30 Times People Spotted An Example Of Good Urban Planning And Shared Pics Online

Living in the city means dealing with various problems such as traffic, pollution, and crowd. Although there are numerous job opportunities and lots of comfortable amenities there, some of the overambitious cities have now become an "Urban Hell". However, as people are getting more and more aware of these modern issues, some city planners are actually trying to ensure that urban areas remain human-friendly and nature-friendly to a certain extent. Today, we've collected some impressive "Urban planning" designs that deserve appreciation. Check out the best ones in the gallery below. More info: Reddit | Reddit

#1 Concrete Sewer Pipes Used As Outdoor Seating

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#2 Apartment Building With A Park At Its Center, Berlin

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#3 Holland, 1982-2020

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#4 Urban Space Is Complex. But The Math Is Relatively Simple

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#5 This Does Put A Smile On My Face

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#6 Bin For Cyclists In Denmark

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#7 These Public Benches Are Reversible, So You Can Choose To Look At People, Or Boats

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#8 Heated Sidewalks

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#9 My City, Delhi Is Redesigning Its S**tty Car Centric Good For Nothing Roads, Here's Half Of A Wide A** Road Reclaimed

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#10 Edinburgh, Scotland

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#11 Vienna Gasometers, Gas Storage Tanks First Built In 1896 And Converted Into Mixed-Use Developments Between 1995 And 2001

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#12 "Gion Quarter" Kyoto, Japan

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#13 The Speed Camera Lottery In Stockholm, Sweden

Image source: neroina Drive at or under the speed limit and you'll be entered into a lottery where the prize fund comes from the fines that speeders pay. Average speed reduced from 32 km/h to 25 km/h (a reduction of 22%).

#14 Luminous Pedestrian Crossing In France, When A Person Is Detected The Lights Turn On To Warn The Drivers

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#15 It's Never Too Late To Acknowledge The Reality That Urban Highways Are A Fixable Mistake

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#16 I Dont Know Why, But I Just Love When City Elements Wrap Around Nature Like This. [oc] Photo Taken In Stockholm, Sweden

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#17 Comfort Town, An Old Industrial Site In Kyiv Built In Response To Brutalist Soviet Era Apartments Buildings

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#18 World's Tallest Indoor Waterfall

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#19 Roundabout With Some Nature In The Middle, France

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#20 Green Houses In Berlin

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#21 Planned This Shot For Months Before Coming To The Us, But I Didn't Expect The Sun To Make The Rails Golden. Sometimes Photography Is Just About Being A Lucky Bastard

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#22 Paris, 9th Arrondissement. These Miniature Gardens Used To Be Car Parking Spaces Until A Few Years Ago. The City Reclaimed Them, And Replanted Them With Fruit Trees And Flowering Shrubs

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#23 Bumpy Plates For Blind People, Everywhere In France, I Hope It's The Same For The Other Countries Too

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#24 Rack For Locking Up Skateboards And Scooters

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#25 The Outer Battery, Newfoundland, Canada

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#26 Anybody Know Why This Is Designed Like This? (Copenhagen Denmark)

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#27 Quince Street, Philadelphia. Legalize Narrow Streets!

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#28 “Forget The Motor Car And Build Cities For Lovers And Friends.” - Lewis Mumford

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#29 Traffic Light With A Mirror To Allow The Drivers To See The Pedestrians/Cyclists That Are In Their Blind Spots

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#30 A Roundabout In Nantes (France) With An Underground Car Park Entrance

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