Car-Free Residential Streets and Car Dependency

Abstract

Car-centric development has led to increasing concerns and challenges regarding livability, spatial (in)justices, and sustainability at various spatial scales, including the residential street. Developing 'car-free' has emerged as a worldwide trend to counteract car-based planning to reduce, among others, the negative effects of this dependency on cars. However, research is currently lacking on the extent to how living on a car-free street can affect residents' car dependence. Therefore, this study was conducted with the objective to explore how residents, living on a car-free residential street perceive their car dependency and to identify what role car-free residential streets play in affecting this car dependency.