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Bautista Rodríguez, David. Ortuño Padilla, Armando.Fernández Aracil, Patricia.
Sánchez Galiano, Juan Carlos. Mompó Guerra, Antonio.

Figure 9: Stairs of Alcala street. Source: Google Street View.

Secondly, the following streets are suggested to be pedestrianised: Maisonnave avenue,
Estación avenue, Salamanca avenue and some streets (all in the future) between Maisonnave
and Estación avenues.
As a result of this, the traffic in the adjoining steets, as well as the public transport lines, should
be reorganised. Besides, vehicles supplying goods to the shops and residents and residents who
have a garage in the area should be allowed. In addition, other pedestrianisation cases in the
city are good examples to this action. There are examples of successfully pedestrianized streets
in the city, such as San Ildefonso Street, Castaños Street or San Francisco Street, which have
gone from being marginalised areas to becoming one of the city’s major leisure highlights.
This action is aimed to define a pedestrian area around the commercial area by the station,
enhancing it and empowering pedestrians against vehicles.

Figure 10: Castaños street. Source: Google Street View.

Cycle network creation: the creation of a secure cycle network is suggested, at least around
the station. Firstly, cycle ways separated from the roadway should be built using the off-street
parking areas in the current cycling-allowed streets. By doing so, off-street parking is reduced,
thus giving more space for bicycles and pedestrians. In order to complete the cycle network, the
following streets should be redesigned: Bono Guarner street, Juan Ortega street and Aguilera
avenue. The result would be that no building will be further than 200 meters from the network.

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