In response to the growing recognition of the vital role played by streets as public spaces in enhancing the vibrancy of urban life, various concepts aiming at creating greener and more inclusive streets have gained popularity in recent years, especially in North America. Shared streets are one example of such concepts that have attracted the attention of citizens and of urban and transportation planning professionals alike. This was the case in the city of Sherbrooke (Quebec, Canada) where, in response to numerous citizens’ requests, a need was identified to develop decision aid tools to help evaluate and rank street segments based on their potential to become shared streets. To achieve this, an action-research project was initiated in which we conducted a socio-technical process based on MACBETH, a multicriteria evaluation method. The project led to the development of a spatial decision support tool, operationally used today by the city professionals. This tool ensures a more informed and transparent decision-making process and supports shared streets planning policy. The methods developed are generalizable and can be adapted to other cities facing similar planning problems.

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共享街道的规划位置：多标准空间决策支持工具的开发和应用


随着人们越来越认识到街道作为公共空间在增强城市生活活力方面所发挥的重要作用，旨在创造更绿色、更具包容性的街道的各种概念近年来越来越受欢迎，尤其是在北美。共享街道是此类概念的一个例子，它吸引了市民以及城市和交通规划专业人士的注意。舍布鲁克市（加拿大魁北克省）就是这种情况，为了响应众多公民的要求，人们确定需要开发决策辅助工具，以帮助根据街段成为共享街道的可能性对其进行评估和排序。为了实现这一目标，我们启动了一个行动研究项目，其中我们基于多标准评估方法 MACBETH 进行了社会技术流程。该项目导致了空间决策支持工具的开发，今天由城市专业人士在操作中使用。该工具可确保更明智和透明的决策过程，并支持共享街道规划政策。开发的方法是可推广的，并且可以适用于面临类似规划问题的其他城市。