Category: Street design

Bordeaux is getting better

Posted Create StreetsPosted in Nature, greening up, and trees, Street design, Sustainable development

Create Streets Associate Director, Eleanor Broad, reports back from 48 hours on the Garonne Last week, I spent 48 hours in Bordeaux. I met with Mayor Pierre Hurmic and his deputy, Didier Jeanjean — the elected official leading on creating calmer, more people-friendly streets (ville apaisée) and on greening the city (végétalisation) — along with […]

Why Coventry’s ring road needs to go on a diet

Posted createstreets@Posted in Planning, land, and housing policy, Street design, Transport, mobility, walking and cycling

A Coventry public official writes anonymously about the restitched future he would like for his city. I often ask myself, what might have been had Coventry taken a different planning approach after World War II. Where might we be now? How might we reverse some of the twentieth century’s planning decisions? It is a question […]