Broken Cities on the Mend

The current issue of Car Busters magazine poses the question: How do we fix our cities?

When cities were built during the Industrial Revolution, “they were crowded, noisy, crime-ridden, and polluted.” Fast-forward one hundred some-odd years and our modern cities suffer from these same problems. According to Car Buster, cars bear the brunt of the responsibility.

But, things are changing. The combination of global warming, obesity, the prevalence of debilitating diseases, and general discontent with the structure of our communities seem to have caused many people to reach their tipping point. The momentum is shifting away from a sprawling car culture and towards walkable, centralized communities with green space, networks of multi-use trails, and “complete streets.”

 

See also: Active By Design, NYC’s "Street of the Future", Helsinki Redesigned