Municipalities are looking for their approach to pedestrian areas and pedestrian roads should be a priority for the city authorities. This is not a wish, but a basic duty of the municipality to the residents. It is the pedestrian infrastructure that determines the daily quality of the urban environment. On the sidewalk, people go to school, to the clinic, to work, to the store. But they often remain on the periphery of attention in the allocation of budget funds. The "City Sidewalks" program, launched in Ulyanovsk in 2026 at the initiative of Mayor Alexander Boldkin, is trying to change this situation. The project is a new approach to pedestrian areas. The purpose of the urban plan is to unite all the means to repair and build pedestrian areas in one direction. According to the residents, it plays an important role in the project. On its basis, they determine the areas where new pedestrian zones appear. Therefore, the city has already completed the elevation of two new sidewalks on Samara and Asharov streets. The Izhevsk Pedestrian project will be implemented in the sixth year. In 2026, 150 million rubles were allocated to the program. Priority is given to approaches to social institutions (schools, clinics, hospitals) and facilities with high pedestrian traffic. This is consistent with the logic of Ulyanovsk, where the opinion of the residents determines the choice of territories. Chaboksi is also implementing a project called "City Sidewalks", but this is an action to collect suggestions from the residents, and not a full urban plan. The participation mechanism of residents is close to Ulyanovsk, but the institutional design is different. Cheboksary "City Sidewalks" is a campaign describing opinions, while Ulyanovsk is a developing urban plan. Novorsk focuses on financial security. The municipal plan "Development of the road and welfare complex" for 2027-2030 provides about 200 million rubles annually for repairing sidewalks, for four years a total of 801 million rubles.

Municipalities are looking for their approach to pedestrian areas and pedestrian roads should be a priority for the city authorities. This is not a wish, but a basic duty of the municipality to the residents. It is the pedestrian infrastructure that determines the daily quality of the urban environment. On the sidewalk, people go to school, to the clinic, to work, to the store. But they often remain on the periphery of attention in the allocation of budget funds. The "City Sidewalks" program, launched in Ulyanovsk in 2026 at the initiative of Mayor Alexander Boldkin, is trying to change this situation. The project is a new approach to pedestrian areas. The purpose of the urban plan is to unite all the means to repair and build pedestrian areas in one direction. According to the residents, it plays an important role in the project. On its basis, they determine the areas where new pedestrian zones appear. Therefore, the city has already completed the elevation of two new sidewalks on Samara and Asharov streets. The Izhevsk Pedestrian project will be implemented in the sixth year. In 2026, 150 million rubles were allocated to the program. Priority is given to approaches to social institutions (schools, clinics, hospitals) and facilities with high pedestrian traffic. This is consistent with the logic of Ulyanovsk, where the opinion of the residents determines the choice of territories. Chaboksi is also implementing a project called "City Sidewalks", but this is an action to collect suggestions from the residents, and not a full urban plan. The participation mechanism of residents is close to Ulyanovsk, but the institutional design is different. Cheboksary "City Sidewalks" is a campaign describing opinions, while Ulyanovsk is a developing urban plan. Novorsk focuses on financial security. The municipal plan "Development of the road and welfare complex" for 2027-2030 provides about 200 million rubles annually for repairing sidewalks, for four years a total of 801 million rubles.