we've got some hot tips for your bucket list ah magic corner hotspot for food and some great cultural memorials to boot w travel off. we go and we're all used to the streets of our cities being hectic. smelly and noisy always have been always will be right. it's up to us to find our way through the traffic. what other options do we have? more than half of us now live in cities that are getting ever more crowded. but for generations, cities have been built for cars, not people, causing traffic jams and pollution. many cities are already very unhealthy,

and the climate crisis could make them unlivable within our lifetime. some people say we can rethink the cities we live in and make them better with. but what does that actually mean? how could we reclaim and re use our own cities to make them cooler and cleaner, and us happier and healthier group? we're about to see how some cities in europe are finding solutions to their own urban issues. the french capital, paris is experiencing a new revolution on its streets. barcelona, in spain is making the most of the cities unique designed to revitalize itself. at both cities, a learning a lot from this place haunting and in the netherlands with you might think the netherlands is far too obvious, a choice to start exploring people friendly streets. but do you know how hard to

dutch people, how to fight for them these moments of change have never been easy. and many people think that in the netherlands, this always was the case. but also in the netherlands, it took a radical change like literally urban warfare and the 970 of people going through the streets and demand the streets back to the metals had to move. and that was called stop the child's murder in the 9th and seventy's. and that movement really managed to get people to reclaim the streets. that at that time were really engineer toward providing more space. because this is marco tip room is stretched aka the cycling professor. he had the faculty of urban mobility futures at the university of amsterdam and mental is the next generation of urban planners in land use and mobility. what is missing in our current conversation about rethinking urban transportation planning? marco also, she has a lot of ideas on social media about how we use our cities. the streets in our

cities always were the remaining space between buildings and in the remaining space between buildings, everything happens. social life happens. trading happens, children who played people could meet and people who travel through them for this change radically in the 1900 twenty's 100 years ago. and that was the pressure that was introduced by the motorized vehicle. cars came in large numbers to that street . and basically put pressure on the way that we were thinking about the street and literally colliding with all these other purposes that were happening in space. and to respond to that. a whole new domain of thinking was introduced to traffic engineering sort of was born in the 1900 thirty's and developed a language around seeing streets as places where people want to go as fast as possible as individuals. and because of that, it started to solidify into institutions and into loss if the behavior is solidified into concrete, asphalt and technology. and finally, it solidifies our imagination, or we now take it for granted that we think about the streets as places that are primarily there for vehicular throughput. the way that we develop the streets with

his logic makes our streets unsustainable. unlivable unsafe, and maybe even unjust. so we don't think about streets and places in terms of justice, and that's how we thought about them until the 1900 twenty's. they are no longer a place where our children can play or can find out how they autonomy. lee can go through the city and become an adult citizen. and this is something that society now slowly starting to realize that this is an acceptable we need new narrative. and as soon as you start using them, we see that people suddenly start seeing the street for what it really is. and they start understanding that they are something to fight for. i think there is a political or societal movement of people that are sort of wakening up to this idea that you can actually tell different stories and different narratives. like for instance, shifting from we are closing streets off for one day. instead of that saying, we're opening streets for one day and suddenly we see what that does with people that people start realizing or wait a minute. we have been accepting our language or narratives about the streets. what

if we challenge them? and i think that we see globally, this movement slowly gathering momentum and now what it needs to sort of a couple of seeds of places that show what can happen if you really recapture that narrative. one person already planting seeds is yan kaminsky. his animations invite the viewer to imagine how streets could look, have space for cause was replaced with space for people, for young sharing these utopian visions is a playful way to question how we think about our cities are no longer wanted to wait for the increasingly urgent social change, but to make a contribution myself and as a communication designer, i decided to make streets without cause visible. and i realized that there was so much space to create and show possibilities of what we could do with the streets without coff ah, or bicycles or feet. as the dutch cold them

a key to sustainable city concepts. we asked the cycling professor to explain how the netherlands in amsterdam is a good example of what happens if cycling gets respected. place at the table of traffic engineering and what they show us. because what happens if you take cyclists are human behavior as a central element in design, instead of how can you make humans behave according to your design and answer them? we have some places where we experimented with what happens if you eradicate the traffic light logic on an intersection. ah, so they didn't, the section was redesigned because there was so many cyclists compared to god drivers that the municipality considered. what would happen if we take out the traffic lights and the traffic lights actually ensure that god drive is good, go through, but didn't really make it safer. so they did it best. they took out the traffic

