Fast roads and urban typologies, creating urban places with fast roads

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2012

Authors

Daniel Casas Valle (Author) FAUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: EURAU12 Porto | Espaço Público e Cidade Contemporânea: Actas do 6º European Symposium on Research in Architecture and Urban Design

EURAU12 Porto | Espaço Público e Cidade Contemporânea: Actas do 6º European Symposium on Research in Architecture and Urban Design

Porto, 12 a15 de Setembro de 2012

Scientific classification

FOS: Humanities

Other information

Abstract (EN): ABSTRACT. The development of a mobility network has a direct impact for urbanization. A choice for new or re-use of roads is also an ´urban choice´, in the sense of creating conditions for (future) urbanization. It is an act of creating and organizing the urban structure, in a direct or indirect way. Fast roads, like highways, regional roads and main urban streets, have all organizing abilities for the (urban) environment, organizing accessibility and addresses. In the Porto region the road network is constructed during time, which result is a variety in (fast) road types and systems, that function next to and in parallel to each other. The changing point from a fast movement (traveller or driver) into a slow movement (pedestrian, parking) forms part of the public space of the contemporary urban system. Organising and design of this public space, linked with urban fast roads, is an essential part of the urban structure and planning.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

Notes: KEY WORDS. urban fast roads, urbanization, urban structure, urban typologies, urban planning, public space