in anything but the car. Since lower income or senior citizens may not be able to afford or operate cars and rely on other modes of transportation to move around and be independent, living streets provide more economical and independent modes of transport. In addition, implementation of street trees, foundations, and plazas can allow people to gather and enjoy the street in a shared and communal experience. Counterarguments Opponents to the living street believe that if more people opt for active transport alternatives as opposed to utilizing motor vehicles, travel time will increase significantly and will be inconvenient for commuters. They also believe that unless people utilize the infrastructure for active transport the living street provides, other nearby non-living streets will be congested due to the hindrance the living street creates for the motor vehicle. Around the world Street signs See also List of car-free places Third place Traffic conflict Urban vitality World Urbanism Day References External links Living streets A comprehensive list of names in different languages on the OpenStreetMap wiki Living streets in New Zealand A project example of landscape architecture Living streets Types of streets Transportation planning Sustainable transport