough evidence to question the efficiency of the current transport system, which conveys the problems brought by the mass use of privately owned cars, in another words, a high dependency on private cars. 2. Unwalkable streets,or "walkability" counted by the number of people walking, due to absence of footpaths, sidewalks or other pedestrian rights-of-way 3. High air pollutant emissions from transport 4. Long travel times 5. lack of bike lanes on the street,and traffic congestion that deter most residents from cycling 6. Mixed land use: frequency and variety of buildings, High residential density (residential units per area of residential use) 7. unfriendly built environment to the presence of people living, shopping, visiting, enjoying or spending time in an area.