Alexandrian here. This is the real context. You can see the “solution” was adding more lanes, and an ugly curvy bridge in the middle photo.
Egypt is a military state and the army basically bullied and took over all the shores of Alexandria blocking the sea view for most of the city by building hotels, private resorts, bridges full of restaurants and parking lots, and other profit-making ventures. This also made the city A LOT less walkable. There are barely three (!) traffic lights all around that area in the photo that don’t even always work.
They did the same in Cairo by building massive roads and destroying greenery and pedestrian walks, albeit one could argue it wasn’t very walkable in the first place, unlike Alexandria.
Alexandrian here. This is the real context. You can see the “solution” was adding more lanes, and an ugly curvy bridge in the middle photo.
Egypt is a military state and the army basically bullied and took over all the shores of Alexandria blocking the sea view for most of the city by building hotels, private resorts, bridges full of restaurants and parking lots, and other profit-making ventures. This also made the city A LOT less walkable. There are barely three (!) traffic lights all around that area in the photo that don’t even always work.
They did the same in Cairo by building massive roads and destroying greenery and pedestrian walks, albeit one could argue it wasn’t very walkable in the first place, unlike Alexandria.