Walking is a neglected topic in the history of transport and mobility in cities. The four articles in this special section demonstrate the importance of travel on foot in nineteenth- and twentieth-century cities in four different countries, and reveal the ways in which pedestrian mobility has persisted despite the development of a car-dominated society. Together they provide important new evidence on a neglected topic and hopefully pave the way for further research on this theme.

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简介：关于行人和城市的历史观点

步行是城市交通和交通史上一个被忽视的话题。本专题的四篇文章展示了徒步旅行在四个不同国家的 19 世纪和 20 世纪城市的重要性，并揭示了尽管汽车主导社会的发展，行人流动仍然存在的方式。它们共同为一个被忽视的主题提供了重要的新证据，并有望为进一步研究这一主题铺平道路。