i guess you see something that looked like they responded has to do with the military with where you want to know what makes with love and banning thing stuff away from that. but i'm not even know how to work my own car and everyone with later holes in every day getting. are you ready to meet the german and join me, rachel stuart on d. w. ah ah, 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

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? 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. both cities, a learning a lot from this place haunting and in the netherlands,

who's the you might think the netherlands this far too obvious, a choice to start exploring people friendly street. but do you know how hard the dutch people had 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 1970s of people going to the street and demand the street back to the netherlands. yet the movement that was called to stop the child murder in the night and seventy's and that movement really managed to get people to reclaim the street. that at that time, what really engineer toward providing more space. because this is marco typically most stretched, aka the cycling professor. he had the faculty of urban mobility futures at the university of amsterdam and mentally 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 on the streets in our cities always were the remaining space between buildings and in the remaining space between buildings. everything happened, social life happens, trading happens, children could play, people could meet and people who travel through them. but this changed 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 900 thirty's and developed the language around seeing streets as places where people want to go as fast as possible as individuals. and because of that, it's 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 street as places that are primarily there for vehicular throughput. the way that we develop the streets with this 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 1920s. there 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 unacceptable. we need new narrative and as soon as we start using them, we see that people suddenly start seeing the st for what it really is. and they start understanding that there 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, wait a minute, we have been accepting our language, our 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 if 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 al 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 shore possibilities of what we could do with the streets without coff, ah, bicycles, all feats, as the dutch call them, a key to sustainable city come sets. we ask the site king, professor to explain how the netherlands and amsterdam is a good example of what happens if cycling gets a 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 in amsterdam we have some places where we experimented with what happens if you eradicate the traffic light logic on an intersection. so this intersection was redesigned because there was so many cyclists compared to

god riders that the municipality considered. what would happen if we take out the traffic lights and a traffic light actually ensure that god drive is, could go through, but didn't really make it safer. so they did a test that took out the traffic lights. and one of the peculiar findings of the alderman that did it was if it take out the traffic lights, people start to behave like act of citizens again. so 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 inspired city may cave is like the car 1st joking. and plant in the 19 sixty's of the dutch cities like we traced, have been rolling back call centric planning, good by urban highway. welcome back of which no city canal then there's hunting and it chose human centered planning in the seventy's and is

now ranked is one of the happiest places in the world. we met 2 of the people responsible for keeping it that way. they can accept the center of groaning. it was totally different than today. the central part of the city. a default monica are central. the square is, was to place where a 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 sensor was divided in 4 parts and where it was not possible to move from the one party daughter 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 shitty. she euro, but also are now central hunting and has been combed, says he manages i in good, but hoist attending their attention to be out. scans business verbatim. a 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 got bogging and our sidewalks were the la bicycle barking. so we see a lot of opportunities for change. there are 2 neighborhoods which i divided by this road. so we want to bring the neighborhood together for a 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 choice because

a lot of people also holding and are dependent 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 331, and that's a different question then. where do you want to park your car? and then every one says for now in front of our house, and i don't want to pay for it. that's what everyone who owns the car will say, we ask what kind of cd and a lot of people say. so 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 who are asked what kind of streets they once that's already happening elsewhere in europe. we 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 clerk of 19th 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 for the local people in the cities unique grid path dates back to 859 and the pre call era designed by uniform . this layout is the key to barcelona plans. groups of individual block, close to 3 traffic and in hunting and they remain open for local use and for commercial and emergency name alone basically built super blocks idea on that idea of her own in 40 years ago. the idea that you can still allow contracted to go everywhere as long as you lord speeds of course, and you don't allow through traffic. so much of the traffic you will find is not necessary and contracting 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 live there, they suddenly realize 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. if there is no

longer cause traffic everywhere, and it also frees up the parents because no longer have to shop for the children everywhere because there's much less danger around. we visited a super block near the st. anthony market. they're actually known locally as to but he is also super 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 camping down on call use. a lot of the lorna model. okay. more she said yeah, will leave it up on a p and pull that is popularly coil that he covered motherly that it was here. but i'm following up on the piano that got you discussed, michael, it's this patio is not bluffer piano. is it online? that's a key on the car. yes, you know, they got to configure a. 5 rod again or they've either look, i said that i'd like years the last a few of our not for them this are yeah to say and today your loyal coil of me in

your spare time, be another lender, any mentor or her and it, i'm the i'm of money for the school to dollars out of this because there are, there are a few of our noise from the point of our yard told us was that it does not fall. i meant the best plan for me until 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 definitely when can i mean? yes, but i really haven't b, she say really was collections and on this cold winter's day in barcelona, most people asking about we're happy about the changes i think 8th grade to our safe space it out or you can kind of people. busy like me really woke and just enjoy the music was like we've been to god. so i guess i'm back to our normal

to steer. good. good. ok up. it started. good afternoon and i will is inconvenient because in that it does it loads. but if, if your son, somebody orders to move out of the list, so to dollar you must be the, the 1st one is a lufkin this year for be about a year. you love it of us can service speedometer must be the order in order. janet sands is barcelona, is deputy math for ecology up in ism and mobility. she says the success of pilot projects inspired her team to think big point here normally be an get i'm of the talk in a door about hello not getting the ball. i filled out pretty much, i'm gonna ask you a few other languages. ms. brenda. tell mclaughlin blake, i'm in day for don't look at dinner. good. but i was the last guy years is lacking . the thing almost as popular one coming out, but a whole lot about us thought or but i was hungry. i'd like to hear i was again only goes but i mean didn't go to masters by people out there for the he's legal, but i didn't particular that you part. i'm more interested in the government is prioritizing community participation. but vocal critics remain, monica runs

