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<br />f-~ <br />.-----:'f, ..- <br />. - J'.'":" <br /> <br />..~ .;/ " ~ \...t; <br />~~' t <br />~ <br /> <br />.... --.."'-'-"- <br />_,..J-..-' A->_'~'''''' <br /> <br /> <br />__ ISCZ9. te0'\J~i~L .6\--~DE'S\'G(\J ~(Urf-~l( <br />Co-h,<'[rLoL~ trV\6"t r' Q~~t~#\-fbl--~ <br />@ <br /> <br />..., <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />Streets are pu6tic spaces for many activities and functions. They pennit the diffusion of <br />light and circulation of air. They offer opportunities for providing landscaped vistas, trees <br />,__.___,____, .,_,_,.JDd.shrubs..pathslOLwa1king..placedorJalking..rights~f~wayJor.uti1ities,-and- ' among...__.,.-- <br />all these other activities-facility for the movement, stopping. and storage of motor <br />vehicles. Some streets open up into squares, others narrow intoa11ey~ Some achieve fame <br />or notoriety, most are known only to their residents and those who pass through regularly. <br />The fIrst function of residential streets is to serve the land that abuts them. They' <br />provide for access to homes by all who enter and leave;and all who deliver and collecL <br />But they Me also routes for those who Wish only to pass through the area. It is here thai <br />conflict arises,for there is a basic distrepancy between the impact of vehicular traffIc and' , <br />the tranquility of a residential streeL The inherent kinetic energy of a moving vehicle <br />produces noise, and contact with a hapless person, a fixed object, or another vehicle may <br />cause a disastrous dissipation of that energy.' If propelled by an internal combustion en- <br />gine, the vehicle emits noxious and polluting fumes. If parked, it takes up space and blocks <br />views and sight lines. <br />The street might well be a place not only for walking and mechanid1 transportation, <br />but also for social activities: outdoor play of young children in, front of their homes, the <br />elderly sunning themselves on minipark benches, residents crossing to drop in on neigh- <br />bors, joggers and cyclists partaking of healthful exercise. All these and more activities are <br />imperiled by fast or heavy traffIc streams. <br /> <br />~~~1 <br />~CF:1...\,:)9> <br /> <br />1 <br />