69 points

NGL I like that aesthetic. Not something to live in of course, nor want to see it irl, but it’s pleasing to see

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The craftsmanship is definitely something to behold, also helps that it looks clean and well maintained compared to any underpass here in the states.

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5 points

You familiar with Brutalism?

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Imagine walkways and plants growing down from above, that would be pretty cool imo.

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This one might be a little unfair to blanket stamp with FuckCars - this is a crazy compact way of joining so many different arterial roads and funneling them into a single bridge (one that goes over a river, not just an overpass). It’s also crazily walk/bike-able (seriously, there’s more space than I’ve ever seen on a sidewalk in the states, on both sides of the bridge), and has lane restrictions for transit at peak load times. While gorgeously breathtaking in it’s monstrosity, it’s certainly one of the better car-brain designs out there.

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Fair enough. It’s better than the interchanges in Austin TX by far

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I’ve either driven over the one pictured when I moved from Tokyo to where I live now or a very similar one, and have also driven in Austin. I can 100% confirm it sucks less here. As a bonus, no gun-flashing roadragers here!

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6 points

Even though it looks kinda cool and cyberpunk, it’s still gross that there’s so many roads completely built over a city where people work and live, with a No Cycling sign suggesting cyclists and pedestrians are second class citizens here.

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4 points

The other big problem of vertical congestion like this is air pollution. I once looked at living close to a raised highway like this, but you’d more or less have to hold your breath every time you return home.

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To be fair Tokyo (where this is) is pretty cycle and pedestrian friendly in general.

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Yeah, what grosses me out is just thinking of all the microplastic particles that cars put in the air. Our right to clean air should supercrde their right to convenience

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I was thinking the same thing. This doesn’t show off the material problems with car infrastructure, and it makes it look cool.

Even in the most solarpunk utopian vision of the future I’d expect to be able to find some angle of infrastructure to photograph that makes it appear techno-dystopian, and even then it would still look cool.

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36 points

Throw in some neon and a drizzle of rain and you got yourself a cyberpunk setting

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12 points

This is basically a futuristic dystopia that already exists. No wonder the sci-fi from this era was all so dark.

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Thanks!

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12 points

I know this is fuck cars but this looks cool as hell. Gives me Jet Set Radio vibes

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