It turns out cities focused on people, rather than vehicles, are cleaner, quieter, have more public space, and even help you live longer. One city in Spain is showing the rest of the world how this might be done. Barcelona is revolutionizing city planning by taking areas … [Read more...] about What do cities look like when they are built for people, not cars?
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Barcelona fines landlords with empty properties to tackle housing crisis
The scarcity of affordable social housing is a major problem for some of the world’s biggest cities. What makes this issue extremely frustrating is that there's a decent number of empty properties in these cities that could help solve the problem. Drawing from this frustration, … [Read more...] about Barcelona fines landlords with empty properties to tackle housing crisis