Chahar Bagh Avenue is located on the south side of

Sio-Se-Pol Bridge. It was once one of the most splendid

avenues in the world, 5km long and 47m wide.

Madar-i-Shah, a complex placed on this avenue, consisting

of a Caravanserai, a Bazaar and a school. The

Caravanserai and The Bazaar were dedicated to the

school and school expenses were provided in this

way. The school of Chahar Bagh was built in Iranian

Islamic architecture, which was built under orders of

Shah Sultan Hossein Safavi.

There was no pollution or annoying sound here;

when cars had not been born yet. But was their age

began, like any other city across the world, Isfahan

reshaped

and motor vehicles surrounded the avenues.

Therefore, for many years, Chahar bagh was

rarely as a pedestrian- friendly district. However, as a

historic avenue, it was banned to cars and changed

to a walkable zone by the municipality in 2016 to

encourage the residents walking and cycling. Today,

this avenue is a car- free zone with old leafy trees

planted along it which creates an extraordinary view.

This pedestrianisation aimed to provide better accessibility

and mobility for pedestrians, to enhance the

amount of shopping and other business activities in

the area and/or to improve the attractiveness of the

local environment in terms of aesthetics, air pollution,

noise and crashes involving motor vehicle with

pedestrians.

This car-free development generally implies a large

scale pedestrianised area that relies on modes of

transport other than the car, such as bikes,