Cars set modern planning on an unsustainable path: Cars begat wide, unwalkable roads, which begat highways, which begat suburban sprawl. But a new generation of architects and urban planners has been laser-focused on reversing the curse of car-oriented city planning. Ten full-blown ideas for integrating sustainable transport into the fabric of ten different modern city are now on display in Our Cities, Ourselves, an exhibition at New York's Center for Architecture from June 24-Sept 11.

Here, a proposal for Ahmedabad, India by HCP Design, which features bike friendly streets that wind around, slowing car traffic down, and wide pedestrian squares.

For Budpest, Hungary, Varos-Teampannon and Kozlekedes propose burying the waterfront roads underground, thus giving pedestrians full access to vistas and public space.

For Buenos Aires, Argentina, PALO Arquitectura Urbana imagined turning an old set of freight tracks into a bike path, lined by shops and housing.

Architect David Adjaye was born in Dar Es Salam, Tanzania, and for his birth city he proposes liberating the waterfront from the railway, which currently chokes off some of the city's best views.

In Guangzhou, China, Urbanus Architecture & Design envisions a scheme inspired by New York's High Line park. An elevated highway would be transformed into a pedestrian promenade, which serves as an open-air link between shops on either side of the street.

For Jakarta, Indonesia, Budi Pradono Architects created a design where dirt paths are transformed into bike promenades, while the roofs of public transport hubs become park space.

A mixed use proposal for Johannesburg, by Osmond Lange Architects and Ikelmeleng Architects. Mixed use buildings abut transit hubs.

For their Mexio City proposals, arquitectura 911sc shunted all cars underground, and reserved above ground space for buses, pedestrians, and bikes.

Terreform and Michael Sorkin Studio's proposal for the area beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, an area of vast potential which is now dominated by wide roads and narrow sidewalks.

At Rio de Janiero, Brazil's congested Central Station, Fabrica Arquitetura and CAMPO aud imagine a grove-line pedestrian thoroughfare, lined with paving stones that allow for grass plantings.