resident’s parking permit only costs around 750 DKK (€100) per year
In many cities, curved corners were put into place to allow cars to maintain their speed as they turned — like in the Paris photo from the Eiffel Tower, farther up.
In other cities, like Copenhagen and Barcelona, the corners were often rounded to accommodate the turning radius of trams.
Copenhagen had a splendid tram network from 1884 to 1972 — until the most destructive Lord Mayor in the history of the city (in an urban planning sense) — the ironically named Urban Hansen — ripped them out. When the car started to dominate, such corners were left alone. Until now.
resident’s parking permit only costs around 750 DKK (€100) per year
In many cities, curved corners were put into place to allow cars to maintain their speed as they turned — like in the Paris photo from the Eiffel Tower, farther up.
In other cities, like Copenhagen and Barcelona, the corners were often rounded to accommodate the turning radius of trams.
Copenhagen had a splendid tram network from 1884 to 1972 — until the most destructive Lord Mayor in the history of the city (in an urban planning sense) — the ironically named Urban Hansen — ripped them out. When the car started to dominate, such corners were left alone. Until now.
