Shout out to Mendoza, Argentina, designed with several plazas regularly spaced throughout its area. Pretty much anyone in the central area can walk to a park with a fountain and be isolated from car traffic; but it’s never too late start banning cars!
Mendoza was rebuild after an earthquake with very wide streets to protect people from falling debris. I think it’s as walkable as it gets but I have never been to another city re-built so recently. I would like to see how it compares.
When was that earthquake? I never think of the streets as being particularly wide, and nothing like the clusterfuck of Buenos Aires. And they have canals along most of the roads, providing water for trees (and stray dogs).
There are some peatonales now, I think, but they are more targetted for shopping/relaxation than walking any distance.
Adelaide, Australia is similar. The central city is surrounded by parkland which is mostly public with a central shopping street blocked off from cats. The city can be accessed easily by train, tram or bus!
![This plaza in downtown Guadalajara, Mexico, used to be a noisy, polluted car sewer. Now it's a place for people, bikes, and life, with underground rapid transit [Before pic in description]](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/638ed7a0-0816-4f13-ae11-96382c3c3078.png){kind=link}
Shout out to Mendoza, Argentina, designed with several plazas regularly spaced throughout its area. Pretty much anyone in the central area can walk to a park with a fountain and be isolated from car traffic; but it’s never too late start banning cars!
Mendoza was rebuild after an earthquake with very wide streets to protect people from falling debris. I think it’s as walkable as it gets but I have never been to another city re-built so recently. I would like to see how it compares.
When was that earthquake? I never think of the streets as being particularly wide, and nothing like the clusterfuck of Buenos Aires. And they have canals along most of the roads, providing water for trees (and stray dogs).
There are some peatonales now, I think, but they are more targetted for shopping/relaxation than walking any distance.
And about width of the streets… where I live many streets look like this:
Designed for horses. Very narrow with tall buildings to offer a lot of shade. Compared with that typical street in Mendoza is very wide:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1861_Mendoza_earthquake
Adelaide, Australia is similar. The central city is surrounded by parkland which is mostly public with a central shopping street blocked off from cats. The city can be accessed easily by train, tram or bus!