SilverNicktail t1_irt43l6 wrote on October 10, 2022 at 8:53 PM

Reply to comment by Wandering_Mobiler in Mexico's second largest city plans to build 18 "green corridors" of trees to combat climate change. [Translation in Comments]. by Wandering_Mobiler

Wow, congrats. Seeing progress after years of stalemate is always super satisfying. Hope it continues for you.

Up here in Vancouver we're continuing to expand the transit system (which to be fair is actually a pretty good transit system), but the city design is still extremely car-centric. It's starting to change in some districts, though, with the city experimenting with replacing sidewalks to aid with water retention and stop the risk of flooding.

Wandering_Mobiler OP t1_irt4xca wrote on October 10, 2022 at 8:59 PM

It's funny since my city (Monterrey) is often made fun of for being "Americanized" and being car-centric, but we have almost 6 million people yet have the same Urban Sprawl as Austin, which has less than half our population.

A comment that stuck with me was that we are doing poorly in walkability, my city is still much closer to Paris or Amsterdam than to Los Angeles or most cities in America.