Editing Pedestrian (section)

==Walkability==
{{See also|Mobility transition}}
As walking is a healthy and sustainable mode of transport, there are efforts to make cities more [[Walkability|walkable]]. For instance, by creating wider sidewalks or pavements, a pedestrian network, or restricting motor vehicles in city centres.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-08-12 |title=Pedestrian Safety, Urban Space and Health |url=https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/2012/08/pedestrian-safety-urban-space-and-health_g1g13e6c.html |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=OECD |pages=48–52 |language=en}}</ref> [[Pedestrian zone|Pedestrianisation]] is a process of removing motor traffic from city streets or restricting motor access to streets for use by pedestrians, to improve the environment and safety.<ref name="who.int">{{cite book|url=http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/79753/9789241505352_eng.pdf|title=Pedestrian safety. A Road Safety Manual for Decision-Makers and Practitioners|year=2013 |publisher=[[World Health Organization]]|isbn=978-92-4-150535-2|pages=114|access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref>

Efforts are under way to restore pedestrian access to new developments, especially to counteract newer developments, 20% to 30% of which in the United States do not include footpaths. Some activists advocate large [[pedestrian zones]] where only pedestrians, or pedestrians and some non-motorised vehicles, are allowed. Many [[urbanist]]s have extolled the virtues of pedestrian streets in urban areas. In the US, the proportion of households without a car is 8%, but a notable exception is [[Transportation in New York City|New York City]], the only locality in the United States where more than half of all households do not own a car (the figure is even higher in Manhattan, over 75%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bts.gov/publications/highlights_of_the_2001_national_household_travel_survey/html/executive_summary.html|title=Publications – Bureau of Transportation Statistics|website=www.bts.gov|access-date=7 May 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061002070118/http://www.bts.gov/publications/highlights_of_the_2001_national_household_travel_survey/html/executive_summary.html|archive-date=2 October 2006}}</ref>

The use of cars for short journeys is officially discouraged in many parts of the world, and construction or separation of dedicated walking routes in city centres receives a high priority in many large cities in Western Europe, often in conjunction with [[public transport]] enhancements. In [[Copenhagen]], the world's longest pedestrian shopping area, [[Strøget]], has been developed over the last 40 years, principally due to the work of Danish architect [[Jan Gehl]], a principle of urban design known as ''[[Copenhagenization (bicycling)|copenhagenisation]]''.