Helsinki railway station area to be mostly car-free
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In a historic move, the city council decided to ban most vehicles from the main thoroughfare in front of the Central Railway Station.

Helsinki has decided to abolish car traffic on Kaivokatu, the street in front of the city’s central train station. That is part of plans to transform the heart of the capital into a pedestrian district. The central traffic route between the east and west sides of the city will be closed and replaced with trees, outdoor cafés and two new tram tracks.

The changes will be implemented gradually between now and the early 2030s.

  • Jiral@lemmy.orgEnglish
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    15 days ago

    Helsinki was designed very car oriented, at least outside the old centre. In the centre there have been also a number of planning sins. However the city has a lot of projects to dilute the dominance of the car and undo some of the damage. There are also a lot of dense new urban central neighbourhoods under development.