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Alexandria, Egypt has become the latest city to solve traffic. Check out their brand new 10 lane highway on the beachfront.

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A stadium in America’s largest metropolis vs a stadium in Spain’s second largest city.

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The most successful freeway removal project in history - Seoul, South Korea

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3rd and Central Streets, Cincinnati, Ohio. 25,000 people were displaced to build I-75 and the surrounding parking lots.

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Boomers: Why don’t kids go outside anymore? The outside they built:

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Albuquerque, New Mexico

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Atlanta and Madrid’s rail networks overlaid on top of one another, to scale. Each city has a metro populations around 6-7 million.

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Bill Nye on motor vehicles in 1995

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If Stockholm and Kansas City swapped public rail networks, to scale. Both cities have metro populations around 2.5 million. Idea Credit: @pushtheneedle

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American cities weren’t built for cars. They were destroyed for them. Little Rock, Arkansas - 1943 vs 1998

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Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado. 2014 vs 2020

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Maps of Minneapolis’ / St Paul’s light rail network, 110 years apart.

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Maps of Buffalo’s light rail/streetcar network. (1935 vs 2023)

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If Houston and Berlin swapped public rail networks, to scale. Houston metro population: 6.7 million Berlin metro population: 3.6 million Idea credit: @pushtheneedle

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Maps of Kansas City’s electrified transit, 1926 vs 2024

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Lafayette, Louisiana is so car dependent that their brand new elementary school is built like an industrial center where trucks line up to deliver and pick up goods. All of this for a demographic (kids) that can’t even drive.

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Milwaukee, WI (1940s vs 2022)

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Cities don’t need decades to change. If there’s political willpower, it can be done. @Cycling_Embassy

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Nothing to see here, just a completely normal quantity of freeway infrastructure for a city of barely 2 million

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Chicago-Detroit and Paris-Strasbourg are equidistant city pairs. The Paris-Strasbourg route takes less than 2 hours, with 5x as many trains per day. Chicago-Detroit takes 5h 30m, despite covering the same distance.

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Maps of Brooklyn’s subway, light rail and streetcar networks, 93 years apart. #Brooklyn #NYC

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Maastricht, Netherlands, 2015 vs 2021

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Destroying neighborhoods for highways isn’t a relic of the distant past. It’s still going strong in Bakersfield, California #California

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Maps of Omaha’s public rail networks. 1927 vs 2023

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Praça Mauá, Rio de Janeiro. (2011 vs 2015)

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In 1970, 50% of all kids walked or biked to school. Today, 87% are driven. Drop the most carbrained school design you can find. Here is my entry.

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If Fenway Park had to adhere to Wichita Kansas’ parking requirements. Source: @the_transit_guy

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Red Arrow Park, Milwaukee. 1924 vs 2019

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Despite being the same distance apart, there are 89 fewer trains every day between Montréal and Toronto than between Milan and Rome. The former also takes two hours longer. Canada can do better.

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If Cincinnati and Dresden swapped public rail networks, to scale. Dresden metro population: 600k Cincinnati metro population: 2.3 million Idea Credit: @pushtheneedle

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Dublin, Ireland (1970 vs 2022)

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Japan’s passenger rail network overlaid on top of the Northeast Corridor. No notes.

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Looking SE on Newark Ave from Erie St. (2012 vs 2022)

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same bed length

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A business park in Charlotte. Clearly transportation by car is the most efficient use of land.

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Düsseldorf, Germany (1990 vs 2019) @Geopizzza

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Montreal highway removal in 2013

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The suburbs are still fixable:

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Nashville, TN (1940 vs 1965)

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Burrell Ave, Columbus, Ohio. 2014 vs 2022. This is the future urbanists want.

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Albany riverfront. 1930s vs 2024

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Denver’s rail transit: 20 years ago vs today. Some positivity for a change!

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Despite being the same distance apart, there are x40 as many trains every day between Madrid and Valencia than between San Antonio and Houston. The latter takes 3 hours longer.

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Aerials of Nijmegen, NL (1972 vs 2022)

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Katowice, Poland (2012 vs 2023)

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From a place to visit to a place to drive through. Looking West on W Broadway, Council Bluffs, Iowa. 1950s vs 2022

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The folks who ask “why don’t kids go outside anymore?” are the ones who see nothing wrong with this.

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Consell de Cent, Barcelona, less than two years apart.

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All. Jules Guesde, Toulouse, France. (2009 vs 2017) #france #urbanplanning

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Drop the worst bike lane you can find on google earth. Here is a masterpiece in El Segundo

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If Hudson Yards had to adhere to Louisville, KY’s parking requirements. Source: @the_transit_guy

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24,000 people displaced

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Construction of I-35W through Minneapolis in the 1960s.

