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Evolution of Trends in Street Design and Shifting Mode Priorities

Author(s) Ms. Vijaya Prasad, Prof. Dr. Sewa ram
Country India
Abstract Urban streets are essential to a city’s structure, shaping its form and supporting diverse functions. Streets have had their evolution from serving to animal-drawn carts to facilitating military movements and eventually catering to cars and heavy motorized vehicles. However, as motorized traffic became dominant by the 19th century, the focus shifted to speed and vehicle flow, sidelining pedestrians and fostering car-dependent urban sprawl.

Since the 1980s, there has been a paradigm shift towards sustainable street development that prioritizes all users, including vulnerable and non-motorized traffic while ensuring their safety and inclusivity. This has been further reinforced by Sustainable Development Goals. Consequently, street definition and classification or categorisation have been changing over the years. Earlier much emphasis was on the inverse relation of mobility and access function of the urban street, proposed by earlier architect planners. The neo-traditional approach now balances flow and efficiency with the traditional street functions of supporting various other activities like markets, play, and leisure.

With this background, this paper examines the evolution of street design in various geographies with a focus on the American, European, and Indian contexts, based on an extensive literature review. The study examines the principles, and concepts that have been instrumental in the development of contemporary urban street environments globally. Finally, it illustrates how local governments can translate global sustainability aspirations into measurable, context-sensitive street designs through design transformation of a local street in Indian context.
Keywords Urban street; Sustainability; SDG, Safety; Inclusivity; Vulnerable users
Field Sociology > Tourism / Transport
Published In Volume 7, Issue 3, May-June 2025
Published On 2025-06-25
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i03.49313
Short DOI https://doi.org/g9rj26
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