Radburn system
The Radburn System is an urban system that is used in the construction of new housing developments. It was named after the planned town of Radburn , New Jersey , founded in 1928 .
The aim of the planners Clarence Stein and Henry Wright was to build a "city of the age of cars" in which the houses can be reached via dead ends , while pedestrian traffic circulates on its own paths. The through traffic is restricted to the main access roads. An implementation of this system can be found in Europe, among other things, in some English garden cities , in the new Vällingby facility near Stockholm and in Germany mostly in so-called satellite cities (residential cities) such as B. in Neu-Isenburg -Gravenbruch and Cologne-Heimersdorf.
Today it is also about reducing the number of accidents and noise pollution.
Content
The following points are observed in the Radburn system:
- Streets are hierarchically divided into main, secondary and residential streets (dead ends).
- The traffic routes of different types of traffic are separated.
- Residential streets are created in the form of dead ends and turning loops.
- Crossings are replaced by overpasses and underpasses as well as junctions.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated August 30, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
