cbeezwaxDec 22, 2022
Brent Toderian
One of my favourite things to post are inspiring before-and-after photos of transformed urban places. They often speak for themselves…except what you can’t tell from the after-photos is that vehicle traffic often actually gets BETTER.
This one of #Dusseldorf #Germany’s waterfront comes from @iamcais.
#cities. #waterfront #urbanism #freeways #transportation #cars
Dec 21, 2022 at 10:09pmWeb
Show threaddhutchDec 21, 2022
@BrentToderian would be nice to see this along the #Detroit River in #Windsor #YQG.
Show threadhubickDec 21, 2022
@BrentToderian Did they finally come to understand cars were bad, get rid of them all, and rebuild a 15 minute city, oriented around pedestrians and bikes? No, they just buried the freeway. All the same car dependency, emissions, parking garages, etc, and none of the enlightenment.
Show threadMax GuthierDec 21, 2022

@hubick @BrentToderian

Yeah, lol. Because actively sabotaging the north-south axis for any road based logistics, emergency services, etc. is exactly how you want to do urban planning. Car dependency is really, really not our problem here (1.600+ public transit stops in the greater metro would like a word). There are even park+ride places at the most common commuter routes and the city is doing about as much as it can, the biggest problem are Germans being reluctant to use the infrastructure that is there.

Show threadhubickDec 21, 2022
@MaxGuthier @BrentToderian I'll freely admit the only thing I know about this place is that the road wasn't removed, just buried. If that's not as sad as it sounds, then great.
Show threadJanDec 22, 2022
@hubick @MaxGuthier @BrentToderian without this car tunnel we would have a lot more traffic in the inner city. To be fair, there is not everything perfect with this, but it was a huge win for the living quality & nearly every part of the city is with the public transportation and by foot or bike in around 20 - 30 Minutes accessible.
Show threadIrenaDec 22, 2022
@MaxGuthier @hubick @BrentToderian Interesting discussion. I obviously just saw the pic and thought that German planners are enlightened. But the problem is more complex. So we must push for bolder political ambition, to reduce car dependency and address climate emergency.
#ClimateEmergency #NetZero #Transport #UrbanPlanning #Green #GreenWashing #GretaThunberg
Show threadFreediverXDec 28, 2022
@hubick @BrentToderian I’d still consider it a significant quality of life improvement.
Show threadthebostonlolDec 21, 2022
@BrentToderian This is the future I want for #StorrowDrive in #Boston
#PedestrianizeStorrowDr
Show threadMary Ann HornDec 21, 2022
@BrentToderian #teampete
Show threadNLSuperman709Dec 21, 2022
@BrentToderian Wow! What an amazing difference. Less traffic and more green. That's what we need around here. Whoever oversaw those renovations, get them to come to #newfoundlandandlabrador
Show threadLaPingvino 🟙 Dec 21, 2022

#LocationLabels #geo9f386p

@locationlabels The Düsseldorf water front

Show threadColes Street PotholeDec 22, 2022

@BrentToderian I was in Dusseldorf this past July, and you can't even imagine that highway was once there—in the summer that space is filled with festivals, river cruise ships, folks walking/biking at all hours.

That spire in the distance St. Lambertus Church, a 15th century structure in the Altstadt.

Show threadJJDec 22, 2022
@BrentToderian wonderful
Show threadKlimazukunftDec 22, 2022
@BrentToderian The cars are not away - they are driving through a four lane wide subsurface freeway with a big underground carpark with direct connection to the „Altstadt“. Very comfortabel for car users. No change of the mobility.
Show threadCL158Dec 22, 2022
@BrentToderian one of three good examples in Germany. Sorry to be so sarcastic, but Germany is Autoland. No speedlimits on highways, we are no good example. Cars rule here.
Show threadMJ MuseDec 22, 2022
@BrentToderian wouldn't it be nice if the US caught up with making more sustainable living green spaces?
Show threadNestor CaafDec 22, 2022
@BrentToderian Post Madrid river project!
Show threadMichael Maguire 🇨🇦 🇬🇧🇨🇭🇮🇹Dec 22, 2022
@BrentToderian Even accepting the criticisms that all they did was bury the traffic, I would love it if the same were to happen to the Gardiner at Toronto's waterfront.
Show threadPieter Kuiper 🌍🇳🇱Dec 22, 2022
@BrentToderian
I think there was a car tunnel underneath that park?
Show threadthrillfallDec 22, 2022

@BrentToderian at first i thought this was Dresden, Germany.

Thanks for sharing. It is hard to believe that this kind of getting rid of cars is actually done in Germany

Show threadPauzzzzzDec 22, 2022
@BrentToderian ouah !!!!
Show threadWouter van MaanenDec 22, 2022
@BrentToderian This is amazing! I remember visiting Seattle and just being shocked by how they placed the freeway literally on the shoreline, which absolutely destroyed that city. Hope more cities look at this image and decide to follow the example.
Show threadKarl Morant 🇨🇦  🖖Dec 22, 2022

@BrentToderian

I thought that was Chicago for a second.

Show threadWobblingDec 27, 2022
@BrentToderian do this to Lake Shore Drive in Chicago. Please and thank you. #cycling #transportation #bancars