Meet Me in The Middle

With the implementation of more bike infrastructure and other public transportation networks, less cars will be on roads. With roads being trafficked by less cars, an opportunity presents itself. Former road ways can be taken back and given to the public.

In Utrecht, you would have never known that a canal had once been a busy car highway. Now the space has transitioned into a green space and given back to the public. Public spaces are important because they can be different things. These spaces can be a place for community gathering, play, and/or exercise. Pedestrians often have the right of way in these areas and serve as an important connection between noise and residential areas.

A public space dividing traffic in Amsterdam

You cannot just take back space and give it to the public. But hopefully as more and more cars are taken off the road, more space can be taken back. It takes time, something that it feels like we don’t have much of.

I just saw some cute boys sitting at a communal intersection, so I had to note that infrastructure obviously works.

With Love,

McCall