lights. and one of the peculiar findings of the elderly that did it was if you take out the traffic lights, people start to behave like active citizens. again, they are not looking at the light, but they're looking at each other and negotiating with each other. how to use the intersection of course amsterdam could have turned out rather differently if they hadn't blocked us in spite city may cavers like the car 1st joking and plan and the 1916 of the dutch cities like which has been rolling back call centric planning, goodbye urban highway. welcome back originals to canal ah, then this hunting and it chose human centered planning in the seventy's and is now ranked as one of the happiest places in the world. we met 2 of the people responsible for keeping it that way. on the deck and seventy's, the center of chronic was totally different than today. the sent all part of the

city yet felt monica are central a square. this was the place where at garza driving around when you went from the south of frauding into the north of in the province. in the seventy's, we decided that has to stop. we choose to make a city traffic plan where our center was divided in 4 parts. and where it was not possible to move from the one party to order with a car only with food or bag. it was a totally new concept of thinking about or city war. one of the 1st cities in europe to rethink that use of the city center, a concept in paris. i think it's a way we design our city already. the concept that in 50 minutes you have to reach your work, your school, your roots, your center, reach your shops. it's the way we designed the last 25 years. our city center, this example barris on a frowning. and it's very useful for a lot of shady she euro, but also are now central hunting and has been comed, says he manages i in good,

but hoist attending their attention to be out scanned. this is the beta my back. i see that a very functional design, there are a lot of concrete lames for the car. there are side roads with a lot of guy bugging and our sidewalks with the logo, bicycle barking. so we see a lot of opportunities for chains. there are 2 neighborhoods which are divided by this road, so we want to bring the neighborhoods together for public space. we made this an example for how are the city could look like? ah, if only only made a choice to make more space in our streets for green, more space for people. so the consequences that we have less space hooker, and that's not always easy choice because a lot of people also involving our dependence of the car. also a lot of people like to see the car in front of their house, but what we do is ask people, what kind of streets do you want and as a different question, then, where do you want to park your car? and then everyone for now in front of our house and i don't want to pay for it.

that's what everyone who owns a car will say, we ask what kind of cd. and a lot of people say, are we like to see a street where children can play with there are some trees or it's nice and easy to meet your neighbor. and when you start with that question, the discussion will check. what is people in other cities were asked what kind of st they once that's already happening elsewhere in europe, we used between the mediterranean sea and the mountains. barcelona has the highest condensate and one of the highest population densities in europe. but thanks to a cook of $900.00 century planning, this iconic european city is undergoing its own special transformation. the city government wants to convert a 1000000 square meters of road surface into space. sudden local people in the cities unique grid packing dates back to 859 and the pre call era designed by to fund this layout is the key to barcelona plans. groups of individual blocks,

a close to 3 traffic and in hunting and they remain open for local use and for commercial and emergency name alone basically build their super blocks idea on that idea of, of 40 years ago. the idea that you can still allow contracted to go everywhere as long as your lord speeds of course, and you don't allow through traffic. so much of the traffic you will find is not necessary. and the contract that is necessary can still go to places where they want to be. but as soon as you do that, you start unlocking that street for the people that lived there, they suddenly realized how much space they actually reclaimed. how much space to now have to sit, commit each other and how much space and freedom the children suddenly have if there is no longer god traffic everywhere. and it also frees up the parents because no longer have to shop for the children everywhere because they are much less danger around we visited a super block, sometimes in the market. reno locally asked to put

e s o c the islands which seems to fit better. barrett, which nature, salvador to ada, told us that the goal was to cut traffic and noise pollution without clamping down on call use a lot of hello now modell. okay, more she said, yeah, go leave it out. a few info that is popularly call that because i'm a really that bill here, but i'm so located the policy and all that got you discussed remarkable is this part here is not bluffer. keanta said, i would like to take you on the go to configure a bottle, you know, the quote is a new router. you know, they either look at that, i'd like years, the last a few of our not for them. this are yeah. to say in 3 years, a little of me in your spare time, be another into any mentor or her. and if i'm doing, i'm with money 1st with you and in school to dollars out of this because there are, there are a few of our noise from the weather is arianne told us was that it was not all i meant there as a discipline by me and a new generation in barcelona is growing up,

