Padre Alonso de Ovalle, Santiago de Chile. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
Providing more public space for pedestrians is one of the main goals of urban renewal projects taking place in cities around the world.
By planting more trees, implementing more sidewalks and bike paths and establishing new seating areas, it is possible to design more welcoming places with less traffic congestion and that promote sustainable methods of transportation, such as walking or biking.
With the aim of publicizing urban renewal projects that have made cities more pedestrian friendly, Brazilian group Urb-I launched the “Before/After” project, which compiles before and after photos that show how cities have redistributed their public space.
The project is collaborative so that anyone can use Google Street View, or another similar tool, to raise awareness of the changes taking place in their cities.
Read on to see the transformed spaces.
Padre Alonso de Ovalle, Santiago de Chile. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
Apoquindo, Santiago de Chile. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
Bank St., Adelaida, Australia. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
Boulevard Ion C., Bucarest, Rumania. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
Forth St., Auckland, Nueva Zelanda. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
Griffith Park Boulevard, Los Ángeles, Estados Unidos. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
Minquen W Rd, Taipei, Taiwán. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
Calle Marqués de Leganés, Madrid, España. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
Coenties Slip, Nueva York, Estados Unidos. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
Regnbuepladsen, Copenhague, Dinamarca. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
Rue St. Hubert, Montreal, Canadá. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
R Sacadura Cabral, Río de Janeiro, Brasil. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
R Nova do Carvalho, Lisboa, Portugal. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
Plaza Tiradentes, Río de Janeiro, Brasil. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
Dutch Kills Green, Queens, Nueva York, Estados Unidos. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
Palace St., Dublín, Irlanda. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
Avenue General Brosset, Lyon, Francia. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
Avenue Shamrock, Montreal, Canadá. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
Agias Sofias, Salónica, Grecia. Imagen 2015 por Kosmas Anagnostopoulos. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
Av. Duque de Ávila, Lisboa, Portugal. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
Avenida Francisco I Madero, Ciudad de México. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
Avenida José Larco, Lima, Perú. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
Avenue General Brosset, Lyon, Francia. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
Stationsstraat, San Nicolás de Flandes, Bélgica. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
Strada Halelor, Bucarest, Rumania. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
Times Square, Nueva York, Estados Unidos. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
Venn St., Londres, Reino Unido. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
Young St., Southport, Australia. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
Shlomtsiyon HaMalka, Jerusalén, Israel. Image Courtesy of Urb-I
