streets designed as destinations, not for moving cars

three mainstreets rehabilitation, Kyiv, Ukraine

Space is a social product. 

/ Henri Lefebvre 

The scope of the project is the renewal of three mainstreets in Kyiv: Lesi Ukrainky Boulevard, Tarasa Shevchenko Boulevard and Beresteyski Avenue, including Baseina Street and Bastionna Street for logical connection with vast recreational area – Botanical Garden. Three mainstreets are heavily loaded with traffic, being among the main commerce streets at the same time. The project aims to reduce through traffic but maintains the existing function of movement of people and goods through these arterials. Emphasis on alternative modes of transportation through street design – cycling, public transport, walking, car sharing – and providing infrastructure for them will achieve gradual switch to efficient and sustainable mobility where majority of trips will not be done by private car as it is done presently. 

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