30 Times People Spotted An Example Of Good Urban Planning And Shared Pics Online
Living in the city means dealing with various problems such as traffic, pollution, and crowd. Although there are numerous job opportunities and lots of comfortable amenities there, some of the overambitious cities have now become an “Urban Hell“.
However, as people are getting more and more aware of these modern issues, some city planners are actually trying to ensure that urban areas remain human-friendly and nature-friendly to a certain extent. Today, we’ve collected some impressive “Urban planning” designs that deserve appreciation. Check out the best ones in the gallery below.
#1 Concrete Sewer Pipes Used As Outdoor Seating
Image source: reddit.com
#2 Apartment Building With A Park At Its Center, Berlin
Image source: archineering
#3 Holland, 1982-2020
Image source: -Johnny-
#4 Urban Space Is Complex. But The Math Is Relatively Simple
Image source: gfaster
#5 This Does Put A Smile On My Face
Image source: ForteLaidirSterkPono
#6 Bin For Cyclists In Denmark
Image source: ekernan
#7 These Public Benches Are Reversible, So You Can Choose To Look At People, Or Boats
Image source: BitchyOlive
#8 Heated Sidewalks
Image source: unroja
#9 My City, Delhi Is Redesigning Its S**tty Car Centric Good For Nothing Roads, Here’s Half Of A Wide A** Road Reclaimed
Image source: Hiif4
#10 Edinburgh, Scotland
Image source: mtlgrems
#11 Vienna Gasometers, Gas Storage Tanks First Built In 1896 And Converted Into Mixed-Use Developments Between 1995 And 2001
Image source: Coffee-ly
#12 “Gion Quarter” Kyoto, Japan
Image source: hyperius
#13 The Speed Camera Lottery In Stockholm, Sweden
Image source: neroina
Drive at or under the speed limit and you’ll be entered into a lottery where the prize fund comes from the fines that speeders pay. Average speed reduced from 32 km/h to 25 km/h (a reduction of 22%).
#14 Luminous Pedestrian Crossing In France, When A Person Is Detected The Lights Turn On To Warn The Drivers
Image source: Kemro59
#15 It’s Never Too Late To Acknowledge The Reality That Urban Highways Are A Fixable Mistake
Image source: Thereaper29
#16 I Dont Know Why, But I Just Love When City Elements Wrap Around Nature Like This. [oc] Photo Taken In Stockholm, Sweden
Image source: Herrkarlson
#17 Comfort Town, An Old Industrial Site In Kyiv Built In Response To Brutalist Soviet Era Apartments Buildings
Image source: IngFavalli
#18 World’s Tallest Indoor Waterfall
Image source: labitx
#19 Roundabout With Some Nature In The Middle, France
Image source: Kemro59
#20 Green Houses In Berlin
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#21 Planned This Shot For Months Before Coming To The Us, But I Didn’t Expect The Sun To Make The Rails Golden. Sometimes Photography Is Just About Being A Lucky Bastard
Image source: wonteatyourcat
#22 Paris, 9th Arrondissement. These Miniature Gardens Used To Be Car Parking Spaces Until A Few Years Ago. The City Reclaimed Them, And Replanted Them With Fruit Trees And Flowering Shrubs
Image source: silveryspoons
#23 Bumpy Plates For Blind People, Everywhere In France, I Hope It’s The Same For The Other Countries Too
Image source: Kemro59
#24 Rack For Locking Up Skateboards And Scooters
Image source: unroja
#25 The Outer Battery, Newfoundland, Canada
Image source: thetoxicblockmc
#26 Anybody Know Why This Is Designed Like This? (Copenhagen Denmark)
Image source: MopCoveredInBleach
#27 Quince Street, Philadelphia. Legalize Narrow Streets!
Image source: Urbinaut
#28 “Forget The Motor Car And Build Cities For Lovers And Friends.” – Lewis Mumford
Image source: silveryspoons
#29 Traffic Light With A Mirror To Allow The Drivers To See The Pedestrians/Cyclists That Are In Their Blind Spots
Image source: Kemro59
#30 A Roundabout In Nantes (France) With An Underground Car Park Entrance
Image source: Kemro59
Got wisdom to pour?
What a terribly . These would be way more interesting if you would explain how half of these worked. No, I don’t know why it’s designed like that. Care to tell me? Because I’d really like to know. Please add more explanation in the future so it’s actually factual.
Most of it is such a crap. OFC trees and nature are important, but the God’s sake, you can’t stop the world and put it INSTEAD pf parking spots, highways or facilities. It only shows the ignorance and stupidity. Work on the areas that can be easily transformed into the
*into the recreation, nature-connected places.
I thought it was a lovely collection!