Exploring traffic evaporation

Traffic evaporation - i.e. the opposite of induced traffic - is acknowledged as a well-established phenomenon which presents important implications for local urbanism and mobility policies, but there continue to be few academic studies which explore this issue in detail. This paper explores relative...

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Autor: Nello-Deakin, Samuel|||0000-0002-4007-0148
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.cstp.2022.11.003
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Palabra clave:Disappearing traffic
Road space
Superblocks
Tactical urbanism
Traffic counts
Traffic evaporation
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spelling Exploring traffic evaporationFindings from tactical urbanism interventions in BarcelonaNello-Deakin, Samuel|||0000-0002-4007-0148Disappearing trafficRoad spaceSuperblocksTactical urbanismTraffic countsTraffic evaporationTraffic evaporation - i.e. the opposite of induced traffic - is acknowledged as a well-established phenomenon which presents important implications for local urbanism and mobility policies, but there continue to be few academic studies which explore this issue in detail. This paper explores relative levels of traffic evaporation following the implementation of multiple tactical urbanism interventions on 11 streets in Barcelona in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on the analysis of publicly available traffic count data, the findings provide empirical support for the existence of significant levels of traffic evaporation following road space reduction. On average, traffic levels on streets with interventions diminished by -14.8 % relative to streets in the rest of the city. In the wider vicinity of intervention streets, traffic levels also decreased slightly on average (-0.9 %) compared to the rest of the city, except on immediately adjacent parallel streets to those affected by interventions, which reported a small relative traffic increase (+0.7 %). Overall, these findings provide further support for street redesign policies which entail the reduction of road space for motor vehicles, and suggest that fears of traffic congestion following such schemes may often be unfounded. From a methodological standpoint, this study also offers a transparent method of evaluating traffic evaporation which could be replicated in future studies. 22022-01-0120222022-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/269295https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.cstp.2022.11.003reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, i la comunicació pública de l'obra, sempre que no sigui amb finalitats comercials, i sempre que es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original. No es permet la creació d'obres derivades.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2692952026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Exploring traffic evaporation
Findings from tactical urbanism interventions in Barcelona
title Exploring traffic evaporation
spellingShingle Exploring traffic evaporation
Nello-Deakin, Samuel|||0000-0002-4007-0148
Disappearing traffic
Road space
Superblocks
Tactical urbanism
Traffic counts
Traffic evaporation
title_short Exploring traffic evaporation
title_full Exploring traffic evaporation
title_fullStr Exploring traffic evaporation
title_full_unstemmed Exploring traffic evaporation
title_sort Exploring traffic evaporation
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Nello-Deakin, Samuel|||0000-0002-4007-0148
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Disappearing traffic
Road space
Superblocks
Tactical urbanism
Traffic counts
Traffic evaporation
topic Disappearing traffic
Road space
Superblocks
Tactical urbanism
Traffic counts
Traffic evaporation
description Traffic evaporation - i.e. the opposite of induced traffic - is acknowledged as a well-established phenomenon which presents important implications for local urbanism and mobility policies, but there continue to be few academic studies which explore this issue in detail. This paper explores relative levels of traffic evaporation following the implementation of multiple tactical urbanism interventions on 11 streets in Barcelona in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on the analysis of publicly available traffic count data, the findings provide empirical support for the existence of significant levels of traffic evaporation following road space reduction. On average, traffic levels on streets with interventions diminished by -14.8 % relative to streets in the rest of the city. In the wider vicinity of intervention streets, traffic levels also decreased slightly on average (-0.9 %) compared to the rest of the city, except on immediately adjacent parallel streets to those affected by interventions, which reported a small relative traffic increase (+0.7 %). Overall, these findings provide further support for street redesign policies which entail the reduction of road space for motor vehicles, and suggest that fears of traffic congestion following such schemes may often be unfounded. From a methodological standpoint, this study also offers a transparent method of evaluating traffic evaporation which could be replicated in future studies.
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