C Street distinctions

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Street Distinctions - post WWII

Streets through buildings: arcade, possible drive through, autonomous vehicles + pedestrian? or still a separated circulation? 1. Distributor roads, designed for movement, where pedestrians were excluded or, at best, marginalised 2. Access roads, designed to serve buildings, where pedestrians were accommodated.

This led to layouts where buildings were set in the space between streets rather than on them, and where movement on foot and by vehicle was segregated, sometimes using decks, bridges or subways. May development constructed using such layouts have had significant social problems and have either been demolished or undergone major regeneration.

This approach to network planning limited multi-functional streets to the most lightly-trafficked routes. This has led to development patterns where busy distributor roads link relatively small cells of housing. such layouts are not conducive to anything but the shortest of trips on foot or by bicycle.