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If Miami and Barcelona swapped public rail networks, to scale. Miami metro population: 6.3 million Barcelona metro population: 5 million Idea credit: @pushtheneedle #Miami #Barcelona

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Highland Ave & 20th St, Birmingham, AL. 1911 vs 2022

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I-75 in Detroit. What it looks like today vs what the Michigan DOT plans to transform it into using the funds from the “Reconnecting Communities” grant.

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If Glasgow, Scotland swapped public rail networks with Columbus, Ohio, to scale. Glasgow metro population: 1.9 million Columbus metro population: 2.2 million Idea credit: @pushtheneedle #Glasgow #Columbus

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E Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio. Build housing not parking lots! #Columbus #Ohio

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Praça Mauá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazl

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@Captain_C2 Food is famously not delivered to cities without freeway moats

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A street is a spatial entity and not the residue between buildings.

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Freeway construction in Minneapolis displaced up to 24,000 people and destroyed 40% of its historical downtown. The highways were purposefully routed through neighborhoods containing 90% of the city’s Black population. @SegByDesign

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Corktown, Michigan. 1950s vs 2022.

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The “profession” of traffic engineering. Imagine how different our infrastructure would be if planners were forced to use what they design.

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Maps of Seattle and Budapest, but with swapped public rail networks, to scale. Seattle metro population: 4 million Budapest metro population: 3 million Idea credit: @pushtheneedle

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The same spot on Consell de Cent in Barcelona, less than two years apart

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American streets are so dangerous that even the shortest trips don’t feel safe without a car. Since there are no sidewalks or crosswalks, this maneuver would be illegal on foot.

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This is textbook example of what’s known as Braess’ Paradox, which states that removing roads in an urban space reduces overall traffic and, by implication, adding extra capacity to a road network increases overall traffic.

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The M1 Abrams Battle Tank has better sight clearance than the Dodge Ram and GMC Sierra

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If Prague and Denver swapped public rail transportation networks, to scale. Both cities have metro populations around 3 million. #maps #denver #prague

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Antwerp, Belgium (2009 vs 2022) @Qagggy

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Should I make this into a new map series? Comparing streetcars of the past to today?

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“Cars are freedom” mfs when their kid gets pulverized trying to cross the elementary school highway loop ramp interchange crosswalk by a by a guy named Brandyn going 60 mph in his 6,500 pound Ford Raptor

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@_trash_void I appreciate all the hard work you do baiting my posts into getting more traction.

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If Minneapolis/St. Paul swapped rail networks with Duisburg/Essen, to scale.

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Great changes in Warsaw, Poland at Plac Trzech Krzyży. Source: @jakubdybalski

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Rua Bela in São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro

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Route de Suresnes, Paris. 2021 vs 2023

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“The tearing down of the motorway had both intended and unexpected effects. As soon as we destroyed the road, the cars just disappeared and drivers changed their habits, a lot of people just gave up their cars. Others found a different way of driving.” -Hwang

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Motor vehicles kill Americans at a much higher rate than other affluent countries.

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Please bro just one more parking lot

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If Cincinnati and Stockholm swapped passenger rail networks, to scale. Both cities have metro populations around 2.3 million people. Idea credit: @pushtheneedle

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Fewer cars = less pollution. Simple as that. Source: @Qagggy

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@post_calvinist I appreciate all the hard work you do baiting my posts into getting more engagement.

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Related fun fact: Dresden <—> Berlin: 100 miles - 48 trains a day Cincinnati <—> Columbus: 100 miles - not a single passenger train since 1977

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In 1999, Seoul began drawing up plans for the demolition of an elevated motorway that ran right through the heart of the city. There was fierce opposition and protests from motorists who wanted to keep the freeway. They wanted to build more roads to survive.

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The only thing constant in our cities is their continuous process of change. ‘T Goylaan 35, Utrecht, NL. 2015 vs 2021

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Duluth Minnesota. Note the bridge right of center to help orient yourself.

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You can’t paint your way to safety

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It doesn't matter how many arrows, lines and bikes you paint on a street, if people don't feel safe riding it's just not good enough.

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Atlanta’s rail transit: 20 years ago vs today.

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Salt Lake City’s rail transit: 20 years ago vs today.

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West End Cincinnati was razed to the ground to make way to make way for I-75. These two photos are from the exact same spot.

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If car infrastructure was built like bike lanes are.

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Using feelings or individual observations to undermine data driven infrastructure planning is anti-cyclist. When that infrastructure doesn't connect or safely ferry folks around a city, it's set up to fail. 📷 @tomflood1