Apedestrian village is a compact, pedestrian-oriented neighborhood or town with amixed-use village center.[1] Shared-use lanes forpedestrians and those usingbicycles,Segways,wheelchairs, and other small rolling conveyances that do not useinternal combustion engines. Generally, these lanes are in front of the houses and businesses, and streets for motor vehicles are always at the rear. Some pedestrian villages might be nearly car-free with cars either hidden below the buildings, or on the boundary of the village.Venice, Italy is essentially a pedestrian village with canals. Other examples of a pedestrian village includeGiethoorn village located in the Dutch province of Overijssel, Netherlands,[2] Mont-Tremblant Pedestrian Village located besideMont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada,[3] andCuldesac Tempe in Tempe, Arizona.[4]
The canal district inVenice, California, on the other hand, combines the front lane/rear street approach with canals and walkways, or just walkways.
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