knowing that the streets can belong to everyone. thanks to the betty bush or bite the bus every friday, the children cycle to school with traffic stop on their ribs. a certainly when can i mean? yes, but i really haven't the sheep, they really wanted us cookies. and on this cold winter's day in barcelona, most people asking about, we're happy about the changes i think the grades to our safe space it out or you can kind of you people are like me really woke and just enjoy the think it was like him. we've been to, god said, we'll get started on on to steer. good, good. ok up. it started with it and i was inconveniencing directors loads. but if you're certain somebody orders to move out of the list, so it, it doesn't give you as much lisa. so now lufkin this year will be about, you know,

the like guided level of excuse, over speedometer must be the organ on. janet fans is barcelona, is deputy math for ecology up in ism and mobility. she says the success of pilot projects inspired her team to think bigger home, fewer normally the m m of the talk in a barbara. hello, not for general dollar you that pretty much the number not give you any longer. those mill, brenda selma, got a problem in david and then look at the mcdonald's. the last guy years is lacking the thing almost as puffy or what i mean, not a whole lot about us thought or but i was hungry. i'd like to hear i was going on because i didn't go very much just by couple of them supposed to have legal, but even be glad that you are more well know, seaford and the government is prioritizing community participation. but vocal critics remain, monica runs a portia garage in downtown barcelona, and mrs. the freedom to dr. benya will, when his mother is glassy on practical and the benefits are not on lack of quality steady. are you not linear, cassandra, good family, that it's

a shared to anyone because her brother law can us when we don't, if dollars rockers are lucky that enough from up north africa, they took the afternoon with us and when they sink on, the door must escrow from the no, but anyway nadia heads the barcelona tourism association and isn't happy with the planning process for good luck with our most has not been out of pocket in the day . so think you'd be at me economy at yahoo dot com was lithonian doing. i feel better. yes. getting asa journey get out of bed to see or less give more than you go there. good morning. the federal case? 24 miserably mexican american. but india from yesterday, when you think of enough of my fin assembly at home, maria, i said you haven't got them once. they've gone gone platform of the city government is convinced it has enough public backing. i just pushing on that i stand off and what i'm going to go just go from left to layer of thrown up with a thin throat than that. yes, boy asking you to contact me via him. those will be mc on the up master's port. the blue recall may not go to school, skip that last yes,

hitting the spin tab less because they want to say to me and go to china and get him off putting a garbage. if somebody could just put all new stuff. yes. so she'll be to your fellow know, guy, you're locked into sudden, 90000 mile coaches room is straight seized. bell selina, facing the same debate since dutch cities in the seventy's and eighty's. so what we see in all these changes and in general in change is that people resist and we have to take that seriously because they resist because some people will lose something . again, the example of children children have been losing their freedom for decades, but they don't have a voice for the people that will currently lose. well, 1st of all, their loss will be relatively small. as received for many examples, we still have to allocate the traffic require for people that really need it. but all the other pieces are lot sort of the freedom to go through a city with your personal private vehicle as fast as possible. yeah, you will lose that because of that so many others and even yourself,

you will win so much as well. and we need to unlock all these people that currently don't have a voice. and the silent majority that sexually losing out already for decades, the parents are so inspiring for us because it shows that if you develop a new narrative, it can actually convince people, but the narrative should not be about scar versus by. it should really be about the deeper values that people have an a 15 minute city gives us this narrative. it talks about a meaningful life that is not requiring fast mobility. this means that the relation that citizens have with the street with the city, and we didn't shudder, can radically change more about the 15 minutes later. why it became matter of paris in 2014, with her pledge to make the capital more livable parisians were ready for change. after years of deadly summer heat. why should parents be so under threat from rising temperatures, for rocks, menu of the capital climate academy?

it's down to typically that he designed the heat weighs all more hole in density center, such as paris because of the urban sheet island effect, which is basically the fact that in the centers the temperature was higher than in the surrounding countryside. this effect is due to a very effective and a lot have been can be linked to planning and how she is evolving and his designs in paris especially we have very narrow traits and often high buildings. so the even res, reflect a lot on various official and that's accentuate the increasing temperature of this also means that you have less wind and we need when for cooling effect, the green areas and the water which is quite skiff in the settings and in person. but so it adds to the effect, of course she's mission which are directed you to human activity such as the emissions from vehicle, from industry. so many of these causes can actually be cold by different planning.

