Laura Marcela Nova Sanchez
Towards more just and inclusive streets: Addressing the needs of Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs) with a focus on mobility justice.
Rel. Elisabetta Vitale Brovarone, Francesca Blanc, Silvia Crivello. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Architettura Costruzione Città, 2025
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Abstract
Considering streets only as infrastructures to get from point A to point B discredits their potential; streets are public space, and places of interaction between people, comparable to parks or squares. Streets are not just roads, but they have the capacity to host a variety of different uses and users, that means there are several types of road users which must be considered when designing public spaces. Notwithstanding, today most streets are dominated by cars, marginalizing and negatively impacting on those social groups that are less powerful in planning processes and streets uses. These are often referred-to as Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs), although there is not universal definition or identification of which social group are included in this definition.
This thesis aims to provide insight on mobility justice and related concepts in street planning and use, the thesis focuses on who Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs) are, and how their contribution in collaboration with other stakeholders – municipalities, NGO’s, policymakers, advocacy groups, etc
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