Berlin citizens propose law to ban cars from city centre
Berlin's centre could become the largest car-free urban area in the world following a campaign supported by 50,000 citizens. More
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Gaetano Fornarelli proposes "moving the countryside to the city" by creating car-free garden cities
The next finalist in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion is Gaetano Fornarelli, who has proposed creating car-free cities covered in trees to improve people's health and reduce humanity's impact on the environment. More
Transformation of Oxford Circus into pedestrianised piazzas will "create rival to Times Square"
Plans to transform the Oxford Circus road junction in London into two car-free piazzas with trees and seating have been announced by Westminster City Council and the Crown Estate. More
UNA2 covers Italian public square with bright-red loggia
Red aluminium slats form an angular canopy atop a structure designed by Italian architecture office UNA2 to shelter part of a public square in the town of Rosignano Marittimo, Italy. More
Camille Walala shares colourful vision to make Oxford Street a car-free shopping district
French designer Camille Walala has reimagined London's Oxford Street as a car-free landscape, filled with blocky street furniture finished in her signature colourful style. More
Barcelona to convert a third of central streets into car-free green spaces
Barcelona's city council has announced its plans to transform one in three streets in its Eixample district into green, car-free public spaces to tackle air pollution. More
Giant Net City car-free neighbourhood in Shenzhen will cover two million square metres
Architect NBBJ has unveiled a masterplan for Net City, a car-free district in Shenzhen "roughly the size and shape of Midtown Manhattan" for Chinese technology company Tencent. More
Pedestrianisation of cities can be tool of exclusion says Interboro in VDF lecture
The final talk for Virtual Design Festival's partnership with CAMP sees Brooklyn and Detroit-based architecture studio Interboro share its views on public space interventions and urban planning. More
London, New York, Paris and Milan give streets to cyclists and pedestrians
Cities across Europe and the Americas are drawing up plans to take street space away from cars in favour of cyclists and pedestrians in response to the coronavirus pandemic. More
IKEA reveals plans for car-free store wrapped in greenery
More than 100 trees will adorn the gridded facade of IKEA's city-centre Vienna Westbahnhof store, which will have no car parking spaces. More
Jishou Art Museum by Atelier FCJZ doubles as a pedestrian bridge
Chinese firm Atelier FCJZ has completed an art gallery that bridges a river in the city of Jishou, to encourage people to engage with art on their daily commute. More
Christian Bauer suspends pedestrian and cycle path beneath Pont Adolphe in Luxembourg
A four-metre-wide path now hangs underneath the Pont Adolphe bridge in Luxembourg, with a lightweight steel system that acts like a "well-controlled spider's web". More
The Midtown Viaduct offers pedestrian link between NYC's Hudson Yards and Penn Station
New York firm DXA Studio has designed a conceptual bridge that would connect the city's new Hudson Yards neighbourhood with the Moynihan Train Hall extension to Penn Station above the streets. More
Scrapping plans for car-free Oxford Street is a "betrayal of Londoners" says city mayor
London mayor Sadiq Khan has denounced Westminster Council for blocking a proposal to pedestrianise Oxford Street. More
Zaha Hadid Architects proposes pedestrianising London
Zaha Hadid Architects has proposed creating a network of pedestrian routes across London to reintroduce walking as a viable form of transport in the city. More
Plans unveiled to pedestrianise London's Oxford Street in 2018
The western section of London's main shopping street is to be transformed into a pedestrian zone filled with public art, it was announced today. More
MP calls for pedestrianisation of Exhibition Road amid dispute over accident figures
A war of words has broken out over the "shared space" design of London's Exhibition Road, with local politicians at loggerheads over whether the layout has improved or worsened accident rates in the popular museum district. More
Richard Meier's Cittadella Bridge separates traffic and pedestrians as they cross an Italian river
American architect Richard Meier has completed an arching single-span bridge across a river in the Italian city of Alessandria, which provides lanes for traffic and pedestrians separated by a central void. More
Robot barriers could protect pedestrians from terrorists, says Paris deputy mayor
Robotic anti-terror barriers that automatically move into position when a threat is detected could be a reality within five years, according to the deputy mayor of Paris. More