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Paris is turning its motorist-friendly streets into post-lockdown cycleways

April 24, 2020 by Ivar Laanen

To minimize social contact and maximize daily physical activity, many cities around the world have been giving over road space to cyclists and pedestrians during the pandemic. While the idea is to give people the sort of generous space generally allotted to motorists, it’s also … [Read more...] about Paris is turning its motorist-friendly streets into post-lockdown cycleways

How Vienna is using culture to go car-free

February 14, 2020 by Ivar Laanen

Last year, we wrote about a new transit app being used in Miami called Velocia, which rewards commuters for ditching the car in favor of taking public transit, biking, or simply walking. It was an exciting piece for us to share with you because it represented a novel approach to … [Read more...] about How Vienna is using culture to go car-free

The tiny English city wants to show small cities that going car-free is possible

January 15, 2020 by Ivar Laanen

Until a few years ago, the small city of Ghent in Belgium struggled with traffic and smog in its city center. Then, in 2017, the city adopted a new traffic plan to limit non-essential cars from its center and used a tactical urbanism approach to make the change cheaply, adding … [Read more...] about The tiny English city wants to show small cities that going car-free is possible

Pedestrians are taking over the streets of traffic-filled Brussels

May 8, 2019 by Jurriaan Kamp

Right now, there can be an almost eerie calm to some sections of central Brussels. Take an evening stroll down Boulevard Anspach, the broad avenue that forms the Belgian capital’s spine, and you may find the roadway empty, its limestone and wrought-iron facades echoing the … [Read more...] about Pedestrians are taking over the streets of traffic-filled Brussels

From Cairo to Beijing: these 8 cities are ridding their streets of cars

March 22, 2019 by Jurriaan Kamp

In downtown Cairo, it’s not uncommon to see streets clogged with cars. But in a proposed redesign for a central thoroughfare, they’re hard to spot. Instead, in the concept illustration for what looks like the Egyptian version of Amsterdam, a two-way bike lane, a sidewalk, and a … [Read more...] about From Cairo to Beijing: these 8 cities are ridding their streets of cars

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