Abstract:
Pedestrian-only streets prioritize people and are typically most appropriate in
corridors with commercial activity on both edges of the street. They are
strategically selected streets in which pedestrian volume is high and vehicular
traffic is restricted. These streets have to satisfy people’s basic necessities. Carfree streets are a solution for primordial problems that big cities develop such as
pollution, road accident that includes pedestrians, people’s comfort and wellbeing. Chisinau has a lack of pedestrian streets, but it has great potential starting
from the historical center due to the architecture of the buildings. A project that
would diminish transport problems and increase quality of life in the city would
be a pedestrian street network that would connect all the districts, it would
promote alternative transport and walking.