Cars Cannot Coexist With Bikes and Pedestrians

A ten-minute ride through Valencia shows what happens when cities accommodate cyclists without confronting cars.

I’ll save the details for a future post, but—long story short—between 2015 and 2023, a left-wing government in Valencia transformed the city.

Among its achievements, it added 64 kilometers to the city’s bike network, bringing the total to nearly 190 kilometers and making Valencia a great city for cycling. It reclaimed more than 150,000 square meters of …