More and more major cities are opting to encourage cycling to the detriment of car use, helping to improve air quality and cut CO2 emissions. But what about all those unused parking bays? In Sweden, former car parking bays are being transformed into urban spaces that are practical, ecological and convivial.
Fewer cars and more bikes in cities means more parking bays to recycle. Many global cities are rethinking the layouts of their centers as they adapt to new urban mobility policies, as seen in Portland (USA), Barcelona (Spain) and Paris (France). In Sweden, where tens of thousands of parking bays are set to be removed, cities like Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malm and Helsingborg are …
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