Pedestrian and Bike Planning: Downtown of the City of Granbury, Tx

Abstract

Walking is the fundamental form of transportation system. The mode of transportation plays a vital role in the physical form of the city. Before innovation of the automobile, cities were planned in a compact form, and anyone can cross the city by foot. But, innovation of the automobile has brought a drastic change in the urban form and the mode of transportation. Cities started to develop without sidewalks and people were forced to use automobiles. Due to energy consumption, environmental concern and household expenses on automobile, auto culture has been a costly mode of transportation. So, urban planners have developed different types of urban theories like, new urbanism, transit oriented development, multimodal transportation system to encourage walking and biking in future and present cities. There are several policies and programs that have been implemented in federal, regional and city level government to encourage walking and biking in the city. Therefore, it is time that each US city needs to be aware of pedestrian and bike planning in the city.