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How Much Public Space We've Surrendered to Cars

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This brilliant illustration shows how much public space we've surrendered to cars. Image: Karl Jilg/Swedish Road Administration

KEY FEATURES OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE VIBRANT AND ALIVE:
  • The core of the neighborhood is a beautiful place which has been chosen for its inspiring character when you stand there.
  • The heart of the neighborhood and 2/3 of its land surface, is a pedestrian world.
  • Traffic interacts and comes in, only to the degree absolutely necessary: cars are not much in evidence.
  • Density is sometimes as high as can be reached by high-rise apartments, but all buildings are two and three stories high.
  • There are gardens everywhere — the space of the neighborhood is made of positively shaped gardens, public and private.
  • Buildings are rather simple, but always personal, with aspects that identify them by the people who made them.
  • Work is intermixed with living quarters: this applies both to small workshops and to larger offices or studio space.
  • Roads for cars are narrow and discourage speed.
  • Towards the outside of the neighborhood, there may be roads which carry faster traffic around town.
  • Windows are beautiful and large.
  • Houses are long and narrow, so that every room has good light.
  • All entrances to apartments come direct to the ground, never to shared corridors.
  • Some outdoor areas are furnished — seats, low walls, tables — and partly enclosed. There are cafes, shops and other amenities nearby.
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