felix stalderJul 20, 2023
Went to see a superblock in Barcelona. Given how much they feature as urbanism of the future, they are amazingly simple. Take an intersection, block traffic in all four directions and you have a square. Plant trees, add some tables and benches. That's basically it. Replace cars with trees and don't privatize the resulting space. All you need, and all that is usually missing, is political will.
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@festal that the political will needs to be backed up by a whole load of public consent. To make changes like this you need to run a large, coordinated public relations campaign. Otherwise, they will fail. And talking to the public means going door-to-door, street surgeries, newsletters, radio and local news. Committing a good 6 months of your life, or if you’re secure, combining it with election pledges to double up campaigning.
Jul 23, 2023 at 10:53amWeb