I. The pedestrian has the right to live in a healthy environment and freely to enjoy the amenities
offered by public areas under conditions that adequately safeguard his physical and
psychological well-being.
II. The pedestrian has the right to live in urban or village centres tailored to the needs of human
beings and not to the needs of the motor car and to have amenities within walking or cycling
distance.
III. Children, the elderly and the disabled have the right to expect towns to be places of easy
social contact and not places that aggravate their inherent weakness.
IV. The disabled have the right to specify measures to maximise mobility, such as the elimination
of architectural obstacles and the adequate equipping of public means of transport.
V. The pedestrian has the right to urban areas which are intended exclusively for his use, are as
extensive as possible and are not mere ‘pedestrian precincts’ but in harmony with the overall
organisation of the town.
VI. The pedestrian has a particular right to expect;
a) compliance with chemical and noise emission standards for motor vehicles which scientists
consider to be tolerable,
b) the introduction into all public transport systems of vehicles that are not a source of either air
or noise pollution,
c) the creation of ‘green lungs’, including the planting of trees in urban areas,
d) the control of speed limits by modifying the layout of roads and junctions (e.g. by
incorporating safety islands etc.), so that motorists adjust their speed, as a way of effectively
safeguarding pedestrian and bicycle traffic,
e) the banning of advertising which encourages an improper and dangerous use of the motor car,
f) an effective system of road signs whose design also takes into account the needs of the blind
and the deaf,
g) the adoption of specific measures to ensure that vehicular and pedestrian traffic has ease of
access to, and freedom of movement and the possibility of stopping on, roads and pavements
respectively (for example: anti-slip pavement surfaces, ramps at kerbs to compensate for the
difference in the levels of pavement and roadway, roads made wide enough for the traffic they
have to carry, special arrangements while building work is in progress, adaptation of the urban
street infrastructure to protect motor car traffic, provision of parking and rest areas and subways
and footbridges),
h) the introduction of the system of risk liability so that the person creating the risk bears the
financial consequences thereof (as has been the case in France, for example, since 1985).
VII. The pedestrian has the right to complete and unimpeded mobility, which can be achieved
through the integrated use of the means of transport. In particular, he has the right to expect;
a) an extensive and well-equipped public transport service which will meet the needs of all
citizens, from the physically fit to the disabled,
b) the provision of bicycle lanes throughout the urban areas,
c) the creation of parking lots which affect neither the mobility of pedestrians nor their ability to
enjoy areas of architectural distinction.
VIII. Each Member State must ensure that comprehensive information on the rights of
pedestrians is disseminated through the most appropriate channels and is made available to
children from the beginning of their school career.