It can be disorienting to view familiar cities from above. The details that seem to define cities while we move through them on the ground are missing. Instead, shapes representing streets and buildings emerge, almost abstract. But we can tell a lot from these bird’s eye views afforded by cameras and helicopters. An overhead view of New York City, for example, shows the beauty of central park as an enormous public green space:
Traffic accidents are a leading cause of death in Lima, Peru. Photo by Pool Ramirez.
Passengers wait to board Rea Vaya, Johannesburg’s advanced bus system. Photo by African Goals.
Many cities around the globe are home to dangerous roads, social stigmas that bicycling is “for the poor,” and urban designs that neglect walking and bicycling. Photo by Slightly-less-random.
Pedestrians in mid-town Manhattan, New York City. By moriza.
Children peer out a bus window in India. By marcusjroberts.
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