a portia garage in downtown barcelona and misses the freedom to drive. and then you know, when with when he's more it glassy on practicum and the benefits are not on lack of quality steady. are you not linear sca center good family that it's a scary so any welcome kit. had bronchitis on kind of swimming donation dollars? rockers are lucky. london from up north africa. they took to after knock with us and wendy single minute of moustache, profound and not angry. naughty a heads the barcelona tourism association and isn't happy with the planning process . enough. good luck with our most has not been out of pocket in today. so if anybody has mickland m e at yahoo, based on laws lithonian doing, i feel that he get getting osteo jenny, she get out my laugh to see and ask him, must been, you go there. he's willing to fit. okay, is 24. mister, when i click on on the end of candy, i think i need to go in the front of my finish and make it home or not. i said, you haven't already moved up and gave con platform of the city. got meant is

convinced it has enough public backing this pushing on from when you go to school after that. so i don't know what to say, and i used to be in the muslim support. the recall main school, just keep getting the spin, tabulate today. when i say to me and go to china and we have a mass putting in garbage, if somebody could just put the only stuff yes, which will be your fellow not guy. you're locked into sudden the saddle. my coach room is straight seat belts alone are facing the same debates as dutch cities in the seventy's and eighty's. so what we see in all these changes 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 receive for many examples. we still have to

allocate the traffic require for people that really need it. but all the other pieces are lost. so that the freedom to go through a city with your personal private vehicle as fast as possible. yeah, you will lose them. but because of that so many others and even yourself, you will win so much as well. 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 scars versus by. it should really be about the deep 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 would shudder, can radically change more about the 15 minutes later. first, why go became mer 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 roxanne menu of the capital climate academy? it's down to typically that he designed the heat ways or more whole in density center such as paris because of the 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 that is evolving. and his designed in paris especially we have very narrow treats and often high buildings. so the even res, reflect a lot on various offices and that accentuate the increasing temperature of this also means that you have less wind and we need when for cooling effect the green areas and what are quite skiff in urban settings and in person,

but for so it adds to the effect, of course, she's a mission which directed you to a human activity such as the emissions from the, from industries. so many of these causes can actually be called by different urban 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 follow is 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 8 years. then you lot of patients through is going to to lead to thing like that just says if it fluffing. oh no, it's on the way to vincent when it starts walking. sometimes do i know we are in a hurry on you can see no of it for writing by before it was taught everywhere

on the system. but i think this is alaina. i feel the expend cookies plates so know it very nice place to work. so here we are in other caea. you have to imagine before all of this place, it's fog. jaw 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 fall leaves now. so here you can see we have to pull a center on this place was only for thought was

a significant because on only but as john on site is on, youth is 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 15 to the concept is a new paradigm for living. definitely in ctc, wanted to reduce that sure to be shocks. 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, se defend on places for ra, a leading to reduce the role of individual car. dcc new pass for hiding a schuman a center of city ecology, proximity. so the daddy

t and the citizens boardwalk are therefore pillars the roof. balconies. city as parties is very crucial. the role of car is not same factor in the center of cities in the high density zone. saudi far on ran off that i voted that can see them. they probably cause pay. so ease only for a going with my car. the role of car is an other point in particular for going for a 2040 kilometers, but not for day. very shocked on. there are other changes affects including a make over the shows that is a we spoke to the architect in trusted with breathing new life into the heart of the capitol. harris says so one mold and 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 is very symbolic area in paris,

very famous. but he had something incredible that the parisian hate to say 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 the children was a nice moment. it was the most elegant avenue in parish that local people loved. and we figure out that since 40 years, no one want 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 version south that is very noisy, so he go there shows it is it to these like mom, it's one of the most noisy place. in fact, reducing the part of the car, getting this place accessible to people is one 1st action. of course we can defeat bankcard. so you need a big debate in paris. the mayor has been planning cause from the st. weaver is getting a lot of political conflicts about that. so i think we have to careful and being

a certificate that unless ideology, so that's very important. we want to be very methodological to seek and not fighting a pro or against car. the other aspect also that we want to introduce is understanding better the way nature in the city is worthy as an ecosystem. the planet chan. we've got a lot of warm spot in paris and this avenue, it's 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 not tomorrow, saturday, 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 of produce 2 percent of the surface of the planet. changing the city is not something you overnight. this vision will propose start in 2025. it's maybe going to be done in 2035. it might sound like parish 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 st. duck cities such as amsterdam and humming and must still work hard to put humans, the head of cars. what will other cities do about their automotive love affairs? while individual vehicles, ciocca st. pedestrian, a bicycle activity will remain, rand, i'm saying. can people living and 21st century mega cities expect politicians to tackle pollution and climate change to make those city for 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 livability can no longer be solved 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. we'll leave enough to young. i'm the dangers of green washing our traffic problems. the way, if you liked this special report, check out d w ref on youtube to see more films like this. a, [000:00:00;00]

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