Pedestrian and residential streets
Pedestrian streets
A pedestrian street refers to a street reserved for walking and cycling.
In Kuopio, Kauppakatu (from Ajurinkatu to Vuorikatu) and Puijonkatu (from Tulliportinkatu to Lapinlinnankatu) have been designated as pedestrian streets. A motorised vehicle may only be driven to a property on the street, in cases where no other route has been arranged for the property. Driving to a private property is allowed between Käsityökatu and Vuorikatu. Stopping or parking a motorised vehicle on the pedestrian street is prohibited, except for stops required for service traffic in places where the signage permits service traffic.
The speed of both cars and bicycles on a pedestrian street must be adapted to the speed of pedestrians and must not exceed 20 kmph. On a pedestrian street, the driver of a vehicle must give pedestrians unobstructed passage. Pedestrians may walk on any part of a pedestrian street, though they may not unnecessarily obstruct vehicle traffic.
Service traffic (including taxi traffic) is permitted on Kauppakatu between Ajurinkatu and Vuorikatu and on Puijonkatu between Kauppakatu and Tulliportinkatu.
Residential streets
Streets marked as residential streets in Kuopio include
- Kauppakatu (between Savonkatu and Ajurinkatu and between Vuorikatu and Maaherrankatu)
- Tupatie (Niirala)
- Telakkakuja-Hermanninaukio-Vanttikuja (Haapaniemi)
- Sorvarinkatu between Minna Canthin katu and Kuopionlahdenkatu
- Koljonniemenkatu between Vuorikatu and Kuninkaankatu
- Sepänkatu and Niemenkatu north of Tulliportinkatu
“A residential street refers to a shared road for pedestrian and vehicular traffic, designated as such a street by traffic signs.”
A motorised vehicle may be driven on a residential street only to access a property on the street or for parking.
Parking on a residential street is only permitted in marked parking spaces. Bicycles, mopeds and vehicles with a reduced mobility parking permit or a home care workers’ parking permit may, however, be parked outside the designated parking space if it does not unreasonably hinder movement on the residential street.
The road speed on the residential street must be adapted to the speed of pedestrian traffic and must not exceed 20 kmph. Pedestrians may walk on any part of a residential street, though they may not unnecessarily obstruct vehicle traffic.
In order for a residential street to function as intended, it must have special structures, such as narrowings, platforms and plantations, which limit the speed of vehicles. The driving space must be as narrow as possible.
Pedestrian “kävelykatu” and residential streets “pihakatu” on the map
