Next time transit authorities say they can’t run light rail down a main street

By Bruce Firestone | Architecture

Sep 11

Send them to Porto, an industrial city of 1.8 million in northern Portugal to see how it works (well):

More images of Porto…

Note how they reach amazing densities and create animated, walkable communities with a careful integration of woonerf (living) streets):

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