If you want to make a case for removing cars from public spaces, I highly recommend you read this piece on Europe’s car-free plazas in Politico.

The pictures alone are striking — seeing these famous plazas jammed with cars instead of open and pulsing with pedestrians seems unbelievable at first. The article also illustrates the path these cities took to achieve these now great spaces (hint: it wasn’t easy at first).

For people who crave better cities, I highly recommend that piece.