From Düsseldorf, Germany, from a couple of days ago:

Some people doubt there is a brighter future for our cities — one based on human-scale design, not cars — but a viral Reddit post reminds us otherwise.

The post showed two photos of a highway in Dusseldorf, Germany. The first photo is from 1990, showing a multi-lane highway curving down the waterfront. The image is gray and bleak. The second photo, in comparison, shows a bright and sunny 2019 shot of the same area, except now the highway is replaced with a large park.

The original poster captioned the post, “It’s never too late to acknowledge the reality that urban highways are a fixable mistake.” The comparison shows proof that we can fix our mistakes and that the future will be brighter for it.

This post belongs to a growing movement against cars (and roads and highways). Not only do gas-guzzling cars contribute to heating up the planet, but car-centric urbanism also shifts the focus of a city away from the pedestrian — and cities are for people, right?

Wild before-and-after photos of highway transformation go viral

With thanks to:

The “Solarpunk” Online Group Shares 30 Environmental Memes That People Can Relate To | Bored Panda

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