Planners and urban designers have long sought to encourage the creation of livable streets. Despite these professions’ best efforts, the creation of such streets has proven difficult to implement due to the design practices employed by traffic engineers. This article details how engineering practices modify the design of urban streets and provides a thematic review of recent innovations to engineering guidance. It concludes by presenting four general strategies for ensuring that walkable streets emerge from the engineering phases of the project planning and design process.

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工程宜居街道

长期以来，规划师和城市设计师一直致力于鼓励创造宜居街道。尽管这些专业人士尽了最大努力，但事实证明，由于交通工程师采用的设计实践，此类街道的创建难以实施。本文详细介绍了工程实践如何修改城市街道的设计，并对近期工程指导的创新进行了专题回顾。最后提出了四项总体策略，以确保在项目规划和设计过程的工程阶段出现可步行的街道。