few people know the streets of paris better than just a slight case to broadcast his rides live on twitch and keeps his social media followers up to date with the change. it just took us on a flight, cried to see what had happened in the french capital over the last few lot of new patients through. it's going to lead to thing like that just says if it fluffing. oh no, it's on when it's walked insurance. when you start walking from time to do so, so we are in the beginning on you can see no out of place it for writing by before it was everywhere on the job. but i didn't fill the expense to the place. so no, it's very nice place to was ah

ah so here we are in other caea, you have to imagine before all of this place. it's thought charl. charles can pass here for turning all around his place, or nobody will generally walk or leave nozik just we move that's on. you can just, andre is place for leave. now. from here you can see we have to pull a center on this place. was only 4 thought know the circulation of that because on only. but if you're on focused on you think, bringing a lot of life the idea of creating many centers within

a city that are completely walkable within 15 minutes was developed by urban planner. carlos moreno to give paris escalades ecological, economic and social foundation in the future. the 50 means the concept that is a new part of that before living definitely in seats is we wanted to reduce that sure to be chunks. and at the same time, we want to to bring the quality of life for developing in terms activity in proximity. we want to, to, promoter city based on the federal centers say different places for a leading to reduce the role of the diesel car. d. c, sir, new pass for hiding. they schulman at the center of city ecology, proximity. so daddy t and the citizen important are default killers. the roof balconies city as parties is very crucial. the role of counties not same factor in the center of it,

is in the high density zone, sorry, far on channels that i have on that can see them. they probably can pay so ease only for a going with my car. the role of car is an auto point in particular for going for a 2040 kilometers, but not for day. very short. there are other changes affects including a make over the shows that he's a. we spoke to the architect entrusted with breathing new life into the heart of the capitol. harris says so one mold european cities, and like most cities in the seventy's, it's a city that has been over one voice course. and the case of the shows it is a is an interesting example of this problem, very symbolic area in paris, very famous. but he had something incredible that the parisian hate this area. why is because it's an area that used to be for the past century, a place where you would go for a walk with his children was a nice moment to was the most elegant avenue in parish, the local people lot. and we figure out that since 40 years,

no one wants to go there except tourist. the car, of course, is one of the key problem to give this face back to people and pedestrian. because all of this has been treated as a highway entering paris was 2 times for lanes, going up and down, and you have a pavement, verizon sound, that is very noisy. so he go there. all that is it to these like bomb. it's one of the most noisy place in paris reducing the part of the car and getting this place accessible to people is one 1st action. of course we can complete the band card. so you need to be debating paris. the mayor has been planning call from the sand river. there's been a lot of political conflict about that. so i think we have to be careful and being a bit scientific about that unless ideology. so that's very important. we want to be very methodological and santa fe cannot fighting a pro or you know, against car. the other aspect of so that we want to introduce is understanding

better the way nature in the cities working as an ecosystem. the climate change, we're going to have a lot of warm spot in paris and this avenues very hot spots. so i can you use the natural elements to cool down the city. but that is a simple conclusion to a more larger and more scientific study, which is to say, can we enough tomorrow, scientific knowledge of reducing our carbon footprint on hers. and that's working on all the cities because that's where 85 percent of the damage are produced on 2 percent of the surface of the planet. changing the city is not something you do overnight. this vision we propose start in 2025. it's maybe going to be done 2035. it might sound like perish is taking the long view, but for a city that counts its age in millennia, 15 to 20 years is a very short spin of the whale. much depends on whether parisians are ready to support this revolution on the streets in both alone as overcome early opposition

to school. some quick wins, but here to the hardest work is still to come 50 years after starting to reclaim that streets. dutch cities, such as amsterdam and hunting, and must still work hard to put humans, the head of cars. what will other cities do about their motive? love affairs. while individual vehicles, ciocca st. pedestrian, a bicycle activity will remain, rand. i'm saying. can people living in 21st century mega cities expect politicians to tackle pollution and climate change to make those for people the best time to reclaim our strengths was yesterday, but i think the 2nd best times today. and it's so important because many challenges that we face as society in terms of global sustainability, but also local live ability can no longer be so if we do not reclaim our streets as public spaces of places that are there to support, not only the throughput of vehicles but to support the thriving of our society will

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