Carcelona

aao kabhi havelli pae

0:55 these municipalities are specifically in Catalonia, not the whole country

buh muh freedom

ideally, only ppl who live far from their work or in rural areas would need their own car. or if you want one for fun i guess.
heck, switzerland has somehow managed to give all its tiny villages fast & regular train service….

I have lived in several mid-sized cities in Canada, Brisbane, Australia, and am currently in a city in Taiwan. What they all have in common is you must have a car or motorcycle. In the Canadian and Australia cities, the distances are huge and have been designed with driving in mind. Buses and taxis were the only alternatives. The former were hopelessly slow and didn't service enough neighbourhoods. The latter were exorbitantly expensive. Going out for a couple of drinks with friends necessitated taking a taxi home which made the cost of a night out prohibitive.
In Taiwan, land is dear, and that has led to densely built cities which is a set in the right direction. However, the cities are not walkable because of a lack of sidewalks. The buses are also extremely slow so most people drive scooters. Air pollution and traffic accidents are rampant as a result.
What many European cities are doing is great. Being able to live in a neighbourhood and be walking distance to groceries, bars and restaurants, and other shops is how it should be. This setup would also clear the air, keep noise down, and make for a lively area where you can people watch instead of watching out for traffic. I'm especially impressed with what Dutch cities have done. They have created wonderful infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists while making driving less convenient. This superblock idea sounds great, too.

Short answer: Because Barcelona was designed and built before even cars were invented.

The American dream…. now a city's nightmare

for livable cities, superblocks are workable.

Vitoria… that's my mom's hometown. Haven't visited in a while. I'll for sure want to show the difference the changes described here made. Funny how the family never mentionned these changes to the roadscape. I'll have to ask about it. I did recognize some of the intersections. They do look better, although some of them were already walking areas forever ago.

Remember though: cars already contaminate our drinking water (and food industry in a whole). I think it's time, to completely ban the evolution of the private car concept and completely lock out cars from city environments (due to hundreds of reasons such as cancer and serious health concerns from exhausts and road dust etc etc etc etc etc)

Cyclists are the only worse thing than mosquitoes

Barcelona

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Car companies disliked this video, but I liked it

I think this video is inspired by the channel 'Not Just Bikes' or may be the opposite is true.

Cars and their consequences have been a disaster for the human race

Genuinely not seeing how care "add freedom"

America is a great example of why 'just make cities great for cars' makes terrible cities

3:01 let's gooo

Problem is you are facing a culture that has a huge interwoven portion of their life into their car. Car culture is a thing, which started in America too. So actively going against that is a tough sell when Americans love their mustangs camaros and chargers, etc etc…its gas prices that are the enemy and high insurance rates. Make those 2 affordable and enough space to find ample parking, build it in America they will come. Most of the new generation just orders everything online anyway so many fail to see the reason to come out and play like a kid again

"A lot of it was built before cars…" and so was America before it bulldozed its cities to create car dependent suburbs and streets in cities.

You will pass out when you find out what Barcelona really is.The Great Awakening.

I'm really surprised to the lot of videos I'm watching about how the biggest threat to USA is the car.

i live in Vitoria

barcelona is full of cars

Oaxaca Mexico is like this

in my city they give unlimited space to pedestrians, cattle and cyclists. oh, and they also give unlimited space to vehicles aswell…..except its on the same road. no footpaths. welcome to chennai, india:>

You cannot see this in my country ever

Car’s are the biggest curse and blessing to humanity, seriously IF all the cites we’re pedestrians-favored, you’re one step out of your house door from a celebration of life-culture-cafeteria’s-shopping-social life-HUMANITY, cars should be used so rarely going to airport’s and other cities, not an everyday tool

America makes its cities less walkable on purpose to protect car industry. It's about money there while it's about quality of life here

There’s also more pick-pocketing and robbing having pedestrians walkways lol

boy hates cars

That is what I see when browse Spain by google map.

I was so impressed at how this city was organized, and unlike Chicago, the traffic just flows. It took me forever to go six miles today..

I am from the city of Barcelona and I can say that the superblocks system has been a real failure

Finally didn't happened… They just add more bicycle lanes. A pitty.

everyday i learn how america's infrastructure is failing and how european countries infrastructure is booming

Maybe it's just me but I would hate to not have my own car.. having to wait for a bus/subway and having to be on there with a bunch of random people idk.. always a weird person bothering you.. without a car you have no freedom.. if I feel like going on a road trip, then I'm going with friends or without.. its great

EU has set an air quality target at 40.

Me laughing(coughing) in Delhi.

You should revisit this too see if there's any positive or negative evolution?