NO CARS GO
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By closing a road to cars, space is opened for people. A neighborhood gathering spot is created in one of Barcelona’s Superblocks - the incredible program that is filling their city’s streets with life.
Why
streets are for people
Our cities are dominated by motor vehicles. Whether it’s by driving or parking, their access is choking our streets and our lungs. And as the pandemic has illustrated, that this space allocation is deadly in so many ways.
it doesn’t have to be this way
Watch this excellent short to see how lovely our cities could be.
'To have faith means to dare, to think the unthinkable, yet to act within the limits of the realistically possible' (Erich Fromm).
The Facade - By Jan Kamensky (2021)
You don’t need to speak Dutch to understand that there is more to be gained by reclaiming vs. expanding roadways.
how
no cars go - collections
This site and linked repositories are a work in progress. The hope is to amass excellent present and future (if they’d simply have the courage) No Cars Go examples
A Google Photos album with No Cars Go content is here.
A map of No Cars Go is below. Submit missing locations here and get an invitation to the shared photo album.
NO CARS GO Map
known car-free sites (currently a placeholder)
NO CARS GO - existing
pre-pandemic examples
no cars go - streateries
COVID19 took so much from us, but it did help us to see the poor utilization of space in our cities. Here are some examples of taking space from cars and giving it to people. If only they could expand and become permanent.
no cars go - show them!
This brilliant example is from Kingston in London. Read more here.
Show them real life examples or make up your own. Streets close for rallies, riots, and construction and mobility carries on. It’s time to do the same for a more positive reason.
no cars go - Paris
Banks of the Seine - former roadway, now a glorious space for people
no cars go - rome
More cars than I would like, but piazzas and car-free areas do exist. Walk to Coliseum used to be for cars, but now it is for people. If only the asphalt were reduced, so the summer heat might also be…
no cars go - barcelona
Plazas providing safe space for people to move
no cars go - san francisco
San Francisco examples of streets closed to people. Sadly Twin Peaks is now open to cars due to SFMTA’s inability to just say no.
Advocates are hoping “The Great Walkway” and “Car-free JFK” will remain permanent.
