One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen was filled with cars until a 2 year pilot project in 1962. The opposition argued “no cars means no business” but the street has been a massive retail success, the city’s busiest shopping street.

Every city has gaps in its street life, “missing teeth” in the urban “smile” that a city shares with citizens and visitors each day. Those holes are actually easy to fill, if we have the vision, culture and will to do it. Examples from Helsinki’s waterfront & Brisbane’s downtown.

Remember this picture every single time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam." This was #Amsterdam in the 1970's via @fietsprofessor. The cities we admire made better choices regarding cars, and are still making them today. Better choices instead of excuses.