Urban transportation will drive with flower beds on the roof

In almost any modern city you can see the lack of green spaces – roads and buildings is rapidly replacing them. But even with this disadvantage, at desire, can be turned into a plus. For example, on the streets of Spanish Girona recently, a Phyto Kinetic bus, the roof of which is located ... flowerbed.





A couple of years ago a group of enthusiasts from Chicago decided to transform the underground of his native city. They created a Mobile Garden project Chicago, the essence of which is to create a car platform with a small living garden on its roof. American "green" was echoed by Spaniard Marc Faceted (Marc Granen). However, he drew attention not on the metro, and other types of urban transport.
The Faceted project called Phyto Kinetic involves the creation of trams and buses, the roof will placed the real beds, which consist of small shrubs and live grass.





For this you need to cover the roof of the bus with a layer of special foam and then apply it rolls on grass. Moreover, the Faceted mark picked up this vegetation, which is not only green, but smells great, spreading the smell on the street on which the bus rides.
This development Grade Faceted interested in and are located near Barcelona, authorities which are known for their desire to make their city more clean, green and pleasant to live in.


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