Expanding pedestrian zones isn’t just urban planning, it’s a statement about prioritizing people over traffic, and Plovdiv’s move shows how cities can reclaim space for community, not just convenience.
QuarkVsOdo on
*Autistic german Boomer screeching*
RadioControledTropby on
“pedestrian zone” is such a weird concept.
Here you get a place where you can do your pedestrian things. Please don’t bother the cars in other parts of the city with your flesh legs, thank you! /s
Eishockey on
It’s a great city already and this improves it even more.
AmpovHater on
Pedo what I don’t approve this
iRizzoli on
Unrelated, but pic immediately made me think of Assassins Creed, just missing a pile of hay in the middle and maybe some wires across the street.
tutunoprodavnitsata on
Europe longest pedestrian zone isn’t situated in Plovdiv why this fake info
MartinBP on
After over a decade of debates and delays, Plovdiv finally moves to pedestrianise part of “Ivan Vazov” boulevard west of the central square, bringing the pedestrian city core closer to the main train station. Plovdiv’s “Glavnata” already claimed to be Europe’s longest pedestrian street after previous extensions placed it almost a kilometre ahead of Copenhagen’s famous Strøget.
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Expanding pedestrian zones isn’t just urban planning, it’s a statement about prioritizing people over traffic, and Plovdiv’s move shows how cities can reclaim space for community, not just convenience.
*Autistic german Boomer screeching*
“pedestrian zone” is such a weird concept.
Here you get a place where you can do your pedestrian things. Please don’t bother the cars in other parts of the city with your flesh legs, thank you! /s
It’s a great city already and this improves it even more.
Pedo what I don’t approve this
Unrelated, but pic immediately made me think of Assassins Creed, just missing a pile of hay in the middle and maybe some wires across the street.
Europe longest pedestrian zone isn’t situated in Plovdiv why this fake info
After over a decade of debates and delays, Plovdiv finally moves to pedestrianise part of “Ivan Vazov” boulevard west of the central square, bringing the pedestrian city core closer to the main train station. Plovdiv’s “Glavnata” already claimed to be Europe’s longest pedestrian street after previous extensions placed it almost a kilometre ahead of Copenhagen’s famous Strøget.
More information in Bulgarian (Chrome’s translate function should work): https://www.capital.bg/politika_i_ikonomika/gradove/plovdiv/2025/08/07/4816403_nai-dulgata_peshehodna_zona_v_bulgariia_shte_stane/
Non-paywalled article: https://podtepeto.com/aktualno/ulicza-ivan-vazov-skoro-stava-peshehodna-do-bibliotekata/
Image of “Glavnata” (“Main street”) from Wikipedia.
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