4 ways to improve the infrastructure of Budapest

What makes Budapest great and what could make it greater? If we look at the world and its most interesting urbanistic projects, what can be applied to the Hungarian capital?

These are the paths Budapest should follow, according to Roadster.

Make the Danube bank great again!

In the case of Budapest, its beauty and charm are simply not enough. It has to be liveable and has to be developed consciously to improve the quality of life of its locals, especially concerning the Danube bank.

Because the Danube bank does not serve locals at the moment; only car traffic.

Fortunately, there are good initiatives in action, like the now-closed Valyo port; however Budapest needs something more. Take, for example, Paris. The bank of the Seine is practically a pedestrian promenade in the summer already. And that’s all thanks to the collective efforts of the people of France.

Revitalising abandoned buildings

Another excellent example of improving their city is the people of Amsterdam. The Bijlmerbajes, a former prison complex, has served as a hotel, a pop-up hotel and creative space and even as an escape room. And now they are developing the city’s new quarter in its place.  The new residential area is built with the most up-to-date materials with sustainability in mind and will be energy-neutral.

High Line

First built in New York City, the High Line is a great and innovative effort to utilise abandoned buildings, railways and other old and out-of-use structures and bring some green and pleasantness back into the city. Many metropolitan cities followed the example of New York, like Tokyo and Seoul. But is it worth the hype?